Pandora debuted a tool called Pandora Stories that lets creators make playlists that combine music tracks with their audio commentary. Read more…
Category: Industry
Alden Global Capital, the hedge fund whose Media News Group last month bid $1.4 billion for USA Todaypublisher Gannett, is again fueling speculation about the future of the ailing U.S. newspaper industry. Read more…
BMW is collaborating on a six-episode podcast called, “The Special,” with The New York Times’ branded content studio, T Brand Studio, and restaurant discovery platform, The Infatuation. Read more…
USA Today editor-in-chief Nicole Carroll apologized for her role in creating an Arizona State University yearbook that showed two pictures of people dressed in blackface. Read more…
Publishers say tech companies like Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are less supportive of the industry than they were a year ago — and paid subscriptions are a bigger priority. That’s the message from a survey of publishers by German media giant Axel Springer at this month’s International Paid Content Summit in Berlin. Read more…
It is possible to applaud the administration’s efforts to promote gay rights, while still pointing out areas that need improvement. The two viewpoints aren’t necessarily contradictory. Read more….
Apple, Samsung, Fitbit and Fossil’s combined share of the smartwatch market will slide to 47% of global shipments by 2023 from an estimated 58% last year, per a forecast from Juniper Research. Read more…
The 2018 Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal caused lasting worries about user data: 74 percent of consumers surveyed said the Cambridge Analytica scandal made them concerned about how their information is used, according to text marketing platform SlickText.
- Customers are scared away by poor privacy practices: 94 percent of consumers surveyed are unlikely to do business with a company if they have concerns about their privacy practices.
- Consumers don’t like knowing they’re targeted by brands: 77 percent of consumers surveyed said when they notice online targeted ads it makes them uncomfortable.
- Brands need to do a better job of finding communication channels: 80 percent of consumers surveyed said brands contact them in ways they find inappropriate.
- Watch those unsubscribes: 52 percent of those surveyed said in the last year concerns about privacy have motivated them to unsubscribe from email newsletters.
As of Sunday, 60 people had signed the petition from activist group MoveOn. Read more….
His “In Conversation” columns at “Vulture” and “New York” were notable for getting fresh, even controversial comments from celebrities who had been interviewed countless times before. Read more….