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Meta Dropping Facebook News in US, Australia in April
Meta // March 29, 2024

Meta will close Facebook News in the United States and Australia in April. This move comes after the company did the same thing in the United Kingdom, France and Germany in September 2023, Meta said in a Friday (March 29) update. “This is part of...

Facebook Will Remove Trending News Feature
Facebook // June 01, 2018

Four years after rolling out Trending news on its homepage, Facebook is taking down the feature. In addition, Facebook plans to remove third-party partner integrations and products that rely on the Trends application programming interface (API), a representative for the social media platform said in...

Google Tracker: Challenging The Champions
Retail // August 29, 2017

Google seems to want a slice of everybody else’s pie this week. Some of the search engine giant’s latest moves are strikingly similar to what competitors are doing: Amazon in eCommerce and Facebook in subscription news. Plus, the company is testing a new feature that...

Facebook Tracker: A Tale Of Two Stock Prices
Retail // August 28, 2017

Facebook tries out third-party Marketplace deals from eBay, an automated news aggregator, and veteran executive Andrew Bosworth in the leading role of its new consumer hardware department. Plus, in light of sinking stock prices, Forbes says long-term investors should be very optimistic, and Seeking Alpha...

Interviews & Exclusives
CE 100 Index Adds 1% as Porch Group Extends Post-Earnings Rally

April 01, 2024
The CE 100 Index was 1% higher on the week, as a majority of pillars finished in the black.  Porch Group soared 14%, powering the “Live” pillar 1.7% higher and continuing a post-earnings rally that has seen the stock appreciate by roughly 40% in less than a month. As we noted during earnings season, the company’s […]

Quick Reads
Meta Dropping Facebook News in US, Australia in April

March 29, 2024
Meta will close Facebook News in the United States and Australia in April. This move comes after the company did the same thing in the United Kingdom, France and Germany in September 2023, Meta said in a Friday (March 29) update. “This is part of an ongoing effort to better align our investments to our […]

Facebook To Start Charging Users For Published Content

July 20, 2017
Facebook’s head of news partnerships, Campbell Brown, said Wednesday (July 19) the social media giant will soon start charging users for accessing published content on its platforms. According to an...