As Sarah pointed out , early reactions to the feature were mixed, though Spotify points to some new numbers around user engagement with the feature. According to the service, listeners are:
Offering up a marketplace is part of a push to broaden adoption of the technology, by offering access to some top names who have created visuals for high-profile artists, ranging from Kanye to Billie Eillish. Spotify will also be rolling out Canvas access to more artists across the globe as part of this push.
In case you are keeping track:
NY Fed's John Williams on the state of the recovery - Marketplace
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is the Fed’s largest regional bank by assets. Its district includes all of New York State, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and parts of New Jersey and Connecticut.
“Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal spoke with John Williams , the president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as part of the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing’s virtual conference Wednesday. Unlike other regional bank presidents, Williams also has a vote on the Federal Open Market Committee because of his position.
SellerX raises $118M to buy up and grow Amazon marketplace businesses – TechCrunch
The round is being co-led by Cherry Ventures, Felix Capital and TriplePoint Capital, with participation also from Village Global, with Zalando co-founder David Schneider, Shutterfly CEO and former Amazon UK CEO Chris North, and the founders of KW Commerce, a big Amazon seller out of Germany (selling mobile phone accessories and home goods), also participating.
Notably, this $118 million is a seed round for the company, the first real money that it has raised to date, and it comes in the form of some equity, but mostly debt, which SellerX will use for acquisitions to play out its strategy, in the words of Malte Horeyseck (who co-founded the startup with Philipp Triebel) to become “the digital Procter & Gamble.”
The pros and cons of falling credit card debt - Marketplace
However, that same report found that credit card debt is falling. That’s good news, right? Well, yes and no.
Ever since the pandemic started, many people have been receiving government relief. Kathy Jones, chief fixed-income strategist at Charles Schwab, said people have also had fewer ways to spend that money.
“So that combination really sent the savings rate up, and people were just not accumulating that credit card debt,” she said.
While you're here, how about this:
How the Spanish flu contributed to the rise of Hollywood - Marketplace
Warner Bros. Pictures announced that “Wonder Woman 1984,” one of the last big blockbusters left on the 2020 release schedule, will be available on HBO Max on Dec. 25, the same day it goes into theaters. But lackluster box office results for Christopher Nolan's "Tenet," delayed releases of major films, and continued theater closures in some of the biggest movie markets in the country due to the coronavirus pandemic have raised questions about the future of Hollywood.
Using commercial real estate to create economic opportunity - Marketplace
Retail stores, restaurants, and other businesses across the country are closing because of the pandemic. That’s leaving many workers unemployed, a crisis that’s hitting Black and Hispanic or Latinx Americans especially hard.
“Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal met up with Arturo Sneider, the co-founder and CEO of Primestor Development , a real estate company that invests primarily in underserved neighborhoods in Southern California. They met at Plaza La Alameda, a shopping center Primestor owns in Walnut Park, a neighborhood in Los Angeles County.
GearUp Wants to be the Facebook Marketplace of Photography
Caleb Blasingame, the founder of GearUp, says that he founded the business because a majority of cameras and accessories purchased by professionals and hobbyists ends up on the used market.
“The digital camera industry has seen a huge influx in new users as TikTok and other video-based social platforms have grown,” Blasingame says. “These creatives are looking for new tools of the trade to purchase and for an easy way to sell old equipment to fund these new items.”
ON24 Launches RevNEXT Marketplace for B2B Marketers to Digitally Discover Technologies to
Drift, Integrate, 6sense and others join ON24 in a virtual, always-on trade show aimed to support next-gen revenue marketers as they build resilient growth strategies
SAN FRANCISCO , Nov. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Marketers are increasingly responsible for not just generating leads, but driving true business impact. But, according to Deloitte, while 95% of marketers say revenue is the top growth metric defined by their organization, only 70% feel confident that they're prepared to impact revenue. 1
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