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Articles involving social media businesses and their products, including Meta (Facebook, Instagram), X Corp (Twitter), Mastodon, LinkedIn and others.
Fox News leads rival news networks on YouTube in October
Fox News accumulated 3.9 billion YouTube views through October, ahead of MS NOW and CNN.
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Study: Price increases prompt Internet customers to switch providers
Customers who take advantage of low-priced offers from fixed-wireless providers often find connection issues and other problems.
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Instagram takes on YouTube’s living room dominance with Apple TV app
The application allows viewers to watch videos from creators they follow, discover new programming and resume watching content across devices.
Meta Platforms sees operating income dip amid legal settlements in Q3
Meta will issue a new class of stock to help it raise money to fund artificial intelligence-focused initiatives. The company is also reaching deep into its pockets to pay for litigation-related settlements and judgments.
EARNINGS REPORT
Facebook parent Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in New Mexico lawsuit
The judgment was signed weeks after a New Mexico jury found Meta liable for 43 million violations of state privacy laws.
WARC: Global ad spending forecast to hit $1.34 trillion, fueled by social, streaming buys
Social media, search and retail media will account for more than two-thirds of global ad spending this year, WARC said.
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TikTok opens third-party ad network to U.S. advertisers
TikTok is opening its advertising network of nearly 400,000 third-party apps to U.S. advertisers.
Braiden Bell: Hired for the right reasons, fired for the wrong ones
KGW-TV unearthed tweets he wrote when he was a teenager. Now, promising broadcaster Braiden Bell is out of a job. The cautionary tale and slippery slope this creates should worry everyone in the industry.
EDITORIAL
Facebook parent Meta settles social media addiction lawsuit
The settlement, more than $18 billion, is substantially all of Meta's second quarter profit, according to financial disclosure reports.
Fox News Digital leads news brands in July views, minutes
It was the 27th consecutive month that Fox News Digital ranked as the top news brand in multi-platform views, based on metrics from Comscore, Emplifi and others.
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TikTok parent ByteDance joins MPA to help fight AI-driven copyright infringement
The agreement covers models such as Seedance and Seedream, which are offered across different but related subsidiary businesses of TikTok.
Bango begins rolling out LinkedIn Premium to Digital Vending Machine
Clients with access to the Digital Vending Machine can now offer LinkedIn Premium as a standalone subscription or via a bundle with other apps like Netflix and YouTube Premium.
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