Tag: media platforms

• Things to know in CTV, today.

  March 23, 2020

  Like many people in digital advertising, my background is in press, display, video, mobile & not linear television. However, I recently shared a streaming LUMAscape slide via LinkedIn that has… more ›

• Synthetic Voices Study: How Do You Feel About an Artificial Announcer with an Accent?

  March 23, 2020

  Back in January 1927, Professor T.H. Pear of the University of Manchester ran an original experiment with the BBC on the perception of voices on radio to understand how people… more ›

• Zero Trust Information

  March 22, 2020

  Yesterday Google ordered its entire North American staff to work from home as part of an effort to limit the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that leads to COVID-19. https://stratechery.com/2020/zero-trust-information/ more ›

• Movementradio.org uses cookies

  March 21, 2020

  is an international online radio station based in Athens that explores concepts of presence and motion focused mainly in the area of the Mediterranean Basin through myths of exodus and… more ›

• 35 Top African-American Artists on the Work That Inspires Them

  March 20, 2020

  Over the past 20 years, a new vanguard of African-American creators has helped define the 21st century. Jordan Peele. Ta-Nehisi Coates. Kara Walker. Ava DuVernay. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/19/arts/african-american-art-inspiration.html more ›

• IRA in Ghana: Double Deceit

  March 16, 2020

  Russian operation linked to former IRA associates employed social media users in Ghana to target black communities in the US On March 12, 2020, CNN, Twitter, Facebook, Graphika, and two… more ›

• Facebook uncovers Russian-led troll network based in west Africa

  March 13, 2020

  A newly discovered Russian-led network of professional trolls was being outsourced to Ghanaian and Nigerian operatives, according to Facebook and Twitter, who removed the network’s accounts on Thursday. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/mar/13/facebook-uncovers-russian-led-troll-network-based-in-west-africa?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Add_to_Pocket more ›

• Here’s the File Clearview AI Has Been Keeping on Me, and Probably on You Too

  March 3, 2020

  After a recent, extensive, and rather withering bout of bad press, the facial recognition company Clearview AI has changed its homepage, which now touts all the things it says its… more ›

• Tikked off: What happens when TikTok fame fades

  February 29, 2020

  As he was entering his junior year of high school last August, 16-year-old Sam Benarroch had about 166,000 followers on TikTok. It wasn’t the sort of following that regularly turned… more ›

• Epidemic Accelerates China’s Commercial Livestreaming Boom

  February 28, 2020

  For the past two decades, Sun Laichun’s business acumen has served him well. Unfortunately, circumstances beyond his control have dealt the most crushing blows to his commercial ventures. https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1005231/epidemic-accelerates-chinas-commercial-livestreaming-boom more ›