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Back in April, Snapchat announced that it had seen an 85% uptick in SMB advertisers in the app, which has also driven a big increase in comparative ad revenue in the first half of the year. So how did it…
We have seen some horrible media practices, but this one? This may be one of the worst because it was done knowing full well the absolute hell that would come for the victims. Following the 10/7 attack, a large group…
As WhatsApp usage continues to rise, particularly in Western markets, Meta’s slowly trying to integrate more functionality into the app, with a view to eventually facilitating a broader set of functions and options within your message streams. Meta’s latest focus…
Whenever we talk about end-to-end encrypted data, we’re usually talking about messaging apps like iMessage, Signal, WhatsApp, and Google’s RCS. But plenty of other data is encrypted to ensure attackers can’t access it. Think of data in transit from your…
Representative Ilhan Omar’s Democratic primary opponent Don Samuels has had quite the week leading up to polls opening in Minnesota on Tuesday—including openly courting Republican voters and getting caught possibly breaking campaign finance laws. In a WhatsApp group chat titled…
This research is based on unique data collected from our proprietary audience of publisher, agency, brand and tech insiders. It’s available to Digiday+ members. More from the series → This is the second half of Digiday’s CMO Strategies report on…
Universal Music Group and Meta have inked an expanded licensing deal. Photo Credit: Dima Solomin Universal Music Group (UMG) has inked an “expanded global agreement” – including a framework for addressing “unauthorized AI-generated content” – with Facebook and Instagram parent…
It’s basically blackjack for jokes Image credit: spelafort Conan Throwbrien welcomes its host to the stage with discordant jazz and uncanny colour bars glitches. It feels eerie. Desperate. A crushing inevitability. Four joke topics appear at the bottom of the…
Snapchat’s updated its Ads Manager platform to simplify the campaign creation process, most notably reducing the steps required to set your campaign objectives. As you can see in this image, Snap’s reduced the amount of available objectives from eleven options…
Meta and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced on Monday the expansion of their multi-year music licensing agreement, which enables users to share songs from UMG’s music library across Meta’s platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Horizon, Threads and WhatsApp) without violating copyright. What’s…