By Michael Grothaus February 10, 2023 On Thursday evening, Axios reported that Yahoo is set to lay off more than 1,600 of its employees. Yahoo’s job cuts equate to over 20% of its workforce and Axios reports that the cuts will hit Yahoo’s ad-tech division hard—with 50% of ad-tech employees set to be let … Continue reading Nearly 20,000 jobs lost in another week of brutal mass layoffs for tech and media
Linear TV Shows Flat Q4 Ad Growth, Nearly On Par With Digital Media by Wayne Friedman , January 26, 2023 Traditional linear TV — national and local broadcast and cable — will see flat advertising growth in the fourth quarter — nearly the same as digital media advertising platforms, according to estimates from MoffettNathanson Research. … Continue reading Linear TV Shows Flat Q4 Ad Growth, Nearly On Par With Digital Media
Google reveals North Korean-backed campaign targeting security researchers Mariella Moon @mariella_moon Google’s Threat Analysis Group has identified an ongoing campaign that’s been targeting security researchers working on vulnerabilities over the past few months. The team says “a government-backed entity based in North Korea” is behind the attacks, which typically use social engineering to engage the … Continue reading North Korean hackers targeted nearly 1,000 South Korean foreign policy experts
By Sam Becker November 15, 2022 Though the latest CPI numbers showed promise in the Fed’s battle against inflation—prices rose 7.7% year-over-year during October, a drop compared to previous months—it may not be of much comfort to the millions of Americans struggling to contend with escalating costs. That may be particularly true for … Continue reading The recession is squeezing Gen Z more than other generations: Nearly 75% can’t pay their bills on time
Alejandro Arrieche Last updated: 22 April 2022 The popular cryptocurrency exchange Binance reportedly recovered a total of $ 5.8 million of the approximately $ 650 million stolen by North Korean hackers from the popular play-to-earn (P2E) platform Axie Infinity. In a tweet published this morning, the founder of the global crypto exchange, Changpeng Zhao, a.k.a … Continue reading Binance Recovers Nearly $6 Million from Hackers of Axie Infinity
BNPL: Brands’ Digital Spend Surpasses Nearly $90M To Advertise Service In 2021 by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, February 2, 2022 Block, formerly known as Square, the payment service founded by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, announced (February 06, 2022) that it had closed the acquisition of the buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Afterpay. It’s a service … Continue reading BNPL: Brands’ Digital Spend Surpasses Nearly $90M To Advertise Service In 2021
Achim Nowak May 26, 2021 It’s that betwixt and between time. Back in the brick-and-mortar office again. Well, on occasion. Business traveling again, in little baby steps. The race back to normal has begun. Or more correctly perhaps, hybrid life. I hear it all the time. I miss my social connections in the office. The … Continue reading Why Zoom Beats Meeting In-Person. Nearly Every Time.
This year,the company says it has removed “tens of millions” of COVID-19 related ads. Ginny Marvin on April 30, 2020 Last year, Google says it took down 2.7 billion so-called bad ads for violating the company’s ad policies, according to its annual report released Thursday. That’s up from the 2.3 billion bad ads Google reported … Continue reading Google removed 2.7 billion bad ads, nearly 1 million ad accounts in 2019
The representatives of the Platform of Independents aim to create flexible martech solutions that work together across the entire technology stack. Jennifer Cannon on January 16, 2020 Ten marketing technology companies are leading an initiative with over 190 co-signatories to publicly pledge to design software that eliminates data siloes by shifting away from a CRM-centric … Continue reading “CRM is not enough:” Nearly 200 martech companies sign pledge to change the data ecosystem for customers
But 70% haven’t heard of CCPA or GDPR and 62% don’t read privacy policies. Greg Sterling on December 4, 2019 A new survey of 1,000 U.S. adults discovered both concern and ignorance regarding online privacy and personal data protection. Conducted by Tealium, the survey found 97% of respondents are somewhat or very concerned about protecting … Continue reading Nearly all consumers are concerned about personal data privacy, survey finds
