Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Facebook is under increasing pressure to curb the spread of disinformation online Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has called for more regulation of harmful online content, saying it was not for companies like his to decide what counts as legitimate free speech.Citing China, Mr Zuckerberg also warned excessive control risked…
Cara Cara is an LA-based online off-price store that sells indie brands at a 20% to 60% discount. The concept is similar to any off-price store such as TJ Maxx or Ross Stores, for example. However, the idea is to offer what these stores have traditionally lacked – an easy way to shop for off-price goods…
This story requires our BI Prime membership. To read the full article, simply click here to claim your deal and get access to all exclusive Business Insider PRIME content. YouTube creators are competing in a “Big Brother”-like reality series called “The Reality House” for the chance to win $50,000. The show, produced by creators Kian Lawley…
B.C. Premier John Horgan’s visit to Kitimat’s LNG Canada project is creating strife among Indigenous leaders at the centre of a natural gas pipeline dispute.Horgan won’t meet with hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en during the trip.A spokesperson for the premier’s office said Horgan’s schedule was set prior to receiving a request for a meeting from…
Instagram is changing its advertising rules to require political campaigns’ sponsored posts from influencers to use its Branded Content Ads tool that adds a disclosure label of “Paid Partnership with.” The change comes after the Bloomberg presidential campaign paid meme-makers to post screenshots that showed him asking them to make him look cool. Instagram provided…
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Photo: GettyAside from pockets of overt racism, one of the more weirdly unpleasant corners of Twitter comes from its “promoted” content. What ostensibly started as a tool for big-name brands to drive the “reach” and “impact” of whatever message they might be promoting, it’s since devolved into another kind of marketing tool that’s just kind…
Grabbing the third rail — Or: Why video games are not like fast food, politically speaking. Kyle Orland – Feb 13, 2020 6:17 pm UTC Aurich Lawson / Getty The mere mention of the word “politics” in any industry can lead to an explosion before anyone even finishes a sentence. We’ve seen it recently in…
With Google and Facebook yielding massive control over the online ad market, leaving only scraps for other ad platforms, perhaps it was only natural that tech startups would take a step back and start to look for opportunities in selling billboards. AdQuick, a marketplace for out of home (OOH) advertising, tells TechCrunch that it has…
As the streaming battles heat up, Netflix is hoping a new partnership with Samsung will help it fend off rivals. At Samsung’s Unpacked event this week, the mobile device maker announced a deal with Netflix that will bring to its Galaxy smartphones special bonus content associated with several Netflix original shows. The partnership also allows…
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Eighty-nine percent of the top-grossing mobile app and game publishers use some form of video ads, according to an annual publisher survey from mobile marketing firm AdColony. The AdColony Mobile Publishing Survey said that publishers rely on video ads and in-app purchases to monetize their mobile games. The mobile publishers included gaming and non-gaming app…
Eye-witness photos and videos distributed by news wire Reuters already go through an exhaustive media verification process. Now the publisher will bring that expertise to the fight against misinformation on Facebook. Today it launches the new Reuters Fact Check business unit and blog, announcing that it will become one of the third-party partners tasked with…
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Three ways to replicate Kevin Zhang’s success. February 12, 2020 4 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Success in ecommerce is the fruit of a lot of blood, sweat and tears. While there may be many who make it appear as though anyone can get rich quick in this realm, that is…
Marketing startup Habu is emerging from stealth today and announcing that it has already raised $15 million in Series A funding. The company comes out of super{set}, the startup studio created by Krux founders Tom Chavez and Vivek Vaidya. In fact, Chavez is Habu’s chairman, Vaidya serves as CTO and their former Krux colleague Matt…
Content marketing performs nine functions that help both B2B and B2C marketers generate more leads and ultimately close more sales. Find out how upping your content marketing game can close more deals.
A lawsuit filed by the Massachusetts attorney general includes new details about how the company intentionally marketed illegally to teens, including advertising on websites for Seventeen Magazine, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. The suit from Attorney General Maura Healey makes good on the 2018 announcement from her office that she would investigate the company’s…
