2023-04-24
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai received total compensation of about $226 million in 2022, more than 800 times the median employee's pay. The pay disparity comes at a time when Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has been cutting jobs globally. https://www.reuters.com/...
Reuters
Filing: Sundar Pichai received compensation of ~$226M in 2022, including stock awards of ~$218M; Alphabet announced plans to cut 12,000 jobs in January 2023
2023-04-23
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai received total compensation of about $226 million in 2022, more than 800 times the median employee's pay. The pay disparity comes at a time when Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has been cutting jobs globally. https://www.reuters.com/...
Reuters
Filing: Sundar Pichai received compensation of ~$226M in 2022, including stock awards of ~$218M; Alphabet announced plans to cut 12,000 jobs in January 2023
Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) Chief Executive Sundar Pichai received total compensation of about $226 million in 2022 …
2023-04-20
Companies that use Microsoft Advertising will still be able to manage and create content for Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn through the platform, just as they were able to before.
Mashable
Microsoft plans to drop Twitter support from its ad platform on April 25; users won't be able to access or manage Twitter accounts through Microsoft's tool
Yet another big B2B service passes on paying for Twitter's new high-priced API. — Twitter is being removed from yet another big B2B platform.
2023-03-25
So far, take-up has been fairly underwhelming. Since relaunching three months ago as a big push into non-advertising-based revenue, Twitter Blue has only picked up $11 million in mobile subscriptions. https://techcrunch.com/...
TechCrunch
Sensor Tower: Twitter Blue had 385K+ subscribers on iOS and Android and made $11M on mobile in its first three months, including ~$8M from 246K US subscribers
TechCrunch :
So far, take-up has been fairly underwhelming. Since relaunching three months ago as a big push into non-advertising-based revenue, Twitter Blue has only picked up $11 million in mobile subscriptions. https://techcrunch.com/...
The Verge
A researcher finds Verification settings in Twitter's app showing that the company may be working on letting Blue subscribers hide their blue checkmark
Twitter may be working on a feature that lets you hide the blue checkmark you got by paying for its Blue subscription.
2023-03-08
EU tells Elon Musk to hire more staff to moderate Twitter. Regulators are concerned that platform aims to use more volunteers and artificial intelligence to monitor content. https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
Sources: EU regulators asked Twitter to hire more moderators and fact-checkers over concerns that Twitter aims to use more volunteers and AI to monitor content
Financial Times :
2023-02-27
Twitter product manager Esther Crawford no longer has a job at the company following another wave of layoffs. Crawford headed various projects including the company's Blue with verification subscription as well as Twitter's forthcoming payments platform. https://www.theverge.com/...
The Verge
Reports: Twitter laid off “well above 50” staff over the weekend, including Director of Product Management Esther Crawford and Revue founder Martijn de Kuijper
Crawford headed up various projects at Twitter, including the company's Blue with verification subscription as well as Twitter's forthcoming payments platform.
2021-02-20
The price of bitcoin crosses another major milestone as the cryptocurrency's market value surpasses $1 trillion. $BTC has now gained ~350% over past 6 months. Before the recent surge, the digital asset had never traded above $20,000. https://www.cnbc.com/... via @jesserpound
The Block
Bitcoin's market capitalization passes $1T as its price surges above $56K
Wolfie Zhao / The Block :
2021-01-29
In four out of the five cases reviewed, the board voted to overturn Facebook's original decisions. The board also called on Facebook to give users greater clarity over its policies and how it intends to enforce them. https://www.nbcnews.com/... via @DylanByers
NBC News
Facebook's Oversight Board issues first-ever rulings, which Facebook said it will abide by, overturning four out of the five cases it reviewed
Dylan Byers / NBC News :