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‘That open tweet is the canvas’: behind the highs, lows and memes of Black Twitter
A new docuseries, from Insecure showrunner Prentice Penny, explores how a section of Twitter became an inventive and impactful community How to explain Black Twitter? It’s less of an actual place than a general practice, sometimes a secret society and then sometimes a prominent advocacy bloc, neither a standalone digital platform nor its own hashtag…
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‘That open tweet is the canvas’: behind the highs, lows and memes of Black Twitter
A new docuseries, from Insecure showrunner Prentice Penny, explores how a section of Twitter became an inventive and impactful community How to explain Black Twitter? It’s less of an actual place than a general practice, sometimes a secret society and then sometimes a prominent advocacy bloc, neither a standalone digital platform nor its own hashtag…
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Australia urged to impose big tech tax to fund trusted media and fight disinformation
Thinktank casts ‘deterioration of the information environment’ as a foreign policy priority and a threat to social cohesion Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Australia has been urged to hit big tech companies with a new digital platform tax to…
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NewFronts Briefing: Google, Vizio and news publishers pitch marketers with new ad offerings and range of content categories
The Interactive Advertising Bureau’s annual four-day NewFronts kicked off yesterday in New York City, with presentations from Google and Vizio pitching marketers on their advertising offerings. At the end of the day, IAB co-hosted a session with The New York Times to put a spotlight on news organizations to convince more advertisers to support them.…
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Report: NGSO redefining the HTS market landscape
Significant and ongoing transformations in the High Throughput Satellites (HTS) market are confirmed in the 7th edition of the High Throughput Satellites report from space consulting and market intelligence firm Novaspace. The report underscores the pivotal role of Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) constellations in reshaping the satellite connectivity industry, with the latter to emerge as the…
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Congress passed a TikTok bill. Will the US really ban the app?
A bill passed by Congress and signed by Biden requires owner ByteDance to sell or face a US ban – it’s its biggest threat yet Senate passes bill banning TikTok if parent company does not sell it The House of Representatives passed a bill that would require TikTok owner ByteDance to sell the social media…
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Data: Prime Video subs resist ad tier
Findings from marketing data and analytics company Kantar’s latest Entertainment on Demand (EoD) data and analysis on the UK’s streaming market suggest that Prime Video’s introduction of an ad-supported tier was met with significant resistance, leading to a notable subscriber exodus and dissatisfaction. In contrast, AppleTV+ and Netflix have successfully engaged and retained their audience,…
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Forecast: Modest growth for Japan telco, pay-TV revenues
The total telecom and pay-TV services revenue in Japan is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.1 per cent from $97.6 billion in 2023 to $108.3 billion in 2028, primarily supported by the mobile data and fixed broadband service segments, according to GlobalData, the data and analytics company. GlobalData’s Japan…
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Congress passed a TikTok bill. Will the US really ban the app?
A bill passed by Congress and signed by Biden requires owner ByteDance to sell or face a US ban – it’s its biggest threat yet Senate passes bill banning TikTok if parent company does not sell it The House of Representatives passed a bill that would require TikTok owner ByteDance to sell the social media…
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Congress passed a TikTok bill. Will the US really ban the app?
A bill passed by Congress and signed by Biden requires owner ByteDance to sell or face a US ban – it’s its biggest threat yet Senate passes bill banning TikTok if parent company does not sell it The House of Representatives passed a bill that would require TikTok owner ByteDance to sell the social media…