Streamers que up virtual product placement
Film and TV streaming services are testing virtual product placement.
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Gen Z forces social media to evolve
Gen Z is revealing itself to have a different relationship with social media than the generations before it.
Fast food fights for chicken nugget dominance
Chicken nuggets are all the rage right now, so fast food chains are rolling out new varieties, flavors, and recipes to capture the hearts (and stomachs) of younger customers.
Social media is being reinvented on the blockchain
Several blockchain-based social platforms are scooping up VC money to scale up and convince users they’re ready for primetime.
Minecraft’s snub of NFTs is a Web3 paradigm shift
Minecraft-developer Mojang said in a statement that, for the time being, it has no interest in NFTs
Matthew Ball gives a State of the Metaverse
Venture capitalist and metaverse expert Matthew Ball, believes that the metaverse will revolutionize how people interact digitally and engage with interactive content.
Google searches for lost, young users
Even though Google is still the king of search with 90% of the market share, platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and Amazon are starting to attract younger users.
TikTok is turning everyone into a micro-celebrity
TikTok is so popular that it’s making everyone seem popular on it… which is bad news for people who are actually popular.
Pursuit looks to create a job training market
Non-profit organization Pursuit is expanding its job program, which teaches coding skills for free in exchange for a cut of their salary once they land a high-paying job.
UTA bulks up with private equity investment to compete in bigness
UTA’s new funding infusion from private equity firm EQT Partners will give the agency the fuel to scale in an effort to compete with CAA and WME.