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Premium Meta? A Small Yes, A Loud No

Mike Proulx 2 days ago
Meta will begin testing paid subscriptions on Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp in “the coming months.” How much will it cost? Unknown — pricing has yet to be announced. But subscription tiers will reportedly offer upgraded AI tools with productivity and creativity features. This includes expanded Meta AI capabilities, integration of the company’s newly acquired Manus […]
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Social Media Takes Center Stage In B2B Buying — Even In The AI Era

Karen Tran 4 days ago
Generative AI may dominate headlines, but when it comes to business buying, social media is shaping the journey in powerful ways. Forrester’s latest research shows that social media has become the second most meaningful source of information for buyers — just behind generative AI search tools.

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TikTok Seals The Deal With New US Joint Venture

Kelsey Chickering January 23, 2026
The platform's staying power proves just how embedded it is in US culture. But is the new deal a win for consumers, creators, and advertisers?
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Four Takeaways On The State Of Social Suites

Kelsey Chickering January 14, 2026
These platforms have come a long way from their original incarnation as social media management tools with light social listening features. Read the key highlights from our latest landscape report on these suites.
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Women In Security, Holiday Shopping Trends, AI Agents In Content

What It Means January 8, 2026
Happy New Year! We kick off 2026 by unpacking lessons from 2025 and what they signal for the year ahead. This episode brings together security, marketing, and content leaders’ perspectives so you can act with confidence.
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Seven Roles, One Goal: How To Organize For Answer Engine Optimization

Nikhil Lai December 19, 2025
AEO demands broader, more intensive collaboration than SEO. Learn how roles should change and where they should intersect in a zero-click world.
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The Tale Of Turmoil Ends: US TikTok Set To Divest In 2026

Kelsey Chickering December 19, 2025
Timed perfectly with the first US-based TikTok Awards, TikTok signed an agreement to divest US TikTok. This deal, reportedly valued at around $14 billion, will divest US TikTok to a joint venture of primarily American investors. Learn the details and what questions brands should be asking.
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Act On Real-Time Insights With A Consumer Intelligence Platform

Kelsey Chickering November 24, 2025
Consumer intelligence platforms help marketing and consumer insights leaders leverage real-time insights to better understand their customers (current and prospective), refine their marketing and product strategy, and monitor and manage their brand’s reputation. Learn some of the top use cases for these platforms in this preview of our new report, The Consumer Intelligence Platforms Landscape, Q4 2025.
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Should B2B Brands Embrace Reddit?

Karen Tran November 6, 2025
Reddit’s recent partnership with G2 signals a new era for B2B brands and their buyers — one where community credibility becomes just as important as traditional content and SEO. Community spaces present both opportunity and risk, so B2B brands need to approach them strategically.
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AWS Outage, Safety On Meta, ChatGPT’s AI-First Browser

What It Means October 30, 2025
Recently, a very bad day for AWS became everyone else’s very annoying day. And while the disruption was fairly short-lived, there are longer-term lessons to be learned. In this episode, we look at the lessons from the recent AWS outage as well as an overdue step by a social media giant and a reimagining of how we access information on the web.
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TwitchCon 2025 Revealed The Power Of Community

Kelsey Chickering October 20, 2025
As I walked into my first TwitchCon at the San Diego Convention Center this past weekend, I didn’t know what to expect. Maybe I would see hordes of young men playing games on their phone or participating in e-sports competitions. Maybe I would see everyone doing cosplay. Yes, there was some of that. What I […]
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How Accurate Were Our Predictions For 2025?

Sharyn Leaver October 1, 2025
Predictions season is here, and our research teams have been hard at work formulating and fine-tuning their calls for 2026. But before we release our 2026 predictions, here’s a review of some of the “hits” and “misses” from our 2025 predictions.
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TikTok Lives To See Another Day

Kelsey Chickering September 22, 2025
The US and China have a deal framework to divest US TikTok from ByteDance. One big question around this deal has been whether the algorithm would come with the sale. Learn the details in this review of the deal, including how it may impact US users and advertisers.
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Meta: So Long, Metaverse; Hello, Superintelligence

Mike Proulx July 30, 2025
Meta is hopeful that superintelligence will empower people and not replace large swaths of society. Is that realistic?
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The FTC Wants To Break Up Meta — Users Agree

Mike Proulx April 13, 2025
As the FTC's landmark antitrust case against Meta begins, we examine the market ramifications of a potential Meta break up.
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Ready Your Commerce Strategy For Growth Through Volatility

Chuck Gahun April 10, 2025
Learn three distinct and emerging commerce strategies that guide leaders amid volatility in this preview of a new report.
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TikTok Won’t Get Banned This Week

Kelsey Chickering April 2, 2025
The extension on TikTok's ban expires on April 5, but it is highly unlikely that TikTok will go dark again. All signs point to a deal or another extension. Find out why.
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A TikTok Ban Is More Likely, But It Might Not Go Dark

Kelsey Chickering January 10, 2025
The US Supreme Court seems to be leaning toward upholding the law to require TikTok’s divestiture or have it face a ban, but this doesn’t mean that we’re at the end of the road.
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Full-Funnel Advertising Makes Poppi Famous

Nikhil Lai January 10, 2025
America’s soda market is very difficult to disrupt. The market is massive — nine of 10 US households buy soda — and dominated by a few iconic incumbents.
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Meta’s Content Moderation Pivot Reflects A New Political Climate

Kelsey Chickering January 7, 2025
Meta's announced pullback in its content moderation policies reflects a growing shift in American sentiment around anti-censorship and free speech. What could it mean for the user experience and for ad dollars?
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