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USC researchers offer a glimpse inside the right-wing echo chamber on X and Telegram

November 04, 2024 USC researchers offer a glimpse inside the right-wing echo chamber on X and Telegram How bad actors artificially pump up engagement for right-wing content, causing social algorithms to push the stuff even further. BY Mark Sullivan Researchers at the University of Southern California say they found evidence of thousands of X and Telegram … Continue reading USC researchers offer a glimpse inside the right-wing echo chamber on X and Telegram

Inside Home Depot’s And Walmart’s Retail Media Buying

Inside Home Depot’s And Walmart’s Retail Media Buying by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, October 8, 2024 A shakeup in retail media networks is underway as Home Depot and Walmart separately strengthen their respective positions to support brands and the millions of dollars being invested in ad media buys. Vantage, founded in 2013, began powering … Continue reading Inside Home Depot’s And Walmart’s Retail Media Buying

An inside look at the Phoenix Suns’ new $100 million headquarters

 April 04, 2024 An inside look at the Phoenix Suns and Mercury’s new $100 million headquarters The new headquarters is designed for the behind-the-scenes staff who makes Phoenix’s basketball teams run. BY Hunter Schwarz In Michael Lewis’ Moneyball, the Oakland Athletics use data and statistics, rather than traditional scouting methods, to build a team of players … Continue reading An inside look at the Phoenix Suns’ new $100 million headquarters

‘We can’t pay our bills with a mission statement’: Inside Planned Parenthood workers’ push to unionize

 March 29, 2024 ‘We can’t pay our bills with a mission statement’: Inside Planned Parenthood workers’ push to unionize Rushed care and poor working conditions have led to demands for representation. BY Capital & Main This piece was originally published by Capital & Main, which reports from California on economic, political, and social issues. When Grace … Continue reading ‘We can’t pay our bills with a mission statement’: Inside Planned Parenthood workers’ push to unionize

Peek inside CosMc’s, McDonald’s glimmering challenge to Starbucks

By Mark Wilson December 07, 2023 The first car lined up at 3:30 a.m. Employees didn’t even show until 5, and food didn’t leave the drive-through window until 6.  Technically, McDonald’s new drink-and-snack-focused spin-off concept called CosMc’s (announced this week) isn’t even open today. But operators had determined that during the first store’s soft launch, … Continue reading Peek inside CosMc’s, McDonald’s glimmering challenge to Starbucks

Inside the ‘arms race’ between YouTube and ad blockers

Inside the ‘arms race’ between YouTube and ad blockers Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies. Anthony Ha   Fri, Dec 1, 2023 Google/YouTube YouTube recently took dramatic action against anyone visiting its site with an ad blocker running — after a few pieces of content, it’ll simply stop … Continue reading Inside the ‘arms race’ between YouTube and ad blockers

Inside Savannah College of Art and Design’s never-ending quest to find creatives good jobs

  By Elizabeth Segran Paula Wallace has invited me to tea. The founder and president of the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) recently returned to the school’s coastal Georgia home after an extended visit to its campus in the South of France, and so on a humid July day, down a street lined … Continue reading Inside Savannah College of Art and Design’s never-ending quest to find creatives good jobs