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TikTok expands LIVE platform with new features, including events, co-hosts, Q&As...

TechCrunch reports: "TikTok announced this morning it’s expanding its TikTok LIVE platform, which currently allows creators to livestream to fans while responding to viewer...

Jam City abandons plan to go public

GamesIndustry.biz reports: "Today mobile developer Jam City has announced that it has ended its previous plans of going public. The mobile developer and publisher...

Discord rolls out threads, side conversations that auto-archive

TechCrunch reports: "After announcing that threads were on the way earlier this year and teasing the feature on Twitter, Discord is now introducing the...

Sony Completes $1.2B Acquisition of Crunchyroll From AT&T

The Hollywood Reporter reports: "Sony has completed its nearly $1.2 billion acquisition of the anime streaming service, Crunchyroll, from AT&T." Read more

‘Building that ecosystem’: Contextual advertising begins to sprout in CTV, OTT...

Digiday reports: "As the great cookie shakeup of 2021 pushes advertisers to invest in more contextual targeting, some of that momentum has begun to...

As streaming diversifies, can Spotify keep up?

Hypebot reports: "With growing marketplace diversity and their dominance over record labels in question, how will Spotify and other Western DSPs innovate enough to...

ViacomCBS Teams With Sky For Paramount+ Europe Launch In 2022

Deadline reports: "ViacomCBS Networks International is partnering with Comcast-owned Sky to deliver the launch of streaming platform Paramount+ in a host of European territories." Read...

Twitter Publishes New Guide on What Consumers Expect from Brands via...

SocialMediaToday reports: "Called #RealTalk, the guide is the result of analyzing a decade worth of brand tweets, and user tweets about brands, along with...

Shopify allows merchants to sell NFTs directly through their storefronts

TechCrunch reports: "Shopify has made it possible for eligible sellers to sell NFTs (non-fungible tokens) via its platform, which opens up a whole new...

Salesforce wants Salesforce+ to be the Netflix of biz content

TechCrunch reports: "Today the CRM giant announced it was taking a leap into streaming media with Salesforce+, a forthcoming digital media network with a...