Author: MarketingPro

Scott Pelley Removed From 60 Minutes Following Tense Clash With Executive Producer

He had spent 37 years working at CBS News. Continue reading →

Sitecore Acquires GEO Startup Scrunch in Reported $225M Deal

Sitecore has purchased the upstart company—which supports brands in fine-tuning their digital content for AI engines and agent crawlers—in a deal reportedly valued at $225 million. Continue reading →

Evening News Ratings for Week of May 25: Newscasts Hit by Post-Holiday Slump

CBS News experienced a double-digit decline in the Adults 25-54 demographic. Continue reading →

1440 Secures a $101 Million Valuation as Its Newsletter Strategy Delivers Results

The self-funded newsletter company brings in $1 million in revenue for each of its 27 employees. Continue reading →

Apple Turns Competing Browsers’ Trackers Into Creepy Chrome Stalkers

Apple advances its privacy campaign by revealing the massive ecosystem of online tracking. Continue reading →

Shopify outage impacts storefronts, checkout processes, and admin access

A Shopify service outage on Tuesday disrupted key commerce operations, potentially stopping merchants from managing their stores and blocking customers from completing purchases. The big picture. Shopify confirmed that both merchants and shoppers were affected across several core services,...

Instagram is notifying users who were singled out by hackers in recent AI chatbot–based attacks

Hackers seemed able to seize control of victims’ accounts even after Meta claimed it had resolved an issue with its AI-driven support chatbot, which had been allowing attackers to gain access to those accounts. Continue reading →

Speed Is Now Free. Your Analytics Budget Still Isn’t.

Not long ago, getting a business question answered quickly was costly: you needed an in-house analyst, a well-maintained warehouse, and a dashboard for every recurring request. Then AI tools made instant answers essentially free. Strangely, the analytics budget didn’t shrink. Speed dropped to...

The Trade Desk Names Nate Olmstead as CFO Following a Year of Executive Departures

Olmstead is set to start at the company on July 9, reporting directly to CEO Jeff Green. Continue reading →