Meta, Amazon Beat Expectations With Stellar Results Meta and Amazon on Thursday blew through expectations in their latest quarterly results as Big Tech continued to impress Wall Street. International Business Times · Feb 1, 2024
With Outburst, Musk Puts X's Survival In The Balance Elon Musk's verbal assault on advertisers who have shunned X (formerly Twitter) threatens to sink the social network further, with the tycoon warning of the platform's demise, just one year after taking control. International Business Times · Dec 1, 2023
Twitter takeover: 1 year later, X struggles with misinformation, advertising and usage decline One year ago, billionaire Elon Musk walked into Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters with a white bathroom sink and a grin, fired its CEO and other top executives and began transforming the social media platform into what is now known as X The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2023
TikTok launches shopping feature for users in US The company said Tuesday its shopping wing, called TikTok Shop, will include several features, such as a “Shop Tab,” a marketplace it’s been testing on the app since August. Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 12, 2023
Criminal gangs might be selling your identity to fraudsters. Here’s how and how to protect yourself. They use sham bank accounts and online marketplaces to create “drop accounts” to steal from almost anyone — and some banks do little to fight the fraud. One victim: the Illinois EPA. Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 25, 2023
Linda Yaccarino: does Twitter’s CEO have the most difficult job in tech? She’s tasked with saving the company now called X, but Musk might be loth to hand over the reins of his $44bn vanity app The Guardian - US · Jul 27, 2023
Amazon Prime Day is the most international it's ever been Amazon executives reveal the company's international Prime expansion strategy. Axios · Jul 10, 2023
'Love Is Blind' snafu. Streaming with ads. Questions for Netflix ahead of earnings Over the last year, Netflix has taken steps to boost profits and entice more subscribers to stay on its streaming service. Los Angeles Times · Apr 18, 2023
Twitter: how are the company’s finances? Twitter is “roughly breaking even”, according to Elon Musk, after what the billionaire entrepreneur called a “painful” period since he took over the social media platform last year. The Week · Apr 18, 2023
Forecast: Digital Video Viewing to Top Traditional TV in US For the first time ever, US adults will spend more time this year watching digital video on platforms such as Netflix, TikTok and YouTube than viewing traditional television, Insider Intelligence forecast on Wednesday. In the historic first, the market tracker expects "linear TV" to account for less than half of… Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 15, 2023
Podcasts lose their edge, with slowing advertising and fewer newcomers The maturing audio format isn't vanishing, but it's not growing the way it used to, either. Axios · Feb 9, 2023
Musk vows to restore recently suspended Twitter accounts of journalists Elon Musk said late Friday he would reinstate the Twitter accounts of several journalists who were suspended after he accused them of endangering his family. France 24 · Dec 17, 2022
Twitter Suspends Accounts of Journalists Covering Musk Twitter suspended Thursday accounts of more than a half-dozen journalists who had been writing about the company and its new owner Elon Musk. Silencing journalists at Twitter while claiming to be a free speech champion is the latest controversy provoked by Musk since he took over the company, which has… Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 16, 2022
Twitter ‘to lose 32m users in two years after Elon Musk takeover’ Forecast predicts people will leave platform over technical problems and spread of hate speech The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2022
Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 25, 2022 Twitter Aims to Diversify Beyond Advertising, But Can it Be Done? Is it a pipe dream or possibility? Elon Musk wants to diversify Twitter's revenue stream beyond advertising, a feat none of the biggest social networks have yet pulled off. Something of a gold standard, social media ads can be fine-tuned and tailored to individual users on a mass scale, and…
Los Angeles Times · Oct 18, 2022 Some good news for Netflix, with subscriber gains in the third quarter After two consecutive quarters of subscriber decline, Netflix said its prospects look brighter for the second half of the year as it prepares to launch a cheaper streaming plan with ads.
The Guardian - US · Oct 17, 2022 Will the economic slowdown take the wind out of the US tech industry’s sails? Looming layoffs, rising inflation and fears of an impending recession bode ill for companies’ earnings calls next week
The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022 TikTok going big on US e-commerce? Job listings offer clues TikTok appears to be deepening its foray into e-commerce
Tribune News Service · Sep 14, 2022 Amazon opens the email marketing floodgates to try to boost sales Amazon.com Inc. will let brands and merchants send marketing emails to shoppers, a risky bid to boost sales that could inundate inboxes with spam.
Tribune News Service · Aug 30, 2022 Walmart’s online grocery lead on Amazon and Instacart is strengthening Walmart holds a comfortable lead as the largest online U.S. grocer, according to the new national e-commerce forecast from Insider Intelligence, but there’s a fierce battle for No. 2 between Amazon and Instacart.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 11, 2022 Disney+ Subscribers Surge as Netflix Stumbles The Disney+ streaming service saw its number of paying subscribers leap beyond expectations in the last quarter, as rival Netflix's client count ebbed, results showed Wednesday. The number of people subscribing to Disney+ topped 152 million, up some 31 percent from the same period a year earlier, the entertainment giant…
The Guardian - US · Jul 26, 2022 Google earnings signal company weathering slowdown better than expected Parent company Alphabet reports second-quarter revenue of $69.69bn, 13% higher than a year ago
The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022 Amazon Prime Day: What consumers are buying Amazon will be offering discounts on a variety of items during its two-day Prime Day shopping event that began Tuesday
The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022 Amazon Prime Day comes amid slowdown in online sales growth Amazon is heading into its annual Prime Day sales event on Tuesday much differently than how it entered the pandemic
The Guardian - US · Jun 2, 2022 ‘End of an era’: Sheryl Sandberg leaves behind powerful – if complicated – legacy The chief operating officer saw Facebook through multiple controversies and turned into the profitable juggernaut it is today