“The Exorcist” stars Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair are remembering just how much of a powerful force of talent the late director William Friedkin was.
19.07.2023 - 19:07 / deadline.com
Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino has forcefully disputed a Bloomberg article maintaining that a “surge” of harmful content on the Elon Musk platform has spooked advertisers.
Under the headline “Twitter Surge In Harmful Content a Barrier To Advertiser Return,” Wednesday’s piece detailed the ad struggles of the social platform eight months after Musk’s $44 billion acquisition. In the weeks after the deal closed last fall, Musk laid off a majority of the company’s staff (including content moderators and other employees charged with evaluating the potential harm of posts and account holders). He also rolled back restrictions on content and introduced a paid verification program designed as a supplement to ad revenue.
The execution of the verification scheme was rocky, however, and users swiftly found ways to impersonate major brands and create mayhem. In one infamous case, drug maker Eli Lilly’s stock price sank after a prankster tweeted that insulin would be given away for free. In the wake of that episode and others, a number of major advertisers paused their spending on Twitter.
Yaccarino, who led ad sales for NBCUniversal for a decade and before that was a senior sales exec at Turner, became Twitter CEO in June. In an extra-long tweet (read it below), she detailed her objections to the article. She complained that it “pulled together a collection of incorrect, misleading, and outdated metrics, mostly from the period shortly after Twitter’s acquisition. It also lacks extremely important context not to mention critical updates on our progress and actions.”
Twitter has made progress on “reducing the spread of hate speech, proactively preventing child exploitation, and giving brands more control over where their ads appear –
“The Exorcist” stars Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair are remembering just how much of a powerful force of talent the late director William Friedkin was.
Linda Blair, whose performance as the demonically possessed Regan MacNeil in William Friedkin’s iconic 1973 horror film The Exorcist, is remembering the late director as a genius, a maverick, a game changer and the man who “changed my life forever.”
it was announced that the S Club tour would still go ahead, but that – following the change in circumstances – Spearritt had opted not to take part. Those shows are now due to take place this autumn and the five remaining members of the group released a new track last week.However, with that new track released, The Sun then reported that Spearritt never formally opted out of the reunion tour and was “blindsided” when her former bandmates made the announcement that they would be doing the shows without her.Talks then reportedly followed to try to get Spearritt on board for the shows after all but – says one of those pesky sources – by that point “bad blood” between her and the rest of the group made the chances of that happening rather slim.Says the source to The Sun: “Hannah is devastated.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Kanye West’s account on X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter, has been restored — after the controversial rapper/entrepreneur apparently promised the Elon Musk-owned company he would refrain from posting antisemitic and other hateful content. West, who now goes by Ye, was kicked off Twitter in December 2022 after he share an image of a Nazi swastika embedded inside the Star of David.
Gisele Bündchen’s alleged reaction to her ex-husband Tom Brady’s new romance with Irina Shayk has been hitting headlines.
Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X, the digital platform formerly known as Twitter, told employees they are “writing history” with the stunning overhaul of the well-established brand.
Say goodbye to the little blue bird — Elon Musk has officially relaunched Twitter under the new name X.
Elon Musk, who bought the social media platform formerly called Twitter last fall, has rebranded it to ‘X’ after a weekend of messaging signaling the change that included a photo of the new logo projected on the company’s San Francisco headquarters and a video of a flickering X.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Over the weekend, Elon Musk issued the unexpected fiat via late-night/early-morning tweetstorm (x-storm?) that Twitter would now be known as X — complete with a new X logo that has replaced the bonny blue birdie on the service’s website. Per Musk, you won’t be posting tweets on his social platform, you will be throwing up… “x’s.” Musk’s hand-picked new CEO Linda Yaccarino, late of NBCUniversal, tried to explain the situation. “X is the future state of unlimited interactivity — centered in audio, video, messaging, payments/banking — creating a global marketplace for ideas, goods, services and opportunities,” she, uh, x’d on Sunday. “Powered by AI, X will connect us all in ways we’re just beginning to imagine.”
Elon Musk has given Twitter a makeover, scrapping the blue bird icon for a new "minimalist art deco" X image. The Twitter owner first indicated his plans to change the old logo on Saturday before rolling out the new one in the early hours of Monday. The new image was created by one of Musk's followers, who has tweeted that he first created it for a now-defunct podcast.
Linda Yaccarino is sharing her take on the Twitter rebrand to X after Elon Musk dropped the news over the weekend on the social media platform.
Progress at Twitter. Inquiries from members of the fourth estate to the company’s official press email are no longer receiving an automatic poop emoji in response. Instead, Musk said, the company “is now changing the auto reply to “a ‘We will get back to you soon’ infinite loop.”
NBCUniversal has wrapped up one of the most unusual upfront ad seasons in history, managing to secure cash commitments roughly in line with last year’s record haul.
Disney CEO Bob Iger already made his perspective clear about the ongoing guild strikes last week before the SAG-AFTRA one commenced. Now it’s Netflix CEO’s Ted Sarandos‘ turn.
Gregg Wallace has spoken out at claims he allegedly offended female staff members after he quit BBC's Inside the Factory, it has been reported. The MasterChef star decided to step back from his role earlier this year so he could look after his young son.
Threads is making a big change as it continues to grow exponentially as an alternative to Twitter. Instagram boss Adam Mosseri took to the micro-blogging platform to announce that they would be implementing rate limits to combat bots.
"Guardians of the Galaxy" star Sean Gunn blasted Disney CEO Bob Iger over comments that the executive made about the Writer's Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) strikes. Shortly before SAG-AFTRA joined the WGA on strike Thursday, Iger, 72, made an appearance on CNBC's "Squawk Box" during which he said that the pending actors union strike would have a "very, very damaging effect on the whole business." "It will affect the economy of different regions, even, because of the sheer size of the business.
Linda Nolan has revealed her incurable cancer has spread to her brain and that she wonders if she will still "be here" in a month's time.
Selena Gomez in a dream role. A gossip website has recently shared that Gomez is in talks to play Linda Ronstadt in a biopic depicting her life and her art.
Linda Nolan has opened up on her battle with incurable cancer after losing all of her hair once again.The Irish singer, 64, spoke with the Mirror about her experience, where she spoke of losing her hair for the fourth time amid treatment for the devastating disease. Explaining her approach to the effects of chemo, the star told the publication: "My friend who is a hairdresser came round and just shaved it." She also agreed to be photographed with her new look in a bid to inspire others experiencing the same. She added: "Then I said ‘Get me a cap, we’re going out for a drink’." But it wasn't an easy decision to make and she still found herself feeling emotional after the loss.