Shoshana Wodinsky
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Amazon’s Newest Ads Team Is Facebook’s Worst Nightmare
Amazon’s burgeoning ad business is already raking in tens of billions of dollars for the company annually, and it looks like that number’s about to get bigger. The e-commerce giant has begun quietly hiring for roles in a newly created Local Ads team, a move that will likely rankle some of its biggest competitors (read:…
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TV Shows Are Rated by ‘Bingeability’ Now
Nielsen is launching a new product aimed at shoring up the accuracy of its TV ratings system: a series of datasets meant to quantify a program’s “bingeability,” along with a show’s propensity to keep viewers coming back for more episodes down the line. The ratings giant explained in a statement Thursday that streaming services and…
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9 Times Pranksters, Vigilantes, and Weirdos Hijacked TV Broadcasts
Picture this: you’re sitting at home, exhausted after a long day at work. You turn on your favourite show — a mid-tier 90’s sitcom — hoping that the din of laugh tracks and witty banter helps lull you into some kind of relaxation, and it does! At least at first, before it gets suddenly interrupted…
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Despite Its Name, Terra’s Stablecoin Value Plummets
In yet another case of stablecoins being less-than-stable, terraUSD (UST) plunged below its $US1 ($1.44) price peg for the first time since its inception. Bloomberg spotted the coin slipping to about 99 cents ($1.37) over the weekend, before plunging to roughly 60 cents ($0.83) on Monday night. As of this writing, Coindesk reports that the…