In June last year, reports circulated that Facebook was paying media companies and celebrities millions of dollars to broadcast exclusive content on Facebook Live in an effort to boost their rapidly expanding live content ambitions. The Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook had signed over 140 separate contracts, at a cumulative cost of around $140 […]
“Voodoo”. “Black magic”. “The death of a platform”. These are just some of the affectionate terms that people have been using to describe social media’s shift towards algorithm-based feeds. Social media audiences have frequently been averse to change, even if they don’t fully understand the ramifications of such updates, and this continues to be true. But as marketers, […]
Jared Schumacher is one of hundreds of thousands of New Jerseyans who routinely use electronic devices to text, listen to music or do other tasks as they walk outdoors. If a “distracted walking” measure recently proposed by a state assemblywoman becomes law, the Trenton man and others like him could face fines or even jail […]