Facebook filed two lawsuits Tuesday with the aim of preventing abuse of its ad platform and protecting its users. The first suit was filed against N&J USA, Mohit Melwani and Vishaal Melwani, which Facebook accused of running a bait-and-switch advertising scheme on its platform. Director of platform enforcement and litigation Jessica Romero said in a...
The National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs are hiring Lara Krug as CMO, a newly created position charged with growing the team's global fanbase. As the club's first-ever CMO, Krug will oversee all marketing functions, including brand marketing, community outreach, digital, social media, website operations, event entertainment and content production. She will also implement strategies...
Personalized video platform Cameo named its first ever vice president of product, tapping Uber director of product Nundu Janakiram for the role. Nundu Janakiram Nundu Janakiram Janakiram will be tasked with improving the platform's core experience, rolling out new types of interactions with fans and investing in business-to-business opportunities. In his six years at Uber,...
Twitter revealed changes in its upper management ranks Tuesday: the promotion of Sarah Personette and the departure of Matt Derella. Vice president of global client solutions Personette was promoted to chief customer officer, effective Aug. 1, succeeding Derella and joining the company's senior management team, reporting directly to CEO Jack Dorsey. Personette joined Twitter in...
Pride Month may be drawing to a close, but it's not over yet. Billboard and Rolling Stone teamed up with Messenger From Facebook on "Pride: A Performance by Hayley Kiyoko" Wednesday (June 30) that can be viewed via the messaging application's Watch Together feature or on video destination Facebook Watch. Pride: A Performance by Hayley...
Facebook took home a small win on Monday, but the social networking giant is far from out of the woods yet, especially internationally, as growing regulatory pressure continues to circle Big Tech. U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg dismissed separate antitrust lawsuits filed against Facebook by the Federal Trade Commission and 48 State Attorneys General...
Facebook joined the EU Climate Pact Tuesday and outlined four pledges for how it plans to help people take action against climate change and build a greener Europe. The EU Climate Pact was created by the European Commission to encourage Europeans to learn about climate change and develop, implement and scale solutions. Facebook pledged to:...
Instagram is running a test of More Like This, a feature that serves users who engage with an ad on feed a horizontal feed of suggested ads relevant to the one they clicked. The test is being run globally, and the goal is to help people discover new brands and products via feed. Instagram Instagram...