Brexit, ad fraud and #MeToo – what does the future year hold for the marketing industry? January 7, 2019 We are out of the cold December of 2018, and have now entered the, well, even colder January of 2019. Last year was a momentous one for the marketing industry – there was the fall and rise again of adland stalwart Martin Sorrell; the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) finally came into force; [...]
Apple denies reports that Siri is recording private conversations | City A.M. August 8, 2018 Apple has hit back at claims that its voice assistant Siri is recording conversations without user permission. In a reply to US lawmakers issued late last night, Apple said that its iPhones require users to give microphone access to Siri and third-party apps, with it being clearly stated if an app is listening at any [...]
The creator of the Lion King just raised $1bn for a new Netflix | City A.M. August 7, 2018 The former Disney chairman who produced films such as The Lion King, The Little Mermaid and Aladdin has scored a total of $1bn (£772m) for his Netflix and Youtube competitor startup, in a seed funding round closed today. Led by Jeffrey Katzenberg alongside former Hewlett Packard and Ebay chief executive Meg Whitman, the startup temporarily [...]
Premier League TV rights packages booted into long grass amid “cut-price” concerns March 7, 2018 The Premier League has booted a decision on unsold TV rights packages into next month, as it faces being forced to accept a “cut-price deal” for the remaining 40 games. Sky and BT Sport snapped up five of seven packages on offer for a total of £4.5bn in mid-February. But the remaining two sets of [...]
Is London still at the centre of the employment universe? September 13, 2018 A BBC article highlighted how finance jobs growth in Scotland has outstripped London. This got me thinking about how competitive the Scottish job market is – not just in finance, but across different sectors when it comes to recruitment and career possibilities. In the past, numerous friends and colleagues, along with many other people and [...]
Is London still at the centre of the employment universe? September 13, 2018 A BBC article highlighted how finance jobs growth in Scotland has outstripped London. This got me thinking about how competitive the Scottish job market is – not just in finance, but across different sectors when it comes to recruitment and career possibilities. In the past, numerous friends and colleagues, along with many other people and [...]
Zuckerberg overtakes Buffett as third-richest person after share price bump July 7, 2018 Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has leapfrogged legendary investor Warren Buffett to become the third-richest person on earth, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index. Zuckerberg, 34, is now worth roughly $81.6bn (£61.4 bn) after shares in Facebook climbed 2.4 per cent yesterday, making him roughly $370m richer than the 87-year-old business magnate and chairman of Berkshire Hathaway. [...]
ITV is right to launch a new streaming service, but it needs to make good content as well August 29, 2018 ITV’s plans to join forces with its fellow public service broadcasters BBC and Channel 4 to combat the growing threat from Netflix, Amazon, and other US streaming service giants may have seemed like too little too late. However, given the success of ITV’s current video offering – the ITV Hub – which has had a bumper [...]
Uber chief product officer Jeff Holden becomes latest to leave the ride-hailing app May 18, 2018 The chief product officer and front man for Uber’s flying taxi plans Jeff Holden is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. Holden, who joined the company in 2014 after leaving Groupon, has been at the forefront of Uber’s new project Elevate and his resignation comes at a bad time for the project that now [...]
The tech sector needs to boost gender diversity and get more women into the industry August 2, 2018 Gender diversity in the technology sector remains a hotly debated topic, amid scandals, global campaigns, and social media movements. Simply put, there is still not enough diversity. Take a look at the US. Examine the employee data for Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Alphabet’s Google (four members of the illustrious FAANG stocks), and you will find [...]