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Emma Watson isn’t retiring from acting – rumors burst
“Emma Watson has gone ‘dormant’ according to her agent,” the outlet reported. “That appears to be movie-speak for she’s ‘given up acting.’” According to Jason Weinberg, Watson’s manager at Untitled Entertainment, that’s not the case. “Emma’s social media accounts are dormant but her career isn’t,” he told EW in a statement. Admittedly, Watson has been […] More
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India wants to make it mandatory for social media influencers to label an ad
On Feb. 22, the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) released draft guidelines stating that the onus is on influencers and brands to add prominent disclosure labels to all sponsored content. The ASCI has been working on rules for social media influencers promoting brands since 2019. The latest draft is open to feedback until March 8 and the final […] More
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Spotify launches Instagram Stories-like Clips for artists
Spotify started testing Snapchat-like stories last year with select artists on the platform. At its Stream On event, Spotify officially launched the feature calling it “Clips.” Spotify Clips lets artists post short videos that they can put up on playlists. This feature is similar to how Snapchat Stories work, and what we’ve seen recreated on Instagram, Facebook, […] More
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Jeff Bezos back as richest man in the world as Elon Musk’s net worth falls by $15 billion
According to @elonmusk “Bitcoin is almost as BS as fiat money.” So Musk regards both #Bitcoin and fiat as BS. I agree, I just think Bitcoin, which is digital fiat, is even more BS than the paper fiat issued by central banks. #Gold is not BS. It’s real money and better than both! Commenting on […] More
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“Fake Famous” and the Influencer Culture of Tedium
Most influencers, Bilton tells us—even, reportedly, mega-successful ones, like Kim Kardashian—have expedited their climb to the top of the social-media pyramid by purchasing followers, in order to inflate their engagement metrics. It’s in the best interest of social-media companies and their Wall Street investors to turn a blind eye to this practice, Bilton explains, as […] More
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Draft guidelines for Influencer advertising on digital media by ASCI
The guidelines require that advertisements must be obviously distinguishable by the average consumer from editorial and independent user-generated content, to prevent the audience from being confused between the two. Therefore, a disclosure label must be added from the list of approved labels. Further, the disclosure label used to highlight advertising content needs to be upfront […] More
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TikTokers share declassified CIA report claiming people could ‘travel through time & space’ using their MINDS
According to the CIA, the Gateway Experience can allow humans to transcend space and time. Tik Tok user Abigail Carey – who has nearly 500,000 fans on the popular app – explained the lengthy report in a sequence of videos. Carey said the CIA’s report confirms transcendental meditation, hypnosis, and manifestation/biofeedback. “It refers to all of these […] More
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Sports and entrepreneurship: the invisible bond – Musa Khalfan Yasin
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eBay-Adevinta Deal and $9.2-Billion Acquisition?
Britain accounted for less than 10 percent of the consolidated revenue of eBay’s classifieds business and 1 percent of Adevinta’s consolidated revenue, Adevinta said. In the latest CMA merger investigation involving large digital companies, the watchdog said it is “thoroughly examining deals to ensure that competition is not restricted and consumers’ interests are protected”. The CMA this […] More
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Horse Riding at Equus Farm during Covid
How much ever is said about the disruption COVID19 in our lives, it will be less. It has been a game-changer, a forced metamorphosis that caused much panic to say the least. But if we look at the silver lining of this unending thick cover of COVID cloud, it handed us time(ironically). It handed us […] More
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Russia ‘interested’ in Elon Musk-Vladimir Putin conversation
Russia ‘interested’ in Elon Musk-Vladimir Putin conversation More