Nancy Pelosi and Donald Trump during the State of the Union speech on Feb. 5, 2019. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) Donald Trump’s February 5 State of the Union address, which Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi originally cancelled due to “security concerns,” came three months …
It’s so widely accepted that it’s verging on conventional wisdom: misinformation, or “fake news,” spread primarily by Facebook to hundreds of millions of people (and created by Russian agents), helped distort the political landscape before and during the 2016 US presidential election, and this resulted …
Later this month, Facebook will begin showing users who are targeted with ads via Custom Audiences which companies had a hand in their seeing those ads. What’s changing? With Custom Audiences, advertisers can upload files of customer emails or phone numbers that can then be matched …
| 3 hours ago Just one month after Mastercard refreshed its logo (and announced a shift away from using the brand name), the company has more brand identity news. Today, it released its own sonic branding—a new sound that will help consumers recognize the brand when …
Since the world learned of state-sponsored campaigns to spread disinformation on social media and sway the 2016 election, Twitter has scrambled to rein in the bots and trolls polluting its platform. But when it comes to the larger problem of automated accounts on Twitter designed …
Funded by a $5 million grant from Craig Newmark Philanthropies, the Center will expand teaching, research and coverage of media ethics. It is the single largest contribution ever made to Poynter. Newmark Philanthropies is also making a separate $10 million gift to Columbia Journalism School to …
How can you better ensure your social media efforts will help you accomplish your brand’s objectives in 2019? Observe these dos and don’ts. The dos: 1. Think before you post. What you post on your personal social media accounts can affect how people view your company. Think carefully about …
The most recent wave of layoffs hitting the news industry offers a harsh reminder: digital media still hasn’t found a sustainable economic equilibrium. The future of local journalism looks particularly bleak, with some communities now considered “news deserts” as local papers disappear or are reduced …
Enterprise SEO continues to grow more complex as the technology and algorithms powering search engines evolve. Comprehensive enterprise SEO platforms offer multiple features to help teams manage and automate search optimization tactics, but the vetting and selection process can be overwhelming. A new report from MarTech …
Last week was brutal for American journalism. By one estimate, BuzzFeed and media properties owned by Verizon and Gannett made plans to lay off more than 1,000 people between them, then got to work carrying them out. On Saturday, the president of the United States …
Though 76 percent of female and 88 percent of male marketers believe they avoid gender stereotypes when creating advertising, according to a global survey detailed in a Kantar report, researchers noted that ad targeting is still extremely skewed within specific product categories like baby products, laundry products …
When Aubrey Belford started work as a special correspondent for Reuters in Southeast Asia, his new colleagues in the Bangkok bureau were working on a series of articles that would earn them a 2014 Pulitzer Prize. One piece exposed how certain members of the Thai …
