Dive Brief: Google is bringing its Privacy Sandbox initiative to the Android mobile operating system amid a period of heightened scrutiny toward how consumer data is collected online, according to a company announcement. The search giant said it will develop more privacy-centric advertising solutions that curtail data sharing with third […]
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NBCUniversal crowns iSpot.tv a preferred measurement partner amid strategy shakeup
Dive Brief: NBCUniversal has named iSpot.tv a preferred measurement partner in a multiyear pact that touches across its One Platform portfolio, according to an announcement. The media giant will enact a “massive pilot” of iSpot.tv’s audience verification tools for ad campaigns and program ratings around upcoming broadcasts of the 2022 […]
Oracle, Walmart deal for TikTok tentatively approved, paving way for digital shakeup
Brief: President Trump tentatively approved a deal for Oracle and Walmart to partner with Chinese technology giant ByteDance on creating a U.S. company to run popular social video app TikTok, according to multiple media reports. As a result, the Department of Commerce delayed for one week a ban on TikTok […]
Petronas chief heads to Malaysia Airlines in state-sector shake-up
KUALA LUMPUR — The president and CEO of Malaysia’s state energy group Petroliam Nasional Berhad, or Petronas, has been appointed to serve as chairman of debt-stricken national carrier Malaysia Airlines, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said Saturday. Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin will take the helm of the struggling airline. He will be […]
Petronas chief heads to Malaysia Airlines in state-sector shakeup
KUALA LUMPUR — The president of Malaysia’s state energy group Petroliam Nasional, or Petronas, has been appointed to head debt-stricken national carrier Malaysia Airlines, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced Saturday. Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin will be replaced by Petronas’ chief financial officer, Muhammad Taufik Aziz, who will be promoted to president […]
Kim Jong Un’s sister regains key post in leadership shake-up
SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s younger sister returned to the country’s top decision-making body in a leadership reshuffle that signaled a heightened emphasis on arms and less on U.S. diplomacy. Kim Yo Jong, long part of her brother’s inner circle, was elected Saturday as an alternate member of the central […]
Kim’s sister regains key post in North Korea leadership shake-up
SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s younger sister returned to the country’s top decision-making body in a leadership reshuffle that signaled a heightened emphasis on arms and less on U.S. diplomacy. Kim Yo Jong, long part of her brother’s inner circle, was elected Saturday as an alternate member of the central […]