Новости за 17.02.2018

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• Following its strong fourth quarter, Snap is making its Marketing API available to any ad agency, brand or ad tech company that wants to access the platform.
• The move represents Snap's most aggressive bid for digital ad dollars yet, as it looks to take on Google, Facebook and most notably, its arch-rival Instagram.
• Opening up its Marketing API will allow Snapchat to cater to an even broader base of marketers as well as prompt a wider variety of... Читать дальше...

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• Meghan Markle hasn't been shy about bending some of the style rules required of royals since announcing her engagement to Prince Harry. 
• But there's one rule that the Queen requires the ladies of the royal family to follow.
• Royals must always wear their stockings, according to royal expert Victoria Arbiter.
• Markle has gone sans tights once before during her engagement photo shoot. 

Between her jaw-dropping engagement ring and her trendy mismatched earrings... Читать дальше...

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Digital disruption is rocking the payments industry. But merchants, consumers, and the companies that help move money between them are all feeling its effects differently.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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Unacast

• Two of the founders of Jay-Z's fledgling music service Tidal are building a startup focused on mobile location data.
• The two executives, Thomas Walle and Kjartan Slette, have raised $17.5 million to expand Unacast, which supplies data from hundreds of mobile apps to ad targeting companies.
• The plan is to build out the company's tech and team of data scientists – and to expand beyond advertising.

Thomas Walle and Kjartan Slette helped launch WiMp... Читать дальше...

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• Special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment Friday of 13 Russian nationals and three organizations paints a stark picture of  Russia's election interference.
• The indictment threw a wrench into President Donald Trump's claims that the Russia investigation is a "hoax" and a "witch hunt" with no justifiable basis.
• The charges will also force the White House to decide whether it will hold the Russian government accountable for its actions, experts said. Читать дальше...

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• Singer Lionel Richie opened up about what he thinks of daughter Sofia Richie's relationship with Scott Disick.
• He calls it "just a phase" and that he'll continue to stand in the corner "and not make too much noise."
• Back in October 2017, Richie said he was "scared to death" about the pair's relationship.
• Looks like he's not as nervous about it these days. 

No matter how serious it seems Sofia Richie, 19, and Scott Disick... Читать дальше...

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Credit card rewards have become so popular in the US that issuers capture headlines just by launching a new rewards card. And with consumers now caring more about the type of rewards being offered than any other card feature, competition to offer the most lucrative and attractive rewards has intensified dramatically. 

For consumers... Читать дальше...

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• There is considerable disagreement over the current state of the porn debate.
• But activists calling for a complete ban on porn are dreaming. 
• US free-speech law gives adult-media makers a wide berth to create and disseminate to consenting adults nearly any pornographic content they can dream up.

Every few months, some public figure comes up with the brilliant idea that porn is bad for women. Читать дальше...

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The Olympics routinely bring the best athletes in the world together to compete against each other, yet even in such esteemed company, some have managed to separate themselves from the rest of the pack.

These athletes have so thoroughly mastered snow and ice that they have won enough Olympics medals to wear a new one each day of the week. 

The medal counts come courtesy of sports-reference and the official Olympics website. 

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• Germany, Japan, India, and the U.K. are key video markets for Amazon.
• Amazon will spend almost as much as Netflix will spend this year on video. 
• Netflix will see negative cash flow again, but still an improvement. 

Netflix ended 2017 with over 110 million paid subscribers. That absolutely dwarfs the number of Amazon Prime and Prime Video subscribers watching video, which IHS Markit estimates totaled 44 million last year. Читать дальше...

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• A North Korean defector living in South Korea told the BBC what it was like being forced to be part of a cheerleading group organized by the North Korean government.
• The group's members underwent "psychological training" and were supposed to honor North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
• The cheerleaders garnered massive media attention after performing at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, but critics accused outlets of normalizing North Korea.
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• Bill Hader helped bring to life the voice of "Star Wars" favorite BB-8.
• "The Force Awakens" director J.J. Abrams had Hader speak in a talk box while he used an effects app to come up with the voice BB-8 uses. 
• Hader did not do any BB-8 voice work on "The Last Jedi," and he doesn't know if he's getting residuals for the work he did on "The Force Awakens."

Bill Hader is known for his characters while doing eight seasons of "Saturday Night Live,"... Читать дальше...

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

• "Black Panther" is set to make far beyond initial projections, banking $210 million over the weekend.
• That would shatter "Deadpool's" 2016 record of $152 million.

“Black Panther,” Disney-Marvel’s latest outing starring Chadwick Boseman, is set to debut far above early forecasts with $210 million over the four-day President’s Day weekend from 4,020 North American locations.

The barrier-breaking superhero film, set in... Читать дальше...

Universal

• "Black Panther" fans were in for a surprise when a theater accidentally showed "Fifty Shades Freed."
• Many had lined up to catch the first screening of the anticipated Marvel film on Thursday night.
• A Twitter user captured the gaffe on video, showing a packed theater watching stars Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson on screen. 
• Movie-goers didn't take the mistake to heart and were laughing in the background. 
• The theater eventually resolved the situation and showed the right film. Читать дальше...

TNT

• Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal discuss their time playing together and their once-notorious feud in "Players Only: Shaq & Kobe," a sit-down conversation for TNT.
• In one highlight, Bryant discusses preparing to fight O'Neal at the practice facility after fiery criticisms back and forth in the media, only to have the fight broken up before it occurred.
• Though some topics are left out, it's clear the two players have long gotten over their feud and revere their days playing together. Читать дальше...

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Life insurance is a fundamentally hard product to sell, as it requires people to think about their deaths and promises no immediate rewards.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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• A crop of influencers who had abandoned Snapchat are giving it a second look.
• They are being enticed by a range of new features on the platform, including an analytics dashboard announced Wednesday.
• The consensus is that Snapchat is well positioned to win back digital creators, given YouTube and Instagram's recent struggles on this front.

With over 900,000 followers, Shaun McBride, or "Shonduras," was perhaps... Читать дальше...

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• This post is part of Business Insider's ongoing series on Better Capitalism.
• AOL founder Steve Case and "Hillbilly Elegy" author JD Vance are overseeing the $150 million Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, operated through Case's venture capital firm, Revolution.
• The fund has 38 of the nation's highest-profile investors.
• In May, Case and Vance will be holding pitch competitions in Dallas, Memphis, Birmingham, Chattanooga, and Louisville.

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On Friday, special counsel Robert Mueller's office announced the indictments of 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities involved in interference operations targeting the US political system and the 2016 presidential election.

The indictments are the latest charges in Mueller's ongoing investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, and whether the Trump campaign coordinated with the Russian in their interference efforts. Mueller is also investigating... Читать дальше...

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• The office of special counsel Robert Mueller charged 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies on Friday for illegally interfering in the US political system.
• The charges directly targeted the Internet Research Agency, a Russian organization that employed "trolls" to sow discord about the election on social media.
• Read on to find out what you need to know about the people and companies involved.

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People in the US love their pets. Just look at the number of dogs and cats who have their own Instagram account, for instance. In fact, pet owners make up the majority of US households, and according to the American Humane Association, approximately 62% of US homes have at least one pet. For plenty of people, life just isn’t the same without an animal friend at home.

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• The risk-asset sell-off that has rocked global markets is recalibrating the positive catalysts for the stock market, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch says only one major driver is left.
• A BAML survey of almost 200 fund managers shows that they're still their most bullish on corporate earnings since 2011.

The stock market's sudden bout of turbulence has left it without many allies.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch says matters have gotten so dire... Читать дальше...

Disney

• There's a case to be made that Black Panther might be richer than the characters Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark. 
• T'Challa — Black Panther — is king of the state of Wakanda, one of the most technologically advanced nations in the Marvel Universe. 
• The mineral wealth of the fictional country alone would be worth more than than GDP of the entire real world — and more than the worth of Batman or Ironman.

When Black Panther debuts this Friday, audiences... Читать дальше...