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The NewFronts are returning this spring with marketing pitches from more than 30 digital media companies — and, like last year’s event, the four-day series will be entirely online. The 2021 NewFronts will run May 3-6, 2021, with presentations to held from 12-4 p.m. ET each day. Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), the trade group that manages the NewFronts, announced the slate of companies scheduled to make their virtual presentations to ad buyers. However, absent from the NewFronts this year is Hulu, which was one of the founding members of the marketing series back in 2012. Instead, Disney — which now controls Hulu — is integrating the streamer into its May 18 upfront event. The 2021 lineup includes first-time NewFronts presenters A+E Networks, Amazon, Entercom, Estrella Media, Penske Media Corp. (parent company of Variety) and Vizio. The full list of NewFronts presenting companies is: A+E Networks, Amazon, BBC News, BuzzFeed, Condé Nast, Crackle Plus, Digitas, Ellen Digital, Entercom, Estrella Media, FuboTV,  » Read More

INDUSTRYSpending on travel plummeted in 2020Travel spending by Americans plunged by 42 percent, or $492 billion, in 2020, according to a report by an industry group, amid social, travel and business restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of covid-19.The U.S. Travel Association said the industry shed 5.6 million direct and indirect jobs last year, and the decline in travel dragged down total economic output to $1.5 trillion, from 2019’s $2.6 trillion. U.S. tax revenue collected from travel dropped by $57 billion in 2020.Last year, U.S. passenger airline traffic sank 60.1 percent to the lowest since 1984, while Americans took far fewer road trips as millions stayed home instead of commuting.In total, there were 368 million air passengers in 2020, down from 922.6 million in 2019. U.S. driving fell by 430.2 billion miles, or 13 percent, to 2.83 trillion total miles in 2020, its lowest level since 2001.— ReutersSOCIAL MEDIAFacebook announces new rules on groupsFacebook has announced new rules to better police private and public groups,  » Read More

March 17, 2021 17:08 ET | Source: Mission Matters Business Podcast photo-release Mission Matters Business Podcast on Clubhouse Clubhouse events on March 18 and 25 in partnership with KISS PR Brand Story. Beverly Hills, California, March 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mission Matters, a podcast show hosted by international speaker and author Adam Torres, announces upcoming events on March 18 and 25 via the Clubhouse app, a popular audio chat platform. These events are powered by KISS PR Brand Story, Mission Matters' new partner to promote their podcasts. The first event is Mission Matters: Hosting a Clubhouse Room Like a Pro, happening on Thursday, March 18, 6 PM PDT. Chirag Sagar, Rita Kakati-Shah, and Dr. Troy Hall would join Adam as event co-hosts and guests. This episode teaches listeners how to host and moderate a room to bring out the best content in their Clubhouse rooms. Participants would also learn about the tips,  » Read More

Who would have thought that there would be a social media app which lets you enter a chat room as a virtual crab called Crabhouse? And who would have thought that it would be made to change its name to Crabhome after it sounded “too similar” to the audio-chat app Clubhouse? Crabhouse—an app that is only about a month old—was created by Japanese developer Ryota Ikegai. However, according to Japan Today it has already gotten over 150,000 downloads and nearly 2,000 five-star reviews on the App Store.  Crabhouse is a quirky social media app which lets you come in a virtual “house” as a little crab. Other people as little crabs would also be in the same house, and you’re able to read that other crabs are saying by tapping on the crabs. The app might be totally different from the invite-only audio-chat platform Clubhouse, and it seems like a harmless play on words. But Apple didn’t see it that way. 【HELP！】CrabhouseのアプデかけてたらappStoreからリジェクトされました！理由が「名前が紛らわしい」です！いやいやｗむしろまんま同じ名前のアプリもあるしすでにリリースしてあるのに紛らわしいもなにもｗというわけで、どうすれば覆せるか教えてください！エンジニアの皆様！#Crabhouse— GAI🦀@ﾄﾗｲﾊﾞﾙﾃﾞｻﾞｲﾅｰ (@kamibukuro18) February 22,  » Read More

Chinese users of the instant messenger Signal knew that the good times wouldn’t last long. The app, which is used for encrypted conversations, is unavailable in mainland China as of the morning of March 16, a test by TechCrunch shows. The website of the app has been banned in mainland China since March 15, according to censorship-tracking website Greatfire.org. Signal could not be immediately reached for comment. The encrypted chat app was one of the few Western social networks that remained accessible in China without the use of a virtual private network. The likes of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have long been blocked. In some way, a ban is a badge of honor, signifying a foreign app has reached a substantial user base in China that catches the attention of local authorities. Signal is still available for download on Apple’s China App Store as of March 16, an indication that Apple hasn’t received a government order to remove the app, which is gradually gaining ground among China’s tech-savvy, privacy-conscious users.  » Read More

A woman enjoying some audio. Perhaps social audio, such as Clubhouse, or perhaps just music. Photo by Blaz Erzetic on Unsplash Social audio is probably the hottest startup space right now. Just ask anyone begging for a Clubhouse invite. But why? The answer, according to analyst Jeremiah Owyang, is that audio is the ‘Goldilocks medium:’ not too much, not too little, but just right. “What we found is during the quarantine is that text messaging just doesn’t give us the emotion and the nuance that the human condition requires, especially during isolation,” Owyang told me recently on the TechFirst podcast. “On the flip side — aside from this amazing show — Zoom calls and video shows are just too taxing on people.” We’ve all been on the Zoom call where we’re mostly looking at our own faces, just to ensure that veggies from lunch aren’t still between our teeth. And we’ve also been on Twitter doom-scrolling thousands of tweets wondering why we followed all the people we did.  » Read More

Clubhouse, the invite-only conversation app that has enjoyed a meteoric rise in popularity during the pandemic, has gotten a privacy-friendly update. Following numerous complaints about the app’s aggressive push to access its users’ contacts, Clubhouse now lets users invite their friends without having to open up their address book. The update follows multiple reports about privacy issues with the app, which was especially hungry for users’ contacts, forcing them to give the app access if they wanted to invite others. (Currently, people can only join the app if they have an invitation.) But when users granted that access, they were encouraged to invite more of their contacts, told how many of their contacts’ contacts were already on the app, told who in their address book was already signed up, and told when one of their contacts joined the app — all while encouraging them to start a private room to welcome them. This could be a great feature for people who want to see which of their friends are on the platform and connect with them.  » Read More

Oman banned the Clubhouse voice chat app saying it lacks the proper permit to operate, with some activists raising concerns that it’s an act censorship, Reuters said. The Oman Telecommunications Regulatory Authority said that telecom applications operating in the country must obtain a permit from the authority, adding that Oman ‘prohibits the use of many encrypted VoIP applications without an official license’. Advertisements The Omani Association for Human Rights said in a statement that the Omani government, with this ban, replicates China, which banned the app. last month, adding that the application was being used by many Omanis ‘as a space to freely express their opinions’. Clubhouse, which is currently available only on iOS, has grown in popularity among social media apps, especially after Telsa’s CEO Elon Musk said he will take a break from Twitter and switch to the voice-chat app. According to some reports, the app. has been criticized for the lack of powerful moderation tools, which has led to some anti-Semitic ideas and helped spread misinformation about the deadly virus “COVID-19”.  » Read More

Throughout her 40-year worklife, Charlotte Donavanik has not once turned down an opportunity. She loves and embraces challenges.Early last year, on reaching retirement age, she was approached by Thippaporn Ahriyavraromp, the youngest daughter of Dhanin Cheara­vanont, Thailand's richest person and senior chairman of Charoen Pokphand Group, to join DTGO Corporation as an adviser for marketing and branding. DTGO was founded by Ms Thippaporn in 1993. It is a holding company with various businesses including property development, commerce and technology, design and construction, finance and investment, plus entertainment and communications. "Every job depends on how much we pay attention to it. Everything is possible," she says. "I've never turned down job offers or assignments. I never think about which jobs have value and which don't. Every job has value which we can create." After graduating in accounting, Ms Charlotte worked with Pricewaterhouse as an auditor for five years. She then moved to Citibank, where she worked in various areas, including loans, marketing, risk management, collection and also set up a call centre,  » Read More

About a month ago, a hot new social media app took Japan by storm. Its name was Crabhouse, and it let you enter a virtual room – dare we say “clubhouse” – full of crabs. By tapping individual crustaceans, users can learn facts about these fascinating animals or simply what’s on their minds. We too joined the rapidly growing ranks of Crabhouse members, and learned firsthand why it had gotten over 150,000 downloads and nearly 2,000 five-star reviews on the App Store. However, on Feb 22, the Crabhouse trend hit a major speed bump, as announced in a distressed tweet by the developer who goes by the name “Gai.” ▼ “The Crabhouse update was rejected by the App Store! ‘The name is confusing’ was the reason! LOL But there are already other apps that go beyond that by having the exact same name as Clubhouse, so why is mine the ‘confusing’ one? How do I overturn this?! Engineers, help!” SoraNews24 also looked into the matter and discovered that indeed there is another social media app called Clubhouse that seems to have developed a bit of a following.  » Read More