The advertiser boycott is not going to change Facebook

Linda J. Dodson

It benefits Facebook to appear to be responding to its customers, but in truth, these changes are likely to have been in the works for some time. The reality is that despite the company’s reliance on them, advertisers probably hold little sway over the company. First, Zuckerberg has near-total control over […]

Are there two sides of the SoftBank ledger?

Linda J. Dodson

In Tokyo, Son was quickly forced on to the defensive, insisting that SoftBank was not “SoftPunku” – punctured by its bad experiences. But after a string of blow-ups, is there really another side to its ledger? “The situation with Wirecard came as a shock to the whole market,” says Rolf […]