Taboola buys Connexity: The merger will help Taboola's publisher clients tap into ecommerce dollars while also helping Connexity's retail clients diversify away from Amazon.
HBO Max streaming galore: Warner Bros. announced it will make 10 movies specifically for streaming next year as it moves ahead with a hybrid box office approach.
Lawmakers try to chip away at Section 230: The proposed legislation would remove liability protection for companies that spread health misinformation via algorithms. But the difficulty of defining “misinformation” and determining which content was algorithmically amplified presents challenges to the bill’s adoption.
The chip designer unveiled a new plastic-based microchip prototype. Chips made out of flexible material like plastic, paper, or metal foil could dramatically increase the number of everyday objects capable of internet connectivity.
During its 16 months in port, Norwegian Cruise Line took a bold approach to its messaging by acknowledging consumers' need to “break free.” Watch Industry Voices: Holiday Preparedness with Norwegian’s Isis Ruiz, senior vice president and CMO, to hear how the cruise line maintained marketing momentum last holiday season and what it has prepared for this year.
Has travel ad spending taken flight?
The life insurtech will use this and the $200 million that it recently raised to fund an expansion—just as interest in life insurance innovation is ticking up.
Currencycloud provides API-based foreign exchange banking and payments services and can help Visa strengthen its position in the cross-border payments market.
Tumblr gets paid subscriptions: The new feature is intended to attract Gen Z creators hoping to monetize their fanbase, but it may be a long shot, as the platform has been bleeding users since banning adult content in 2018.
Clubhouse opens up: The platform is ditching its invite-only model as it works to compete in the increasingly crowded social audio space.
Green Dot teams up with Finicity on outside app access: Green Dot will let its neobank’s customers access third-party apps via the Mastercard unit Finicity’s API system. This collaboration could be a forerunner to similar arrangements with Walmart or another of Green Dot’s partners.
Neobanks’ account base will more than double by 2026: A study from ABI Research projects that global accounts from a sample of top neobanks will skyrocket—but the next metric may shift from account volume to whether challengers can become their users’ primary banks.
It’s been six years since Amazon’s inaugural Prime Day, and since then, the sales bonanza has evolved from the unofficial kickoff of back-to-school shopping into an event other major retailers try to emulate—so much so that the ecommerce giant has tried to obfuscate when the annual sales day will occur.