Digital Marketing

Citing its recent settlements with Dentsu, Publicis and WPP over alleged ad boycotts, the FTC has dropped its demand that NewsGuard turn over a host of data — including information about subscribers.

Overall, Threads’ upcoming web layout is more detailed than its current appearance, with written labels under the left-side navigation options, including the For You feed, the New thread composition tab, Search, Notifications, and Profile.

The state Small Business Chamber of Commerce plans to argue that “excessive” social media use by young employees affects the quality of their work.

The most common violations were abusing the ad network, misrepresentation, sexual content, personalization violations, and dating and companionship ads.

In the U.S, industry estimates for Roku streaming devices (set-top box and smart TV OS) are at a 55% market share with Amazon Fire TV, next best at 35%.

“We are deeply grateful for his contributions and look forward to building on the strong foundation he has created,” ANA Chair Dean Aragon said in a statement, announcing a “comprehensive search for his successor.”

Coverage of LIV Golf League golf in Mexico City went black on the Fox Sports app and YouTube for more than 100 minutes on Thursday, Golf Digest reports. This followed false reports of the league’s demise. The blackout was accompanied by elevator music. 

The App Store and Google Play Store “are helping users to find apps that create deepfake nude images of women,” according to The Tech Transparency Project, 9to5 Mac reports. Nearly 40% of the top 10 apps returned for searches such as “nudify,” “undress,” and “deepnude” could “render women nude or scantily clad,” the new report says. 

Sixty percent of all Netflix’s subscriber gains in Q1 came from its ad-supported option, now priced at $8.99 in the U.S.

Stagwell, which has been expanding its portfolio of owned-media properties, named publishing vets David Olesnevich and Drew Schutte chief growth officer and chief revenue officer, respectively.