Social Media

Articles involving social media businesses and their products, including Meta (Facebook, Instagram), X Corp (Twitter), Mastodon, LinkedIn and others.

Elon Musk says Twitter didn’t sign deal with Tucker Carlson

The affirmation came after the former Fox News commentator said he was bringing his commentary show to the social media platform.

May 9, 2023

NBC Universal announced it was expanding a partnership with Twitter to include special coverage of the upcoming Olympic games.

May 4, 2023

Techdirt says it will stop posting updates on its Twitter account after its CMS lost access to a key feature.

May 3, 2023

The top executive at Twitter has threatened to reassign the main account of NPR if the program distributor doesn't start posting again.

May 2, 2023

Vice Media is cutting more than 100 jobs and ending its "Vice News Tonight" news magazine show as part of a broader business reorganization.

April 27, 2023

The labels prompted NPR and Canada's CBC News to stop posting content to Twitter in protest.

April 21, 2023

BuzzFeed's CEO admitted the news outlet wasn't profitable, and apparently would never be.

April 20, 2023

The banishment of Dell Cameron to the digital equivalent of purgatory is the latest assault on reporters by Twitter.

April 19, 2023

Canada's public broadcaster says the "government-funded" label, which now includes the number "69," is erroneous.

April 18, 2023

Parler has temporarily shut down after its parent company, Parlement Technologies, was sold to digital media firm Starboard this week.

April 14, 2023

PBS has stopped posting updates and other content to its main Twitter accounts, becoming the latest outlet to shun the social platform.

April 13, 2023

NPR has stopped posting content to Twitter after objecting to a "state-affiliated media" label that was affixed to its main profile.

April 12, 2023