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CAA reminded its staff about its common sense social media policy. The agency held an all-hands meeting this afternoon and one of the topics that came up related to agents and others posting on services and apps such as Instagram and X, formerly known as Twitter. The short of it? Use good…

It’s Michael Imperioli with the steal, as the NBA has enlisted the actor from The Sopranos to hype the league’s first in-season tournament, which begins Nov. 3. The in-season tournament – borrowed from similar ones in European soccer – is intended to create excitement in the least-exciting part of…

Facebook and Instagram parent Meta blew past Wall Street expectations for the three months ended in September but said it's seeing advertising volatility in the current fourth quarter corresponding with the Israel-Hamas war. Snap, which also posted upbeat third quarter numbers yesterday, warned of t…

Snapchat parent Snap hit a warning note on the ad front today, saying "forward visibility of advertising demand" is limited in part by reduced spending due to the Israel-Hamas war. "We have had a number of primarily brand-oriented campaigns that paused spending in the early period at the onset of…

Snapchat parent Snap returned to revenue growth in the third quarter, surprising Wall Street, and clocked gains in daily active users (DAUs), as net losses widened on a restructuring charge amid layoffs. The company hit a dour note on the ad front, saying “forward visibility of advertising demand remains…

It’s most of the United States vs Mark Zuckerberg over the tactics of social media platforms towards kids. Forty-one states on Tuesday filed lawsuits against Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta over strategies and algorithms they use to capture young people's attention and keep them scrolling…

Paddy Cosgrave, the CEO and cofounder of annual tech conference Web Summit, has resigned after his comments on the Israel-Hamas war led Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon to cancel their participation. "Unfortunately, my personal comments have become a distraction from the event, and our team, our sponsors…

Former SAG president Melissa Gilbert has blasted a SAG-AFTRA message that urged its members not to dress up as characters from struck companies this Halloween. SAG-AFTRA published a post on its website encouraging members to "celebrate Halloween this year while also staying in solidarity." The guild…

Thanks, George. But your proposal to take the cap off union dues in order to end SAG-AFTRA’s strike isn’t legally compatible with the union’s contract. So said SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher in a video posted to Instagram in response to George Clooney and other A-List actors‘ offer to pay more…

A senior marketing executive at the NFL maintained that the league had nothing to do with helping to engineer Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce’s ultra-viral courtship of pop superstar Taylor Swift. Marissa Solis, SVP of global brand and consumer marketing for the NFL, addressed the…

Sylvester Stallone has posted an Instagram tribute to his Rocky sidekick, Burt Young, who died Oct. 8, but whose death just became public today. Young played the tough-talking butcher and brother of Rocky’s love interest, Adrian, in the film series. He’s best remembered for opening up his meat…

Tori Spelling paid tribute to her late Beverly Hills, 90210 costar Luke Perry on what would have been his 57th birthday. “Could be a million people in the room but he always made you feel like you were the only one,” Spelling, 50, wrote on her Instagram Story alongside a throwback photo of the pair.…