Mediagazer: WPP's GroupM projects global retail media spending will reach $101B in 2022, up 15% YoY, and will exceed $160B annually by 2027, thanks to superior targeting (Adrianne Pasquarelli/Ad Age)

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YouTube unveils Creator Music, which lets creators browse a catalog and use songs by buying rights or sharing revenue, launching out of beta in the US this fall — In addition to the groundbreaking news that YouTube would begin to monetize Shorts videos and revamp its Partner Program …

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YouTube plans to expand its Partner Program to give 45% of Shorts ad revenue to creators with 1,000+ subscribers and 10M views on Shorts within a 90-day period — YouTube just made a major change to its Partner Program that will allow its short-form video creators to make a lot more money from its platform.

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Adrianne Pasquarelli / Ad Age:

WPP's GroupM projects global retail media spending will reach $101B in 2022, up 15% YoY, and will exceed $160B annually by 2027, thanks to superior targeting — Figure is an increase of 15% over 2021, per GroupM report — One of the fastest growing new revenue streams for retailers is showing no signs of slowing down.

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Scott Feinberg / The Hollywood Reporter:

NBC plans to air the 80th Golden Globes awards on January 10, 2023, as part of a one-year agreement to let the HFPA “explore new opportunities” for distribution — The TV network announced on Tuesday that it is bringing the awards ceremony back to its airwaves on Tuesday …

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Pew Research Center:

Survey of US adults: 31% get news on Facebook, 25% on YouTube, 14% on Twitter, 13% on Instagram, and 10% on TikTok; a third of TikTok users get news on the app — Digital news has become an important part of Americans' news media diets, with social media playing a crucial role in news consumption.

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Jesse Whittock / Deadline:

Fox re-enters the international distribution business with sales unit Fox Entertainment Global; its international sales arm in 2019 was integrated into Disney's — Fox Entertainment is re-entering the international distribution business by launching a sales unit ahead of Mipcom Cannes next month.

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Mia Sato / The Verge:

A Mozilla study using YouTube recommendation data from 20,000+ users and 500M+ videos finds the “dislike” and “not interested” buttons are largely ineffective — Even when users tell YouTube they aren't interested in certain types of videos, similar recommendations keep coming, a new study by Mozilla found.

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Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:

Memo: Kobalt Music strikes a new licensing deal with Meta after pulling 700K songs from Facebook and Instagram in the US in July 2022 due to failed negotiations — In July, MBW reported that Kobalt Music Publishing - home to 700,000 songs - was pulling its repertoire from Facebook and Instagram in the United States.

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Garett Sloane / Ad Age:

Walmart Connect partners with TikTok, Snap, and Roku to measure how social media and CTV ads affect sales and to help brands with targeting and attribution — Retailer has partnerships with platforms to help P&G, L'Oreal, Samsung and J&J with targeting and attribution

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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:

Facebook adds Pages features to let creators endorse each other, make content exclusive to top fans and subscribers, earn “rising creator” labels, and more — Facebook is introducing new Pages features that are designed to help creators get discovered and connect with their followers, the company announced on Tuesday.

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J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter:

Spotify launches a US audiobook service with 300K titles from major and independent publishers; users purchase and download individual books to play in its app — The audio giant, which is offering 300,000 audiobooks for purchase at launch, is positioning its books service as separate …

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