Tag: media
Revenue Analytics raises $11 million to predict product pricing with AI
Imagine you’re a retailer with a diverse clientele. To whom should you extend a promotion when a product isn’t flying off the shelves, and...
Facebook raises wages, improves conditions for contract content moderators
In a blog post today, Facebook committed to paying its contract workers in the U.S. a “living wage” that’s “more reflective of local costs...
Netflix acquires kids’ educational content co. StoryBots
Netflix is further investing in its children’s programming ahead of the launch of a highly anticipated rival: Disney+. The company announced today it has...
Netflix offers $2 billion more in debt to fund its content...
Netflix is raising another $2 billion in debt to fund its content spending and other expenses, the company announced this morning. The news comes...
BuzzFeed teams up with Eko to create interactive recipes and other...
BuzzFeed and Eko have been working together to create a wide range of interactive videos, which they began launching in the past week or...
Streaming accounted for nearly half of music revenues worldwide in 2018
The scales are about to tip in favor of streaming music becoming the number one driver of global recorded music revenues — a shift...
Dorian raises $2 million for immersive fiction app
Dorian has raised $2 million in funding for interactive storytelling for a new generation of readers. The San Francisco-based company is developing an “immersive...
W3C approves WebAuthn as the web standard for password-free logins
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) today declared that the Web Authentication API (WebAuthn) is now an official web standard. First announced by the...
Why ThisPersonDoesNotExist (and its copycats) need to be restricted
You might have heard about the recent viral sensation, ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com, a website, launched two weeks ago, that uses Nvidia’s publicly available artificial intelligence technology...
Facebook introduces new video ad program, says 100 million people watch...
At a media event in New York City today, Facebook gave an update on its video strategy.
The announcement included Showcase, a premium video ad...
