By Clint Rainey February 01, 2023 President Biden has put exorbitant credit card late fees in his administration’s regulatory crosshairs. On Wednesday, the administration announced the proposal of a new rule to cap those fees at $8, potentially saving American families as much as $9 billion per year. It seeks to reform the practice … Continue reading Credit card late fees are set to drop by 75% if the Biden administration gets its way
By Shalene Gupta January 17, 2023 As we embrace the start of 2023 and say hello to increasing layoffs and the prospect of a recession, it’s hard to know which institutions to trust. Edelman just released its yearly Trust Barometer, which has served as a pulse check of trust for 23 years. The 2023 … Continue reading Business remains the most trusted institution, even as the economic mood gets more bleak
TV Program Ad Spend, Promotion Up 8% Over 3 Months, ‘Yellowstone’ Gets Big Push by Wayne Friedman , December 9, 2022 Since the start of the TV season, TV network-based companies have increased on-air media time and paid-advertising spending by 8% to promote their own programming — to $2.19 billion in total media value, according … Continue reading TV Program Ad Spend, Promotion Up 8% Over 3 Months, ‘Yellowstone’ Gets Big Push
By Michael Grothaus December 02, 2022 Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, has just discovered that even Elon Musk’s version of Twitter has limits on “free speech.” Musk confirmed on Friday that Ye has been suspended from the platform—again. The suspension of Ye’s Twitter account comes after the rapper tweeted a photo … Continue reading Another chaotic week on Twitter: Ye gets suspended in latest test of Elon Musk’s ‘free speech’ ethos
By Filippo Menczer October 28, 2022 Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter on October 27, 2022, has triggered renewed debate about what it means for the future of the social media platform, which plays an important role in determining the news and information many people—especially Americans—are exposed to. In addition to expanding Twitter’s … Continue reading What Elon Musk gets wrong about free speech, Twitter bots, and content moderation
By Karen Rosenberg July 15, 2022 In the early years of the 20th century, the Gilded Age financier J.P. Morgan built an opulent library next to his home in Midtown Manhattan to house his collection of rare books and manuscripts. It was designed in an intimidating Neo-Renaissance style by Charles Follet McKim, who modeled … Continue reading A monument to the ultra-rich gets an accessible makeover
“I love marketing because I really feel it’s the pulse of the customer experience.” Constantine von Hoffman on June 14, 2022 As part of our Salary and Career Survey, we interviewed people about their experiences in marketing. Today we’re talking to Julia Monahan. She’s director of CRM at Greater Good and has worked in marketing … Continue reading Salary and Career: Julia Monahan gets the data to support the hunch
By Dileepan Siva—Minutes May 27, 2022 Though she stood at only 4’10”, Madeleine Albright was always the most commanding presence in the room (I know from experience. As an immigrant with political aspirations, I saw Albright as a role model. She was also an immigrant—born in Czechoslovakia to Jewish parents, her family fled … Continue reading This powerful leadership style gets results (without coming off as a jerk)
Matt Williams Last updated: 7 April 2022 eToro has launched an NFT platform, eToro ART, a patron program to boost NFT artists and showcase non-fungible token collections. A message on the eToro.art website reads: eToro is partnering with the world’s best creators, agencies and brands to celebrate their NFT initiatives, and support them in bringing … Continue reading eToro gets into NFTs, launches eToro.art
By Clint Rainey January 24, 2022 Shares of Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, tumbled to a new low Monday after the company was downgraded by another group of investment analysts—Wedbush’s this time. They cut shares from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating, fixing a $36 target price on stocks and writing that “we … Continue reading Snap stock gets downgraded again: Blame Apple and TikTok
