By Samar Marwan August 31, 2022 Some may discredit Gen Z and millennials for being oblivious to current events when the reality is that 79% consume news daily, and a third pay out-of-pocket for news subscriptions. A New Media Insight Project survey looked at the media consumption habits of 16- to 40-year-olds and found … Continue reading Gen Z and millennials get their news from the paper, and Nextdoor
By Jennifer Alsever August 27, 2022 The wealth gap isn’t isolated to just the United States. There’s the rich and then the uber-rich, who despite their stratospheric wealth, are largely invisible to the rest of the world. In her new book, Spiderweb Capitalism: How Global Elites Exploit Frontier Markets, Kimberly Kay Hoang examines … Continue reading What is spiderweb capitalism? Inside the intricate system that lets the super-rich hide their cash
Meta’s revenue shrank for the first time in its history And Meta’s Reality Labs cost the company almost $3 billion last quarter. N. Ingraham Carlos Barria / reuters Facebook parent company Meta has just reported its earnings for the second quarter of 2022, and it was another quarter of shrinking profits. Total revenue of $28.8 … Continue reading Dozens of Facebook contractors lost their jobs after an algorithm reportedly chose them ‘at random’
By Shalene Gupta August 12, 2022 Times are tough, inflation is sky high, but just how bad are things really? A new study by customer review company Consumer Affairs analyzed data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Census, the National Association of Realtors, and the Education Data Board to quantify … Continue reading Gen Z has 86% less purchasing power than baby boomers did in their 20s
By Sam Becker August 06, 2022 Data is as good as gold these days, and Americans are creating a lot more of it than they likely realize. During 2020, for example, it’s estimated that the typical person created 1.7 megabytes of data every single second of every day. It’s extremely valuable, too, and many … Continue reading How much do Americans think their personal data is worth? It depends on where they live
89% say customer data isn’t readily accessible to them. Constantine von Hoffman on August 5, 2022 North American marketers. Most of these numbers are global ones, but the ones specifically from North American marketers are not good. Only 28% say they are very confident in their data systems to win and retain customers. Compare that … Continue reading Only 38% of marketers very confident in their customer data and analytics systems
Martech Maxxing: Brands Are Replacing Platforms This Year, Including Their Email Systems by Ray Schultz , Columnist, July 29, 2022 Marketers are spending freely on technology this year, judging by the Martech Replacement Survey from Martech. Of companies polled, 21% have replaced their email distribution platform — down from 24% in 2021. But while … Continue reading Martech Maxxing: Brands Are Replacing Platforms This Year, Including Their Email Systems
How Marketers Are Reassessing Their Budgets As The Economy Dips by Todd Wasserman , July 25, 2022 What is the most popular show on TV? The answer used to be easy: Whatever tops Nielsen’s list. But in the past few years, over-the-top (OTT) programming, which viewers can get with an Internet connection and a TV, … Continue reading How Marketers Are Reassessing Their Budgets As The Economy Dips
By Judah Taub July 05, 2022 “A rising tide lifts all boats,” as the phrase goes. But perhaps more importantly, it also hides any jagged rocks. Over the last few years, many of those sharp rocks in the startup ecosystem have been covered by the rising tide of mammoth investment sums and grossly inflated … Continue reading Why founders need to think hard about where their money is coming from
Report – Millennials Are Saving More Than Their Parents – Are You Saving Enough? Due / 26 May 2022 We financial millennials have been the punchline for Boomers for way too long. But, guess what? When it comes to saving money? We’re on fire. According to a study by Charles Schwab, millennials save significantly more … Continue reading Report – Millennials Are Saving More Than Their Parents – Are You Saving Enough?
