(Reuters) – U.S. civil rights groups will organize an advertiser boycott against Alphabet’s YouTube if it does not remove President Donald Trump’s channel, the groups told Reuters. Jim Steyer, one of the organizers of the “Stop Hate for Profit” campaign which led over 1,000 advertisers to boycott Facebook in July, said the groups are demanding YouTube take down Trump’s verified YouTube channel, which has 2.76 million subscribers. YouTube is the last major tech company that has not… Source link
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Former Toys R Us CEO Gerald Storch on Walmart+ launching to compete with Amazon as titan retailers. Verizon Media announced it has partnered with Walmart for a unique grocery shopping venture that allows Yahoo Mail users to purchase their food staples online. The partnership, which has been named “Groceries from Walmart,” is the first of its kind. Yahoo users will be able to add items to their virtual shopping cart straight from their email inbox as well as keep track of promotions,… Source link
Read More »Yahoo Finance’s Annual All Markets Summit Goes Completely Digital (Exclusive)
Yahoo Finance is making its annual All Markets Summit online-only amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, TheWrap can exclusively reveal. The 2020 “All Markets Summit: Road to Recovery” will air at 5 p.m. ET Monday, October 26, entirely via livestream on Yahoo Finance, just as Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting did in May. On Tuesday, July 21, at 5 p.m. ET, the outlet will host a virtual one-hour special, “All Markets Summit Extra: Road to Recovery,” as a lead-up… Source link
Read More »Google signs exclusive Stadia game deals with Rock Band and Until Dawn developers
Google has signed on five new developers to make exclusive titles for its Stadia cloud gaming service. Two of those five already have fully realized projects, with one ready for release. Developer Splash Damage, which developed the recent Microsoft exclusive Gears Tactics, is now making an online multiplayer game called Outcasters, while popular strategy and tower defense studio Robot Entertainment has its third installment in its Orcs Must Die! series arriving on Stadia today as part of… Source link
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