Snap snaps and Big Tech feels the heat: What’s next for advertising? September 6, 2022 City A.M. chats with sustainable advertising platform WeAre8 to chat about the future of advertising in an age of distraction and economic turmoil.
Liz Truss is new PM: Johnson loyalists Patel, Dories and Tory co-chair quit September 5, 2022 Three senior Conservative and Boris Johnson loyalists quit their roles ahead of Liz Truss being sworn in as prime minister. Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, Nadine Dorries, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and Ben Elliott, the Johnson-appointed co-chair of the Party, announced they quit their roles. Patel took to Twitter [...]
Liz Truss: New PM can be radical – but she’ll need to keep sceptical markets onside September 5, 2022 As she gets used to the new letterhead on her stationery over the next couple of days, Liz Truss will also be introduced to the art of the balancing act. The job of Prime Minister requires different skills from that of a successful Cabinet minister, on whom it is beholden to drive forward their own [...]
Netflix pushes forward with ads offering as new players continue to pile in September 5, 2022 Netflix is reportedly bringing forward the launch of its cheaper ad-supported tier as the streaming giant tries to keep hold of a dwindling subscriber base.
Why strategy making should not be a secret September 5, 2022 | Sponsored “You see, Charlie, not so very long ago there used to be thousands of people working in Mr Willy Wonka’s factory. Then one day, all of a sudden, Mr Wonka had to ask every single one of them to leave, to go home, never to come back.” “But why?” asked Charlie. “Because of spies. All the other [...]
Visit Corfu in the glorious autumn to get closer to the island’s enchanting history September 5, 2022 The flight from Heathrow to Corfu soars above central Europe, then tracks the Adriatic coastline along the Balkans. Waiting to land at the airport beside Corfu Town, the plane circles the island, and looking out the window you’re well aware that you’re closer to Albania than to mainland Greece. The surrounding sea — a brilliant [...]
Tree hugging isn’t optional on this full moon retreat in countryside near the capital September 5, 2022 THE WEEKEND: The historic market town of Cuckfield in West Sussex has changed little over the centuries – and residents plan to keep it that way. In a passionate effort to retain the area’s bucolic setting, they even clubbed together to buy (!) the New England Forest to stop developers building a holiday camp. In [...]
Bitcoin holding ground in a narrow range, but struggling to breach $20,000 September 5, 2022 Bitcoin is currently changing hands for $19,783.04, up 0.25 per cent over the past 24 hours as it holds below $20,000.
Bed Bath and Beyond CFO falls to his death in New York after mass closures and layoffs September 5, 2022 The chief financial officer of American retailer Bed Bath & Beyond Inc fell to his death from a New York skyscraper. Gustavo Arnal, 52, who previously worked as CFO for London-based cosmetics brand Avon, died on Friday in wake of the company closing stores and laying off workers. New York police responded to reports he [...]
‘Brexit’s biggest rewards’: New data bill makes way through parliament September 5, 2022 New data reforms, which digital secretary Nadine Dorries reckons will be “one of Brexit’s biggest rewards”, is set to be debated in parliament today. Under the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, firms will be given the flexibility to protect personal data in more proportionate ways rather than forcing them to follow the same processes [...]