[ad_1] Dear Readers, We’re back! Welcome to the first edition of BI’s new Advertising and Media Insider newsletter. We’ve replaced our daily digest with a weekly version that publishes every Wednesday and will go deeper into the big stories we’ve been following. We’ll play around with the format, so let me know what you like/don’t…
[ad_1] Messaging app firm Snap has partnered with retail and tech giant Amazon to power a new way to buy products from the latter’s online story. Using the Snapchat camera, smartphone users will be able to take a photo of a product they want and that item or similar ones will be searched for on…
[ad_1] In Facebook’s latest high–profile departure, corporate communications lead Rachel Whetstone will leave for a top PR role at Netflix. Whetstone joined Facebook about a year ago after leaving a similar position running communications at Uber during some of the company’s most fraught days. Prior to Uber, Whetstone worked for Google as its SVP of…
[ad_1] Premium speaker-maker Sonos says strong partnerships and its focus on long-term innovation should calm concerns over comparisons to some recent tech hardware IPOs which haven’t lived up to their promises. Sonos Inc. debuted on the Nasdaq stock exchange Thursday with an initial price of US$15 a share, below an expected $17 to $19 price…