Wizards of the Coast slashed 1,100 jobs in 2023 as Hasbro CEO took home $9m Brian-Damien Morgan / Last Updated: Jan 2, 2024 It’s a long-standing staple of fantasy games that a dragon sits upon a mountain of gold, obsessed with more and more of the glittering metal. Protecting it at all costs. Little … Continue reading Wizards of the Coast slashed 1,100 jobs in 2023 as Hasbro CEO took home $9m
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Reed: Magnitude Of Q2 Tech/Telecom Softness Took WPP By Surprise
Reed: Magnitude Of Q2 Tech/Telecom Softness Took WPP By Surprise by Richard Whitman , Columnist, August 4, 2023 WPP CEO Mark Reed told analysts on an earnings call today that while the firm was expecting tech and telecom sector softness in the second quarter the company was surprised at the magnitude of the shortfall in the … Continue reading Reed: Magnitude Of Q2 Tech/Telecom Softness Took WPP By Surprise
10 million users joined Meta’s Threads in just 7 hours. It took Twitter 780 days to do that
By Michael Grothaus July 06, 2023 While it’s too early to call Threads—Meta’s new microblogging platform—a bona fide “Twitter killer,” Mark Zuckerberg’s answer to Elon Musk’s flailing social network is off to a good start. Zuckerberg took to the new platform to announce that within the first four hours of its launch, five million … Continue reading 10 million users joined Meta’s Threads in just 7 hours. It took Twitter 780 days to do that
US adults are spending less time on Twitter since Elon Musk took over
Karissa Bell @karissabe There’s never really been a shortage of reasons to spend less time on Twitter. Even before Elon Musk’s chaotic takeover, the platform was long plagued by misinformation, hate speech, harassment and other ills that made it less than welcoming. There’s never been a better time to quit Twitter. The Elon Musk-induced … Continue reading US adults are spending less time on Twitter since Elon Musk took over
A week of Musk mayhem: Here are all the Twitter changes since Elon took over
By Chris Morris November 03, 2022 It’s kind of hard to believe, but Elon Musk has owned Twitter for just one week. He certainly has had an impact, though. In terms of outward-facing changes, not a lot has happened yet, but Musk has issued a series of orders to employees that could result in … Continue reading A week of Musk mayhem: Here are all the Twitter changes since Elon took over
Digital life insurance took off during COVID-19. Ladder wants to keep the momentum going
By Shalene Gupta August 12, 2022 Jamie Hale, CEO and cofounder of digital life insurance firm Ladder, looks like he’s perpetually smiling. Even when he dives into statistics, there’s a smile tucked into his voice. When Hale was 11, his father passed away unexpectedly. His father’s life insurance policy meant he and his mother … Continue reading Digital life insurance took off during COVID-19. Ladder wants to keep the momentum going
The New Second Shift: Study Shows Many Full-Time Employees Took on Freelance Work
Stefan Palios January 11, 2021 More full-time employees are taking a second shift. But it’s not necessarily to care for family. It’s to moonlight as a freelancer. As the pandemic has more people considering freelancing and as big business commit to hiring freelancers, there’s a lot of opportunity on the table. What’s interesting, though, is … Continue reading The New Second Shift: Study Shows Many Full-Time Employees Took on Freelance Work
Google took down 2.3 billion bad ads, 1 million ad accounts in 2018
The number of removed ads was down, but banned advertiser accounts nearly doubled from 2017. Ginny Marvin on March 14, 2019 Google took down 2.3 billion “bad ads” in 2018, according to its annual report on actions it took to address policy violations on its ad platforms. That’s about a million fewer ads than it … Continue reading Google took down 2.3 billion bad ads, 1 million ad accounts in 2018
7 Steps I Took to Make a Blog Post “Go Viral”
by Brittany Berger April 5, 2016 Follow @bberg1010April 5, 2016 I felt famous. And I’m not gonna lie, it felt fucking fantastic. My post – my nerdy little ode to planners and notebooks – had gone viral. (I know…I hate that word. It sounds like your blog post needs an antibiotic or something. But stay … Continue reading 7 Steps I Took to Make a Blog Post “Go Viral”