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Meta’s transition to the open social web, also known as the fediverse, is confusing. Does Facebook’s owner see open protocols as the future? Will do embrace…
Former President Donald Trump’s digital media company is losing money, and lots of it. But why is this different from other startups, which often struggle to…
There are plenty of music editing and creation tools powered by GenAI, but Adobe wants to put its own spin on the idea. Today at the…
Reliance and Disney merge India media businesses to launch $8.5 billion joint venture
Reliance, its Viacom18 portfolio and Disney are merging their media businesses in India, creating the largest media entity in the world’s most populous nation. Reliance, which…
A merger of Reliance’s Indian media, its Viacom18 portfolio and Disney would create an entity that would capture 85% of the country’s on-demand streaming service audience…
A team led by former Twitter engineers is rethinking how artificial intelligence can be used to help people process news and information. Particle.news, which went into…
Reddit Downplays Risks of Developer Backlash, Decentralized Social Media in IPO Filing
Reddit’s long-awaited IPO is coming, it promises to be the biggest social media IPO since Pinterest. But in the company S-1 filing, Reddit is failing to…
As Threads Undermines Politics, Bluesky CEO Shows Custom Feeds and User Choices on Social Media
Meta is in hot water after announcing plans to remove politics from its recommendations across Instagram and Threads, its new Twitter-like app for text-based posts. That…
Broadcaster Sinclair recently sold its ad-supported free streaming TV (FAST) service We mix to Thinking Media, a startup providing cloud-based streaming solutions for FAST and over-the-top…
Spotify’s exclusive podcast days are over as Joe Rogan’s show expands to other platforms
Controversy and PR headaches weren’t enough to keep Spotify from renewing its deal with podcaster Joe Rogan, whose show for the past two years has caused…