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New York Times
April 4, 2018
Before and after he became president, Mr. Trump attacked tech firms, military contractors, carmakers, cellphone companies, financial firms, drug companies, air-conditioner makers, sports leagues, Wall Street giants — and many, many media companies, which he has labeled “shameful,” “dishonest,” “trueÃâà...
TechRepublic
April 4, 2018
However, increasing cyber threats may halt media organizations' online services and ability to innovate in the space, according to a Wednesday report from security firm Akamai. Slow site performance and downtime are the industry's top security-related concerns, according to 26% of the 200 US mediaÃâà...
Kansas City Business Journal
April 4, 2018
Historically, social media analytics platforms, also known as social media listening, have offered elementary metrics, such as the number of times a brand is mentioned or the number of times a brand's content is shared, Mumford said. But the industry has evolved, and companies are expecting more fromÃâà...
Sentinel-Tribune
April 2, 2018
“The Sentinel Company has long been one of the most respected and admired local publishing and media companies in the United States,” said ... We are gratified by the Haswell family's confidence in us as publishers of local, community newspapers to build on their heritage, traditions and focus onÃâà...
CNNMoney
April 2, 2018
Critics are calling Sinclair's promos pro-Trump propaganda. Now the company is defending the initiative, and calling it something much more mundane: A "corporate news journalistic responsibility promotional campaign." Sinclair, America's largest operator of local TV stations, is in the spotlight after aÃâà...
ABC News
April 2, 2018
Videos of local news anchors reading the seemingly same script in a segment decrying "biased and false news" on Sinclair-owned TV stations is raising questions about the media company after the videos attracted attention online.
EW.com
April 2, 2018
In March, CNN reported Sinclair had created a “media-bashing” promo for anchors to read that include lines such as, “Unfortunately, some members of the media use their ... The conservative-leaning media company owns 193 stations around the U.S., reaching roughly 40 percent of American households.
Fast Company
April 2, 2018
Others were less well-known nationally: A 1967 article in The Sheboygan Press on the Let Freedom Ring line in that city mentioned the local line was maintained by a 20-year-old conservative and the 54-year-old pastor of a local church. (When contacted by Fast Company, Douglass's son, WilliamÃâà...
CNNMoney
April 2, 2018
Sinclair Broadcast Group's corporate mandates are exacerbating tensions between the company's local stations and its management. Journalists in local US markets are chafing at the company's requirements, including a new promotional campaign that echoes President Donald Trump's anti-mediaÃâà...
The Guardian
April 2, 2018
Sir Julian King, the European commissioner for security, wants “a clear game plan” on how social media companies are allowed to operate during ... of 50 million Facebook users ended up in the hands of political consultancies for use in Donald Trump's US election campaign and the UK's EU referendum.
New York Times
April 2, 2018
On local news stations across the United States last month, dozens of anchors gave the same speech to their combined millions of viewers. ... (but not anchors) at KOMO in Seattle and KATU in Portland, Ore., said Sinclair told journalists at those stations not to discuss the company with outside news media.
BizTimes.com (Milwaukee)
April 2, 2018
The company is also no stranger to challenges of international trade, facing import tariffs as high as 100 percent in some countries. To get around those trade barriers, Harley has established assembly facilities in Brazil, India and, most recently, Thailand. Major retailers from across the United States,Ãâà...
New York Times
March 30, 2018
Outside the United States, social media is fueling real-world violence and empowering autocrats, often with much less oversight.) ... It's exceedingly unlikely that Mark Zuckerberg, who has fought hard to keep control of Facebook, will ever convert the company into a user-owned and run collective. But Mr.
WIRED
March 11, 2018
Journalists referred to the ways in which Russia “manipulated social-media platforms,” and tech company executives like Facebook's Rob Goldman decried “how the Russians abused our .... And it calls for a reorientation as to how the companies and the rest of us think about addressing these challenges.
Fast Company
March 11, 2018
During the Fast Company Grill in Austin, renowned journalist Dan Rather gave insight into how his media company News and Guts is aiding in the fight ... And one of the things I think we can do, and we're trying to do on both Facebook and with News and Guts, is [emphasize] those things that unite us,Ãâà...
WIRED
March 11, 2018
But as social media has become more popular than ever for sex work—which encompasses everything from paid nude photos to webcam modeling to high-end escort services—all of it is strictly against platforms' rules regarding sexual content, which are loosely based on United States prostitution law. AndÃâà...
Greentech Media
March 10, 2018
The Perth, Western Australia-based lithium company announced acceptance of an offer for 99.7 percent of the Very Small Particle Company (VSPC), an ... and testing, “with a view to providing a range of cathode materials for assessment by major battery manufacturers,” according to a press release.
Greentech Media
March 9, 2018
The new company, Centrica Business Solutions, is actually a combination of acquired and home-built business units with significant existing market share in the U.S. and Canada. Backed by the promise of $910 million in investment through 2020 by its parent company, it's selling combined heat and powerÃâà...
Fast Company
March 9, 2018
After the ads legislation was announced in October, Siva Vaidhyanathan, a professor of modern media studies at the University of Virginia, told Fast Company that there's little motivation among Congresspeople–many of whom must run for re-election every two years–to upend the existing system,Ãâà...
New York Times
March 9, 2018
And Mr. Obama has been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for speeches in the United States and around the world. ... Robert S. Mueller III, indicted 13 Russians and three companies that had used social media companies to undermine democracy in the United States and push voters to reject HillaryÃâà...
Digiday
March 8, 2018
BuzzFeed was flush with $3.1 million in Facebook money, making it the media company the platform paid the most to make live video content, ahead of even The New York Times and CNN. Just a few days later, onstage at Facebook's F8 developer conference, BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti expoundedÃâà...
Digiday
March 8, 2018
European media companies are mad about the current version of the ePrivacy Regulation, which would block the use of cookies without consumer consent, and have appealed directly to the European Commission to have it drastically revised. A total of 50 media organizations across Europe — includingÃâà...
FierceWireless
March 8, 2018
“But they probably didn't want to enable us.") “What do we do with the rest of the cash?” Carter asked rhetorically. “Return to shareholders is a true reality.” Carter explained that T-Mobile has already conducted a $1.5 billion share buyback effort, and said the carrier plans to expand that effort significantlyÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
March 8, 2018
Univision is owned by a consortium of private equity owners who bought the Spanish-language media company in 2007 for more than $13 billion — a ... two companies have been scrambling to better adjust to a more competitive environment and create content that is more relevant to the lives of U.S.-bornÃâà...
Software News
March 4, 2018
The report also consists of restraints and drivers for the Social Media Advertising Software market together with the influence on the overall growth of the market. This report focuses on the top players in global market – Adobe Systems Incorporated (US), Oracle Corporation (US), SAP SE (Germany),Ãâà...
The Guardian
March 4, 2018
On top of Comcast's poor reputation with consumers, it is the company's corporate transgressions that are most concerning to legal experts examining the merits of its potential takeover bid for Sky. In recent years, Comcast has been fined more than $2m (Ãâã1.5bn) by US regulators and has been caught outÃâà...
MarTech Series
March 3, 2018
Webinar: Will your Media Company Thrive in the Over-the-Top Revolution? ... While mobile video consumption is on the rise, accounting for 50% of the overall online video viewership, maturing markets such as the United States and Europe, have an increasing number of Over-the-Top viewers on TV sets.
The Guardian
March 3, 2018
“The arrival of Netflix and players like Amazon and Apple puts US companies like Disney, Comcast and Fox up against powerful new competitors,” said Jerry Dellis of investment bank Jefferies. “To compete, these formerly US-centric businesses need more global reach. Sky provides a direct route toÃâà...
Greentech Media
March 2, 2018
Julian is a staff writer at Greentech Media, where he reports on energy storage, solar power and other clean energy sectors. ... "SunPower has a decade of experience monitoring nearly 1.7 gigawatts of commercial solar projects to best understand how they perform, giving us a unique advantage whenÃâà...
BBC News
March 2, 2018
Delta joined United Airlines and several other American companies in dropping ties to the powerful gun advocacy organisation after activists called for a boycott of the NRA's corporate partners on social media. The company said it was taking a "neutral" position on the debate despite abandoning its partnership with theÃâà...
Fortune
March 2, 2018
Russian operatives used inflammatory social media posts to disrupt U.S. energy policy, including inciting environmentalists to protest against pipeline projects, ... Russian-sponsored agents also funneled money to U.S. environmental groups in an attempt to portray energy companies in a negative way andÃâà...
CNNMoney
March 2, 2018
The initiative "focused on the U.S. population and conducted operations on social media platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter." ... office say, according to the indictment, that one of the IRA's objectives was to conduct "information warfare against the United States of America.".
ThinkAdvisor
March 1, 2018
The ThinkAdvisor Network provides the most comprehensive and accessible resources and knowledge for the investment advisory community, available on all the relevant platforms advisors use. ThinkAdvisor.com, along with Investment Advisor and Research on Wealth magazines, offer sponsors an opportunity to own aÃâà...
Greentech Media
February 28, 2018
Some manufacturers are exploring U.S. factories, but so far there's no indication the tariffs have prompted “at least five” solar plants to open. ... As for new factories: "Many manufacturers will certainly explore building manufacturing capacity in the United States, but a combination of timing, market factors andÃâà...
TIME
February 28, 2018
If you're a big Instagram fan, you may have noticed a bunch of people you follow talking about Vero lately. But what is Vero? Vero is a new social media app trying to take on Instagram, Facebook and more. It's ad-free and organized chronologically, as opposed to Facebook and Instagram's algorithm-drivenÃâà...
Greentech Media
February 28, 2018
“With this latest cash infusion, our creditors are demonstrating their confidence in our company and its outlook for growth,” said Juergen Stein, CEO and president of ... The fact that foreign companies are looking to set up shop in the U.S. confuses some of the political rhetoric around the solar trade case.
New York Times
February 28, 2018
Mr. Stack said Dick's hoped to move the conversation beyond social media and into the political realm. As part of its stance, the company is calling on elected officials to pass what it called “common sense gun reform”: raising the minimum age to buy guns to 21, banning assault-type weapons and so-calledÃâà...
New York Times
February 28, 2018
On Wednesday, the company filed a prospectus to sell shares on the New York Stock Exchange, an indication of the imminent arrival of one of the most ... According to the filing, Spotify, which began its streaming service in Sweden in 2008 and came to the United States three years later, had nearly $5Ãâà...
The Republic
February 28, 2018
A media monitoring company says it's looking at its options after a New York federal appeals court says it is cheating Fox News Networks out of revenue by failing to pay Fox for some content it resells. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled Tuesday against TVEyes Inc. The companyÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
February 27, 2018
However, the appeals court noted that Fox News did not challenge the media monitoring company's creation of a text-searchable database. The company's clients include journalists, government and political organizations, law enforcement, the military, for-profit companies and nonprofits, the court said.
Seeking Alpha
February 27, 2018
Twitter is deviating from explicitly being a social media company. It is a hybrid, ... So, make yourselves comfortable and let us have a wonderful discussion about Jack Dorsey and his company Twitter (TWTR). ... If this new project/feature becomes a success, it can be applied to all major media companies.
TechCrunch
February 12, 2018
Both companies faced a growing backlash last year — with a number of advertisers and brands pulling ads from YouTube over concerns about the types ... Incidentally Tide Pods aren't a Unilever brand but their parent company, Procter & Gamble, also roasted social media firms last year — calling for themÃâà...
KGO-TV
December 31, 1999
U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell reacted this morning to new fallout from the data scandal, saying "now is the time for every social media company to come clean. No one thinks they did anything maliciously to help the Russians but do think many of them have been less than forthcoming about how theirÃâà...
Axios
December 31, 1999
Europe is preparing 25% tariffs on U.S. goods from Levi's to Harley Davidson bikes in a sign of brewing retaliation for President Trump's imposition of a levy on foreign steel, and economists are warning of a sharp hit to the global economy and markets. Why it matters: Economists tell Axios that, should Trump proceed withÃâà...
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