Warner Bros. Discovery will shut down CNN+ on April 30, after its March 29 debut; sources: CNN+ had ~150K subscribers and was on pace to hit first-year goals
the same firm that suggested pharmacists get REBATES for opioid deaths—charged CNN millions to tell it what someone wanted to hear. Every $ wasted could have gone to paying journal...
Facebook says WSJ's series contained deliberate mischaracterizations and conferred egregiously false motives to Facebook's leadership and employees
and burying the findings Charlie Osborne / ZDNet : Facebook rebukes WSJ over investigation on the platform's ability to harm, ‘toxic’ impact Parmy Olson / Bloomberg : Facebook's Be...
Facebook VP says WSJ's series contained deliberate mischaracterizations, and conferred egregiously false motives to Facebook's leadership and employees
A lot has been said about Facebook this week. A series of articles published by the Wall Street Journal has focused …
With iPhone's privacy changes, advertisers will get more ad-performance data for ads bought through Apple than via third parties, giving its ad business an edge
Under the iPhone maker's new rules, advertisers will get more ad-performance data for ads bought through Apple than through third parties
A look at the frayed relationship between Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook as Apple rolls out its new privacy feature for iPhones
Facebook is not happy Emily Birnbaum / Politico : Senate to lift the hood on social media algorithms Ian Sherr / CNET : Apple's M1 chip gives Mac some iPhone shine. Now we find out...
A look at the frayed relationship between Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook as Apple is set to release its new privacy feature for iPhones
The chief executives of Facebook and Apple have opposing visions for the future of the internet. Their differences are set to escalate this week.
A first person narrative on the persistence of digital memories and how social media and photo apps that surface old photos make painful memories hard to forget
In 2019, I made a painful decision. But to the algorithms that drive Facebook, Pinterest, and a million other apps, I'm forever getting married.
Report: Rajeev Misra, head of the $100B Vision Fund, is accused of sabotaging other SoftBank execs for career advancement; Misra and SoftBank deny allegations
- Rajeev Misra, the head of SoftBank's $100 billion Vision Fund, is accused of overseeing a plan to lure SoftBank's then-president into a … Source: Wall Street Journal .
An investigation into I'm Shmacked, which exploited thousands of students by inducing them to provide viral videos of college parties to earn Instagram fame
Taylor Lorenz / New York Times : Tweets: @jimswiftdc , @katierosman , @nytimes , @taylorlorenz , and @taylorlorenz Tweets: Jim Swift / @jimswiftdc : Imagine taking out hundreds of...
An investigation into I'm Shmacked, which exploited thousands of students by inducing them to provide viral videos of college parties to earn Instagram fame
The chief executive of I'm Shmacked promises students Instagram fame, then silences them with threats. Tweets: @taylorlorenz , @jimswiftdc , @katierosman , @taylorlorenz , and @nyt...
YouTube launches a fashion vertical, aggregating the platform's fashion content into one place, as it seeks to expand in the industry
Exciting day for fashion fans … Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : YouTube launches a dedicated Fashion vertical Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today : YouTube Launches New, Dedicated Fa...