Instagram launches new feature on missing kids

Instagram launches new feature on missing kids

Photo-sharing platform Instagram on Wednesday said it is launching an ‘alert’ feature to help find missing children. The photo-sharing app has partnered with various organisations globally to set up the feature. The feature will display details about missing children on users’ Instagram feed if they are in a specific area where an active s...


WB Pics head to quit; MGM chief replaced him

WB Pics head to quit; MGM chief replaced him

Warner Bros Pictures Group Chairman Toby Emmerich is stepping down, the company announced Wednesday, as Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav puts his imprimatur on the newly formed media company. Emmerich has served as chairman studio since 2018, the year the studio had its greatest box office success, fuelled by such hits as ‘Aquaman’, ‘Fa...


NBF launches Digital News Federation (DNF) to give impetus to online platforms

NBF writes to MIB Minister on landing page, audience data

The News Broadcasters Federation, an industry body of TV news channels, has bemoaned --- in a letter to Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur --- lack of action on the part of Broadcast Audience Research Council India (BARC India) to smoothen out alleged viewership  data distortions because of landin...


Meta to stop news payments in US; FB News to be on elsewhere

FB parent company stock ticker changes to Meta June 9

Meta has announced that its Class A common stock will begin trading on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol 'META' prior to the market opening on June 9, 2022. The company said this will replace the company's current ticker symbol 'FB', which has been used since its initial public offering in 2012. "The new ticker sy...


BARC 12th Week: Sun TV leads in all genres

BARC Rating 21st Week: Sun TV maintains the lead position in all genres

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 21st Week (21st May – 27th May 2022) has released its report. In India, Sun TV is continued to dominate the list of top 10 channels for the past five weeks across all genres (All India 2+), the channel registered 2553.47 impressions. Star Maa is in the second spot with 2128.14 impressions, and ...