January 14, 2025 A new movement wants to protect social media from billionaires An initiative called Free Our Feeds, backed by the founder of Wikipedia, is raising money to protect the technology that powers Bluesky. BY Chris Morris Over the past few years, concerns about billionaires using media outlets they own to signal boost their own … Continue reading A new movement wants to protect social media from billionaires
The tax would apply from January 1 to tech companies that earn more than AU$250 million ($160 million) a year in revenue from Australia. BY Associated Press The Australian government said Thursday it will tax large digital platforms and search engines unless they agree to share revenue with Australian news media organizations. The tax would apply … Continue reading Australia wants to tax Meta, Alphabet, and other platforms if they don’t pay for news
November 16, 2024 Dude Perfect went from YouTube to raising $100M. Here’s how its new CEO wants to grow the brand Dude Perfect CEO Andrew Yaffe talked to ‘Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies’ podcast about his plans for the media brand. BY Yasmin Gagne Over the past 15 years, sports and entertainment company Dude Perfect—which started … Continue reading Dude Perfect went from YouTube to raising $100M. Here’s how its new CEO wants to grow the brand
September 02, 2024 Why Japan wants its citizens to try a 4-day workweek The government launched a ‘work style reform’ campaign that promotes shorter hours and other flexible arrangements along with overtime limits and paid annual leave. BY Associated Press Japan, a nation so hardworking its language has a term for literally working oneself to death, … Continue reading Why Japan wants its citizens to try a 4-day workweek
August 07, 2024 Mozilla wants you to love Firefox again But can it avoid upsetting its most loyal users along the way? BY Jared Newman Last month, Mozilla made a quiet change in Firefox that caused some diehard users to revolt. Last month, Mozilla made a quiet change in Firefox that caused some diehard users … Continue reading Mozilla wants you to love Firefox again
August 01, 2024 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki wants to take the struggling company private—then comes the real work 23andMe was going to remake healthcare with its DNA spit tests. Today, it’s languishing on the sidelines. Wojcicki has a long road ahead. Direct-to-consumer genetic testing pioneer 23andMe unveiled a new product in May. Cofounder and CEO Anne … Continue reading 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki wants to take the struggling company private—then comes the real work
July 19, 2024 Most Americans think the rich don’t pay their fair share of taxes—but Trump wants to lower them even more Plans to extend and expand Trump-era tax cuts would largely benefit the wealthy. BY Marcus Baram In the first presidential debate of 2024, tax policy—and who it really benefits in this country—were among the issues most … Continue reading Most Americans think the rich don’t pay their fair share of taxes—but Trump wants to lower them even more
June 29, 2024 Verizon’s new CMO Leslie Berland wants to make sure you can hear the brand now When Verizon’s former chief marketing officer, Diego Scotti, left the company last May after almost nine years, the company needed to find a marketer who could match his penchant for big creative swings, but also allow the … Continue reading Verizon’s new CMO Leslie Berland wants to make sure you can hear the brand now
YouTube reportedly wants to pay record labels to use their songs for AI training Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Warner Records are allegedly in talks with the platform.. sarah fielding Thu, Jun 27, 2024 ASSOCIATED PRESS Much of the conversation about AI has revolved around the use of copyrighted materials to train … Continue reading YouTube reportedly wants to pay record labels to use their songs for AI training
May 06, 2024 A lawsuit against Meta wants to give users an external tool to control their Facebook feed A University of Massachusetts professor is behind the lawsuit and wants to release the browser extension. BY Associated Press Do social media users have the right to control what they see—or don’t see—on their feeds? A … Continue reading A lawsuit against Meta wants to give users an external tool to control their Facebook feed
