MeDigit News Bulletin: 30th July 2022

LinkedIn Launches Native Carousel Posting Option

LinkedIn users have been posting makeshift carousel posts for some time, using its PDF attachment option to create individual frames. And now, LinkedIn has decided to make it a fully-fledged functionality, with a new ‘Carousel’ post option being added to your update tools.

https://bit.ly/3oEdkfe 

Users not happy with the new “look” of Instagram, appeal to change the tiktok-like layout

earlier this year, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg flagged coming changes in approach in how it sorts content within user feeds, with a shift away from your home feed being curated by your social or follow graph, to more of the posts displayed being recommended by AI, ‘even if the content wasn’t posted by a friend or someone you follow’.

https://bit.ly/3bf4gu6 

Spotify Q2 Revenue increases 23% due to strong advertising growth

Spotify’s ad-supported revenue grew 31% to €360 million, reaching an all-time high as a percent of Total Revenue at 13% for Q2. The ad revenue growth reflects growth across all regions and sales channels.

https://bit.ly/3oETdxp 

Google delays cookie phase-out to 2024

Google has said it will delay replacement of third-party cookies for advertising till 2024. In a blog post, Anthony Chavez, Google’s Vice President of Privacy Sandbox, wrote that there is a need for more time to evaluate and test the new Privacy Sandbox technologies, the planned replacement of cookies.

https://bit.ly/3oJrSdD 

Meta reports first-ever revenue drop as inflation throttles ad sales

Meta Platforms Inc issued a gloomy forecast after recording its first-ever quarterly drop in revenue on Wednesday, with recession fears and competitive pressures weighing on its digital ads sales

https://bit.ly/3QnPznJ