Social experts define platform strategies at Social Media Outlook 2025 event
Social media professionals gathered this week for the Social Media Outlook 2025 breakfast, part of the Mid-Atlantic MarCom Summit’s Breakfast Series, to discuss emerging trends and platform-specific…
YouTube passes a billion monthly podcast viewers
YouTube says it has reached a significant podcast milestone, passing a billion monthly active viewers of podcasts on the platform. The company says that…
Crisis communications: social media takes over pilot speculation in Toronto fiery landing
On February 17, Delta Air Lines flight DL4819 from Minneapolis to Toronto made, said one media report, a fiery landing at Toronto Pearson International…
Microsoft says sayonara to Skype
It’s time to say sayonara to Skype, with Microsoft saying it will be shutting down its video and chat app on May 5,…
Social media playing crucial role in Americans’ news diets, states Pew Research Center
Digital sources have become an important part of Americans’ news diets – with social media playing a crucial role, particularly for younger adults, reports the…
Panelists announced for Social Media Outlook 2025
Social media is currently in a major transition point as the major platforms adapt to the current environment. Explore the future of social media…
LinkedIn moves beyond networking and job hunting and doubling down on video
LinkedIn is doubling down on video, its fastest-growing in-app element, reports MediaPost. With video uploads increasing by 36% year-over-year, the…
Meta plans to lay off employees based on performance ratings
Meta plans to lay off up to 5 percent of its employees based on performance ratings, according to an internal memo to workers that…
State of Wikipedia report for December 2024
The final Chaos Index of 2024 sits at 70, a 13% increase over the previous month. The main driver of this change is a…
Google facing DOJ online-advertising allegations
Google, already facing a possible breakup of the company over its ubiquitous search engine, is fighting to beat back another attack by the U.…
State of Wikipedia report for November 2024
This month’s Wikipedia Chaos Index sits at 62, a 5% decrease from October. After two months of increased submissions, the rate of new…
Ads on Meta’s Threads may be coming in January
Meta may be planning to allow a small number of advertisers to place ads on its decentralized microblogging app Threads, marking a first for…
Company offering AI-enabled consumer review platform allegedly misrepresented consumer ratings and reviews
The Federal Trade Commission charged a company offering an AI-enabled consumer review platform deceived consumers by misrepresenting that ratings and reviews it published…
State of Wikipedia report for October 2024
The Chaos Index for October 2024 is at 65, holding steady (-2%) from September as Wikipedia continues to edit at a high pace, matching…
Attorneys general for 13 states and D.C. to file lawsuit against TikTok over allegations its “addictive” content harms teen health
Attorneys general for 13 states and the District of Columbia will be filing a general lawsuit against the social media platform TikTok over allegations…
