wall street journal
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Welcome to the Age of Paid Social Media
On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Meta plans to charge European users $US17 a month for an ad-free version of Instagram and Facebook. It solidifies a trend that would have seemed absurd just a few years ago: every major social media platform now either has a premium tier or is experimenting with rolling…
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Looks Like Twitter Shadowbanned The New York Times, Which Advertises on Twitter
X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has apparently shadowbanned The New York Times, preventing users from seeing tweets that link to the newspaper’s coverage. The move smacks of a particular irony, given that the Times is one of X’s major advertisers and is currently running campaigns to promote its new sports site, The Athletic.…
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Apple Could Be Making Its Own Low-Cost Chromebook Lookalike Laptops
Apple is reportedly considering ultra-cheap laptops, though educators are questioning how sustainable Chromebooks are in the long run.
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CoinDesk Cuts a Reported 45% of Staff Ahead of Potential Sale
The finger-on-the-pulse and Polk Award-winning crypto news media company CoinDesk is in dire straits. The website has reportedly laid off 45% of its staff as parent company Digital Currency Group explores a sale. The Block reports that the company’s layoffs include 20 employees at the website. CoinDesk management announced the layoffs via an internal email…