Tweets versus Wall Street: analysts fear for Twitter in the battle for advertising

The social network’s results and revenues are failing to impress investors – especially when compared with Facebook’s and Google’sGood news travels fast, but bad news even faster – especially if it’s the release of lacklustre results from Twitter. That’s what happened on Tuesday last week when, through no fault of the company’s, its first-quarter earnings appeared on its website for just 45 seconds, but an hour before their scheduled release.Twitter’s shares began falling within seconds of the release being spotted, bumping down 7% from the day’s start, and after the official release of the figures, kept going down, falling more than 18% on the day. Related: Twitter misses forecasts after results are published early – on Twitter It’s a valuable and interesting company; getting $1bn of advertising per year is quite an achievement by any standards Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2015-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bank Street Launches Margaret Wise Brown Board Book Award

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ABC accuses News Corp and Daily Mail of amplifying misogynist Twitter abuse of Lisa Millar

Trolling of News Breakfast host over her outfit reported by the media outlets with screenshots and abusive tweetsLATEST: ABC host Lisa Millar admits anger but also hope after news sites republish ‘foul’ online abuseGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe ABC... Continue reading at The Guardian

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We want and we fear emotions in our robots. Here's what science fiction can teach us about flashes of emotion from Bing

It is one thing to treat AI as a tool when it has no scope for emotion. It is quite another when AI has a full suite of emotional responses. Continue reading at The Conversation

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Why advertising’s DEI movement has a global blindspot

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Untangling the Wolf: Erica Berry on Fairytales, Fear, and Dismantling Narratives

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Audiobook Narrators Fear Apple Used Their Voices to Train AI

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NBCU Courts Smaller, Performance-Focused Advertisers at One23 Ad-Tech Event

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3 Super Bowl Advertisers Winning the Digital Content Game

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Penguin Random House’s All Ways Black Collective Battles Book Bans

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NBA All-World hands-on: Taking basketball video games back to the streets

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Panel Mania: Last On His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century by Youssef Daoudi and Adrian Matejka

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Bob McGrath, original cast member on Sesame Street, dead at 90

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Engadget Podcast: Kindle Scribe review and the rise of Twitter clones

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Publishers are adapting advertising strategies for a privacy-first world

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Robin Wall Kimmerer: Reimagining Currencies of Exchange Through Indigenous Wisdom

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