Cloning Snapchat isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? Cloning TikTok. Even Snapchat has joined the bandwagon with Spotlight. Are people fleeing ads in feeds because the market is saturated? I break down all of last week’s big moves in Digital Media. And why the Covid Tracking Project deserves a friggin Nobel Prize.

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Links:

• Snapchat launches a TikTok-like feed called Spotlight, kick-started by paying creators (TechCrunch)
• Facebook Ads Could Be Reaching Saturation Point (WSJ)
• BuzzFeed to Acquire HuffPost in Stock Deal With Verizon Media (WSJ)
• Why the Success of The New York Times May Be Bad News for Journalism (NYTimes)
• Bots Grade Your Kids’ Schoolwork—and They’re Often Wrong (WSJ)
• Data Heroes of Covid Tracking Project Are Still Filling U.S. Government Void (Bloomberg Businessweek)

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