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Zendesk, WhatsApp Partner to Enable Powerful Conversational Experiences (MTS)

Zendesk announced expanded capabilities to its service-first CRM solutions that help companies provide real-time support across messaging channels on web, social, and mobile.... More

TikTok Scores New Deal With Sony (AdAge)

Agreement would give artists more money when their work is used in the popular video app.... More

Adobe’s 2020 Online Holiday Shopping Predictions

With a global pandemic, in-store social distancing restrictions, and much of the workforce now remote, this will no doubt be an especially homebound holiday season — and research... More

Gen Z Increasingly Take Up Mobile for Video Consumption (RTN)

In a market snapshot highlighting the importance of mobile video among an increasingly important demographic, Parks Associates has found that viewing on a smartphone or tablet now ... More

Will Media Investors Learn From Quibi’s Failure? (Billboard)

Despite a treasure chest of talent and money, the mobile-first shortform video service Quibi is the first major victim of the streaming wars.... More

Quibi’s Demise Spurs Hand-Wringing for TV Partners (Variety)

The demise of Quibi, the short-form video service led by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, will cause complications for a wide range of TV partners who supplied new and often inn... More

Amazon Expands NFL ‘Thursday Night Football’ Content on Prime Video, Twitch (Variety)

Amazon has set a more aggressive game plan to drive viewers to “Thursday Night Football” streaming for the 2020 season, adding several new features and “shoulder programming�... More

The Rise of Video Podcasting (The Cutaway by SHIFT)

Podcasting has evolved to be more than just audio. Adding a video component to your podcast can drastically increase content output, audience, and distribution channels.... More

Report: Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Quibi Looking to Sell Itself, Among Other Possible Options (Variety)

Quibi is exploring “strategic options” including a potential sale, the Wall Street Journal reported. vLaunched in April 2020, Quibi has raised about $1.75b from major studios a... More

Trump Gets a TikTok Deal, but ByteDance Keeps A Lot of the Power (Protocol)

President Trump has approved a plan for Oracle to process TikTok's U.S. data and take a minority stake in the company. But the announcement was short on details about ByteDance.... More

Amazon Music Now Has Podcasts (The Verge)

Podcasts are the things to have in a music streaming app.... More

International Hockey Federation, NAGRA Launch New App

The International Hockey Federation and NAGRA launched of Watch.Hockey, a fan engagement app that creates a new digital 'home of hockey' to the millions of hockey fans, players and... More

Sony Music Bets its Next Big Hit Will Be a Podcast (Bloomberg)

The world’s second-largest music company plans to release nearly 40 podcasts this year and is developing more than 100 original programs.... More

Report: Ranks of Mobile Workers to Swell to 93.5M by 2024 Amid Move to Remote Work (ZDNet)

The number of mobile workers will swell to 93.5 million in the US in 2024, up from 78.5 million in 2020, and represent almost 60% of the US workforce, according to IDC data.... More

U.S. Podcast Advertising to Top $1B Next Year (MediaPost)

The U.S. podcast advertising marketplace is on pace to top $1 billion in the next year, according to the first-ever estimates released by eMarketer. The ad growth projections mirro... More

Microsoft Exploring TikTok Acquisition (Billboard)

Microsoft said that it would continue to explore an acquisition of TikTok after discussing the matter with President Donald Trump. The statement follows Trump's Friday comments to ... More

Apple: Next iPhones Will Launch Later Than Usual (TechCrunch)

Users gearing up to buy the latest iPhones are going to have to wait longer than they did last year.... More

Digital Devices Hit ‘Inevitable’ Milestone, Passing Analog in Listening Time for 2020 (Billboard)

Digital devices are now the dominant method of listening to music, and the coronavirus seems to be behind the latest growth wave.... More

Apple, Zendesk Announce General Availability of Apple Business Chat (9to5Mac)

Apple and Zendesk are announcing that Apple Business Chat is being made generally available. Previously available as a beta service, only select customers had the option to use App... More

Fox Sports Launches Redesigned App (TechCrunch)

As the sports world slowly begins to emerge from the pandemic shut down with MLB scheduled to start this week, Fox Sports is launching its redesigned sports app today for Android a... More

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