• Billionaire Republican donor’s firm brands Trump’s social media CEO ‘loser’

    Ken Griffin’s Citadel Securities claimed Devin Nunes would be ‘fired on The Apprentice’ amid stock trading rowThe CEO of Donald Trump’s social media empire was branded a “proverbial loser” whom the former president “would have fired on The Apprentice” by a trading firm owned by the billionaire Republican donor Ken Griffin on Friday.In an extraordinary statement, Citadel Securities accused Devin Nunes, chief executive of Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), of trying to deflect blame for the...

    • CNN

    Taylor Swift’s new album allegedly ‘leaked’ on social media and it’s causing a frenzy

    Social media can be a divisive place, but even more so when it comes to Taylor Swift. A Google Drive link allegedly containing 17 tracks that are purportedly from Swift’s eagerly awaited “The Tortured Poets Department” album has been making the rounds on the internet in the past day and people are equal parts mad, sad and happy about it. CNN has reached out to Swift’s representative for comment. The actual album is slated to drop at midnight Friday, but the claimed leak is both being hailed and...

    • Vibe

    Kai Cenat Claims He’s Being Extorted By OnlyFans Model Who Says She’s Owed “Hush Money” For Sex

    The OF content creator shared a photo of the online personality naked in bed with her.

  • Rick Astley: ‘I’m boring away from the spotlight – that’s why my life works’

    The singer, 58, on staying sane, why he isn’t afraid of getting his hands dirty and how the internet gave his most famous song a new lease of lifeBeing 10 years younger than my older siblings meant I was bombarded with music from a young age. My older sister, Jane, and brother, John, played records relentlessly. My sister was obsessed with Motown, but also prog rock. The first band I ever saw live was Supertramp.My dad ran a little garden centre and it made me realise that if you run your own...

  • Social media and smartphones cut children off from parents and communities. Some think that’s good

    Children are more anxious than ever, and birthrates are lower than ever. Psychologist Jonathan Haidt has a new book out that overlaps with my new book about parenting, culture, low birthrates, and the epidemic of childhood anxiety. Haidt has a ton of critics, which is to say that a ton of commentators are arguing that […]

  • Banning TikTok just puts a Band-Aid over social media’s problems

    When President Joe Biden signed a $95 billion foreign aid bill into law on April 24, it started the clock on a nine-month window for TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app. The president can extend the deadline by three months, and TikTok has indicated that it plans to challenge the law in court. If the law stands and the company fails to sell the app, TikTok will be blocked from any U.S. app store or web-hosting service. This would affect TikTok’s more than 170...

  • Kanye West Deletes Social Media After Backlash to His New Yeezy Porn Studio

    After news broke that Kanye West is planning to branch out into pornography, the rapper has deleted his social media accounts.

  • Opinion: Social Media Ads – Gen-Z’s Biggest Life-Hack

    Have you ever wondered why so many brands are switching to digital social media platforms, like TikTok and Instagram, as their primary advertising mediums? Are you one of those people who criticise the new generation of creatives for their choice of advertising platform? After all, aren’t traditional linear TV ads what’s worked well for decades? […]

  • Mal Says Drake Turned Off Rick Ross’s Diss After He Claimed to Have More Money

    Mal is back with more insights into the OVO Camp. On episode 260 of the New Rory and Mal podcast, Mal revealed he contacted Drake to check the temperature. Mal asked Drake what he felt about Rick Ross’s diss song, “Champagne Moments.” Drake reacted, “He said he was richer than me and I turned it […] The post Mal Says Drake Turned Off Rick Ross’s Diss After He Claimed to Have More Money first appeared on The Source.

    • MSNBC

    TikTok defenders miss chance to push for social media regulation amid ban backlash

    I’m a longtime social media critic, and I’m pretty indiscriminate in my criticism. I don’t trust any algorithm-based platforms or the executives who run them, be that X, Facebook or TikTok. And yet, while I’ve spent months deriding U.S. lawmakers’ laser focus on restricting access to TikTok, I’m starting to find the widespread fawning over the app — now that it might be banned in the U.S. — pretty disturbing. Last week, President Joe Biden signed a foreign aid package that included money for...

  • PR Daily’s Social Media & Digital Awards Class of 2024 finalists announced

    From inspiring employee communications to delivering powerful stories, these organizations move on to the next round, with winners announced in August. From inspiring employee communications to delivering powerful stories, these organizations move on to the next round. Social media and digital communications work can feel thankless. Behind the scenes, creators work hard to stay up […]