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#podcasting
fromTechCrunch
14 hours ago
Podcast

Exclusive: Beehiiv expands into podcasting, taking aim at Patreon | TechCrunch

Beehiiv introduces native podcast hosting, allowing creators to host, distribute, and monetize podcasts directly on the platform.
Podcast
fromRAIN News
1 week ago

RAIN Notes: March 26

Podcasting is entering a new phase of maturity, emphasizing authenticity, diverse monetization, and the need for strategic thinking amidst market challenges.
Podcast
fromTechCrunch
14 hours ago

Exclusive: Beehiiv expands into podcasting, taking aim at Patreon | TechCrunch

Beehiiv introduces native podcast hosting, allowing creators to host, distribute, and monetize podcasts directly on the platform.
Podcast
fromRAIN News
1 week ago

RAIN Notes: March 26

Podcasting is entering a new phase of maturity, emphasizing authenticity, diverse monetization, and the need for strategic thinking amidst market challenges.
#snapchat
Social media marketing
fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

Snapchat's new 'AI Clips' Lens format turns photos into five-second videos | TechCrunch

Snapchat launches AI Clips in Lens Studio, allowing users to create five-second videos from photos using AI-powered Lenses.
Social media marketing
fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

Snapchat's new 'AI Clips' Lens format turns photos into five-second videos | TechCrunch

Snapchat launches AI Clips in Lens Studio, allowing users to create five-second videos from photos using AI-powered Lenses.
#tiktok
Social media marketing
fromTheWrap
2 days ago

TikTok Creators Will Be Able to Send Cameos to Fans Without Leaving the App

TikTok creators can now offer personalized Cameo videos directly within the app, enhancing fan engagement and monetization opportunities.
Social media marketing
fromTheWrap
2 days ago

TikTok Creators Will Be Able to Send Cameos to Fans Without Leaving the App

TikTok creators can now offer personalized Cameo videos directly within the app, enhancing fan engagement and monetization opportunities.
#apple
fromGotechtor
2 days ago
Apple

Apple Released iOS 26.5 Beta 1, But One Major Decision Could Frustrate Millions of iPhone Users - Gotechtor

Apple is opening its ecosystem while balancing monetization and privacy in iOS 26.5.
fromGSMArena.com
1 week ago
Apple

Apple Maps will soon start showing ads, report claims

Apple plans to introduce advertisements in its Maps app to monetize the service, similar to Google Maps.
Apple
fromGotechtor
2 days ago

Apple Released iOS 26.5 Beta 1, But One Major Decision Could Frustrate Millions of iPhone Users - Gotechtor

Apple is opening its ecosystem while balancing monetization and privacy in iOS 26.5.
Apple
fromGSMArena.com
1 week ago

Apple Maps will soon start showing ads, report claims

Apple plans to introduce advertisements in its Maps app to monetize the service, similar to Google Maps.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
3 days ago

Is This What the Start of an AI Bubble Bust Looks Like?

The market is experiencing a correction, raising concerns about a potential AI bubble burst and investor sentiment towards tech stocks.
Media industry
fromAdExchanger
3 days ago

Local Publishers Hit By AI Traffic Drops Collaborate For Revenue Relief | AdExchanger

AI-generated answers are diminishing traffic for smaller publishers, prompting collaboration to enhance reach and revenue.
Marketing tech
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

Webtoon is adding AI localization tools to its comics platform

Webtoon is enhancing its Canvas platform to help creators monetize their work and reach a broader audience through new features and tools.
Social media marketing
fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

Elon Musk pauses changes to X's creator revenue-sharing program after backlash | TechCrunch

X reversed its new monetization policy emphasizing local audience engagement after user backlash and Elon Musk's intervention.
Artificial intelligence
from24/7 Wall St.
1 week ago

Jim Cramer Approves of Reddit Stock After That 50% Plunge. Is He Right on the Money?

Jim Cramer endorses Reddit stock, highlighting its potential for growth despite recent challenges and overselling in the market.
#chatgpt
Marketing tech
fromFast Company
1 week ago

ChatGPT's ad test is really a test of trust

ChatGPT's ad launch tests whether monetization can occur without eroding user trust, which is crucial for its success.
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Matters
2 months ago

ChatGPT to carry adverts for some users as OpenAI searches for new revenue

OpenAI will trial advertising within ChatGPT and launch a cheaper ChatGPT Go tier to generate revenue and broaden access while claiming ads won't affect responses.
Marketing tech
fromFast Company
1 week ago

ChatGPT's ad test is really a test of trust

ChatGPT's ad launch tests whether monetization can occur without eroding user trust, which is crucial for its success.
Marketing tech
fromExchangewire
1 week ago

Limelight's Adaptive Rules Centre Delivers 4 Auction Success for Performance-Based SSP - ExchangeWire.com

Adaptive Rules Centre significantly improves auction performance and creative quality for partners in a video stack environment.
Graphic design
fromCreative Boom
1 week ago

Turn your passion into a paycheck: how DeviantArt can help you make money from art

DeviantArt provides artists with tools to monetize their work effectively, aligning the platform's success with the artists' earnings.
Podcast
from9to5Mac
1 week ago

iOS 26.4 users can try the new Apple Podcasts video experience with these shows - 9to5Mac

Apple Podcasts introduces a new video podcast experience in iOS 26.4, allowing creators to release video and audio content without separate feeds.
Apple
fromDigital Trends
1 week ago

Apple finally takes the Google Maps route to ads in Maps

Apple is introducing ads in Apple Maps, allowing businesses to bid for visibility in search results.
Media industry
fromDigiday
1 week ago

News/Media Alliance signs AI licensing deal to unlock recurring RAG revenue for small and mid-sized publishers

The News/Media Alliance partners with Bria to monetize publisher content through AI-driven enterprise demand.
#meta
fromForbes
1 week ago
Social media marketing

Meta Offered Creators Cash-Here's How They Responded

Meta's 'Creator Fast Track' program offers guaranteed payments to attract creators from other platforms to post on Facebook.
fromwww.cnbc.com
2 months ago
Social media marketing

Meta to begin rolling out Threads ads globally

Meta will begin showing ads on Threads globally next week, monetizing the platform with a gradual rollout and planned new ad formats and features.
Social media marketing
fromForbes
1 week ago

Meta Offered Creators Cash-Here's How They Responded

Meta's 'Creator Fast Track' program offers guaranteed payments to attract creators from other platforms to post on Facebook.
Social media marketing
fromLindsey Gamble
2 weeks ago

Facebook Doubles Down on Rewarding Original Content Creators & Tests New Impersonation Tool - Lindsey Gamble

Facebook doubled original Reels views and watch time while removing 20 million impersonation accounts and reducing impersonation reports by 33 percent through enhanced creator support tools and protections.
Video games
fromVG247
4 weeks ago

The Sims 4 is getting paid mods, and a new in-game currency to pay for them

The Sims 4 launches a paid mods system through The Sims Maker Program and Marketplace, allowing community creators to monetize content while players purchase add-ons using a new virtual currency called Moola.
Bootstrapping
fromMoneyLion
1 month ago

The Moment That Turned Me Into a Self-Made Millionaire

Discovering that search traffic could monetize a hobby blog allowed turning casual posts about credit cards into substantial advertising income, changing his financial trajectory.
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
1 month ago

Look Out, OpenAI: Perplexity Admits AI Adverts Were a Mistake, Is Now Getting Rid of Them

AI companies face a contentious choice between inserting ads into free models for revenue and avoiding ads to preserve user trust and answer accuracy.
#ai-search
LGBT
fromQueerty
1 month ago

Ex-Grindr employee reveals when everything started to change... - Queerty

Grindr's 2022 IPO shifted company priorities toward investor-driven monetization, reducing free features, increasing ads and paid subscriptions, and degrading the user experience.
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

$20 billion Perplexity is making a big bet on ditching ads

Perplexity is abandoning ads and prioritizing subscriptions, enterprise sales, and monetization, targeting businesses and high-powered professionals while preserving a free tier with rate limits.
Television
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Hollywood wants to beat TikTok at its own game - but faces hurdles

Hollywood streamers add vertical short-form clips to recapture mobile audiences from TikTok and YouTube, though monetization and effectiveness remain uncertain.
Social media marketing
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

How 'jestermaxxing' and 'frame mogging' are taking over the internet

Niche looksmaxxing livestreamers like 'Clavicular' are spreading slang (e.g., 'jestermaxxing', 'frame-mogging'), amplified by monetizing 'clippers,' causing viral language shifts.
Media industry
fromwww.socialmediatoday.com
1 month ago

Instagram Looks to Tap Into the Mini Drama Trend

Mini-drama short serialized shows drive high engagement and revenue on TikTok, prompting Instagram/Meta to test dedicated short-drama features to capture the trend.
#chatgpt-ads
fromDigiday
2 months ago
Media industry

Media Briefing: 'A bitter pill': ChatGPT ads are coming - where do publishers fit?

fromDigiday
2 months ago
Media industry

Media Briefing: 'A bitter pill': ChatGPT ads are coming - where do publishers fit?

#openai
fromInc
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

OpenAI Explains Its Ad Policy After Those Brutal Super Bowl Commercials

fromAol
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Is OpenAI's Decision to Begin Selling Ads on ChatGPT a Desperate Cry for Help?

fromInc
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

OpenAI Explains Its Ad Policy After Those Brutal Super Bowl Commercials

fromAol
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Is OpenAI's Decision to Begin Selling Ads on ChatGPT a Desperate Cry for Help?

#advertising
Music
fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago

Scaling the Charts: A Business Case for Accelerating Digital Streaming Momentum

Online music platforms increase access and tracking, while consistent releases, strategic promotion, and audience engagement drive sustained chart success and revenue growth.
Marketing tech
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Reddit says it's looking for more acquisitions in adtech and elsewhere | TechCrunch

Reddit will pursue acquisitions of technologies and companies that leverage its scale, enhance adtech, and grow its user base.
fromAol
1 month ago

Anthropic, OpenAI rivalry spills into new Super Bowl ads as both fight to win over AI users

Anthropic is airing a pair of TV commercials during Sunday's game that ridicule OpenAI for the digital advertising it's beginning to place on free and cheaper versions of ChatGPT. While Anthropic has centered its revenue model on selling Claude to other businesses, OpenAI has opened the doors to ads as a way of making money from the hundreds of millions of consumers who get ChatGPT for free.
Artificial intelligence
Gadgets
fromKotaku
1 month ago

The PS5 Just Outsold Switch 2 As Sony Stockpiles Memory

PlayStation 5 remains a strong seller, outselling Switch 2 last quarter; Sony is stockpiling memory and prioritizing monetization and services over raising console prices.
fromwww.morningstar.com
1 month ago

Snap Earnings: High-Margin Products Like Snapchat+ Drive Improved Platform Monetization

Snap SNAP reported fourth-quarter revenue of $1.72 billion, up 10% year over year, largely due to strength in average revenue per user. Adjusted EBITDA margin came in at 21%, up 300 basis points from the prior year, owing to growing operating leverage and a favorable sales mix. Why it matters: Despite a 5% year-over-year decline in global daily active users, or DAUs, traction in high-margin offerings such as Snapchat+, Sponsored Snaps, and Memories Storage Plans improved core platform monetization, supporting both top-line and profitability expansion.
Business
Marketing
fromBusiness Matters
1 month ago

How Digital Gaming Trends Are Reshaping Modern Entertainment Businesses

Crypto-enabled digital gaming transforms audience behavior, monetization, and engagement strategies for entertainment businesses by enabling transparency, speed, personalization, and new payment models.
Television
fromInc
1 month ago

Lindsay Hubbard Has Made an Empire Out of Being Herself

Lindsay Hubbard leverages 15 years of PR experience to monetize her reality TV presence through partnerships, prioritizing strategic deals and work-life balance.
Marketing tech
fromTalkMarkets
2 months ago

Pinterest Stock Keeps Falling. Is It Too Cheap To Ignore?

Pinterest offers intent-driven ad targeting with large global users but faces monetization, competition, macro headwinds, and a restructuring-driven AI pivot.
Media industry
fromAdExchanger
2 months ago

Hasbro And Animaj Form A New YouTube Ad Sales House For Kids And Family Content | AdExchanger

Animaj and Hasbro formed LUMEE, a 50-50 ad sales joint venture to better monetize under-monetized YouTube Kids and Family inventory using brands, IP, and AI.
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

Tattle TV has turned a Hitchcock classic into a vertical video 'microdrama'

Though Tattle TV - a UK-based streaming platform created by filmmakers Philip McGoldrick and Marina Elderton - features a reality dating series about dog-owners and a modern drama about a female MMA fighter, the company's latest debut is a vertically-oriented edit of Alfred Hitchcock's silent film The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog. Similar to other microdrama apps, Tattle TV splits all of its content into short segments that can be purchased individually using an in-app currency (Tattle Coins).
Film
fromTalkMarkets
2 months ago

Meta Platform Investors: Circle Jan.28 On Your Calendar

Over the past year, Meta Platforms ( META) has significantly underperformed most of its Magnificent Seven counterparts, posting a meager 5% return while Alphabet ( GOOG, GOOGL) surged 66% and even Apple ( AAPL) managed a 12% gain. Investor skepticism has largely stemmed from Meta's aggressive shift toward artificial intelligence, which has necessitated hefty capital outlays and - for the first time in years - taking on substantial debt to fund expansive data centers and AI infrastructure.
Social media marketing
fromForbes
2 months ago

What Is 'Vagueposting'?-The Viral Trend You're Not Meant To Know

Vagueposting uses ambiguous, dramatic social posts to attract engagement, curiosity, and sometimes monetization, by hinting at drama or secrets without offering context.
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

AI labs wage a reputational knife fight at Davos

"It's interesting they've gone for that so early," he said. "Maybe they feel they need to make more revenue."
Artificial intelligence
#roblox
fromAndroid Police
2 months ago

The ad-free Threads era ends next week

The app I'm talking about is Threads, which is rolling out ads to all Threads users globally starting next week. The platform, which is somewhat of a safe haven for advertisers, at least when compared to X, will leverage its 400 million+ monthly active users to rake in cold, hard cash. The development follows the initial rollout of ads on Threads to advertisers last spring.
Marketing
Media industry
fromThe Hollywood Reporter
2 months ago

BBC Strikes Landmark Deal to Produce Original Content for YouTube

BBC will produce original YouTube content targeting younger BBC Three audiences, with later availability on iPlayer and BBC Sounds and potential overseas monetization.
Marketing tech
fromDigiday
2 months ago

OpenAI is hiring engineers, not ad sellers, first to build its ad business

OpenAI prioritizes building advertising infrastructure, monetization systems and safety controls before establishing sales teams, agency relationships, or ad product formats.
fromPCMAG
2 months ago

Ads Are Coming to ChatGPT: Here's What They Look Like and How to Avoid Them

OpenAI is putting ads into ChatGPT in "the coming weeks," as well as bringing its ChatGPT Go subscription tier to the US starting today. The free ChatGPT and ChatGPT Go plans will have advertisements, which is the biggest news, given ChatGPT Go has already launched in 171 countries since August. For $8 per month, it offers more access to messaging, image creation, file uploads, and memory.
Marketing tech
Media industry
fromNewsday
2 months ago

YouTube relaxes monetization policy on videos with controversial content

YouTube now allows non-graphic coverage or dramatizations of sensitive topics like domestic abuse, suicide, abortion and sexual harassment to receive full ad revenue.
#youtube
Television
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

TikTok has quietly launched a new micro drama app called PineDrama as the category picks up steam in the US

TikTok launched PineDrama, a standalone, ad-free micro-drama app in the US and Brazil featuring serialized one-minute clips and unclear monetization.
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