Twitter avoids sharing information on bot accounts

Musk offered banks Twitter pay cuts, better tweets monetisation

Elon Musk told banks that agreed to help fund his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter Inc. that he could crack down on executive and board pay at the social media company in a push to slash costs, and would develop new ways to monetize tweets, three people familiar with the matter said. Musk made the pitch to the lenders as he tried to secure ...


Viacom18 announces launch of Sports18 Khel on DD FreeDish

Viacom18’s Sports18 Khel now available on DD FreeDish

Viacom18 Monday announced the launch of Sports18 Khel, its free-to-air (FTA) Hindi channel on Prasar Bharati’s DTH service DD FreeDish. The announcement is close on the heels of the launch of its pay TV channel Sports18 on various other pay DTH platforms. Sports18 Khel will allow fans to watch their favorite sports in Hindi, including the ...


Snapchat announces Dynamic Stories for news publishers

Snapchat announces Dynamic Stories for news publishers

American multimedia instant messaging app Snapchat has introduced a new ‘Dynamic Stories’ feature that will allow publishers to automatically create Stories on the app based on news stories they publish online. Early partners include CNN, Bloomberg, ESPN, and more. The new feature uses a publisher’s RSS Feed to automatically create and pos...


MX Player appoints Dina D’Souza as senior VP

MX Player appoints Dina D’Souza as senior VP

Dina D’Souza has joined MX Player as senior vice president, according to her LinkedIn post. In her new role, she will be driving the Direct and the OTT AVOD business for the organization. Dina brings with her 20 years of experience across print, digital, ad tech, gaming, and commerce industries. Her previous assignments have involved le...


Elon Musk has decided not to join Twitter board: Parag Agrawal

Elon Musk has decided not to join Twitter board: Parag Agrawal

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal on April 11 tweeted that Elon Musk has decided not to join the company's board. While Agrawal didn't mention why Tesla CEO refused to take the board seat, he noted that Musk remains the largest shareholder of Twitter, and the company will be open to his input. In a brief note to the company, Agrawal wrote that "Th...


Republic’s Zelenskyy interview sees record digital traction with 600mn+ impressions

Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy speaks to Arnab Goswami

In a Global Mega Exclusive, Asia’s largest News Network, the Republic Media Network interviewed the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday. Republic’s Editor-in-Chief and Founder Arnab Goswami’s no-holds-barred interview with the world’s biggest newsmaker President Zelenskyy lasted for 60 minutes and was telecast live across bro...