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Spotify Buying Bill Simmons' Ringer To Boost Podcast Library
Wednesday, February 5, 2020 - 10:55am | 421Spotify Technology SA (NYSE: SPOT) will boost its podcasting business with the acquisition of Bill Simmons' The Ringer, bringing several popular podcasts into the audio service's fold. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Spotify said it expects the deal to close in the first quarter. A...
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Blac Chyna Promoted Fraud Student Loan Forgiveness Companies
Tuesday, February 7, 2017 - 3:00pm | 628Student loans are already wreaking financial havoc on an entire generation of college graduates. Unfortunately, a new class of predatory businesses are adding insult to injury by promising struggling borrowers student loan forgiveness and then ripping them off. Some of these con artists have even...
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Twitter's NFL Streaming Debut Draws Positive Social Media Reviews
Monday, September 19, 2016 - 10:22am | 442Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) debuted its free live stream of Thursday Night Football's NFL games last week. The latest data from TickerTags indicate that the stream was a big hit among sports fans. TickerTags monitors social media sites to identify trends by searching for words or phrases that appear...
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Twitter Could Be Going All-In On Live Streaming
Thursday, September 15, 2016 - 4:32pm | 406Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) have long competed with each other as two of the largest and most successful social media networks on the planet. Twitter shareholders are painfully aware of the fact that Twitter has often come out with the short end of the stick competing...