Category Archives: Sequence Summaries

April 24, 2024 Job Mobility and Work Flexibility on the RiseThe Federal Trade Commission has enacted a nationwide ban on new noncompete agreements, impacting up to 30 million American workers. While there are some exceptions, notably senior executives, the policy aims to enhance job mobility and worker rights. The decision faces imminent legal challenges fromContinue reading “Sequence Summaries: Worker Wellbeing, Comms Confidence, and Digital Updates”

April 17, 2024 The New York Times and NBC News Face Internal Strife Recent controversies at The New York Times and NBC News underscore the importance of good internal communications. Internal tensions at The New York Times have begun bubbling up after disputes between management and staff over union negotiations and sensitive topics like theContinue reading “Sequence Summaries: Internal Instability, Recent Research, and Shifting Strategies”

April 10, 2024 Social Media Companies Compete as Legislation Looms Despite recent U.S. regulatory efforts, TikTok is moving ahead with new features and PR efforts to keep the popular app afloat. TikTok released a report claiming it contributed $24.2 billion to the U.S. economy last year, benefiting more than seven million businesses. TikTok is developingContinue reading “Sequence Summaries: Social Showdown, Privacy Problems, and Journalism Jolt”

April 3, 2024 Tennessee Codifies ELVIS Act to Prevent AI Impersonation Tennessee became the first U.S. state to enact legislation protecting artists from unauthorized AI impersonation—the ELVIS Act will go into effect July 1. The new law is momentum for regulation that could impede AI aims. After its recent reveal of text-to-video tool Sora, OpenAIContinue reading “Sequence Summaries: Authorized AI, Shifting Social, and Facing Facts”

March 27, 2024 A Slew of New Penalties Target Tech Companies in Europe Tech and media companies are facing fines from European regulators as new digital laws take effect. Google was fined $270 million by France’s competition authority for failing to inform news publishers about the use of their content to train its AI models.Continue reading “Sequence Summaries: Fresh Fines, Social Statutes, and AP Absence”

March 20, 2024 Sports Illustrated Lives On with New Publishing Agreement With new waves of layoffs and consolidations, many media outlets face a fraught future. Despite setbacks, some press have persisted. Sports Illustrated will continue in print and digital after the brand’s new agreement with publisher Minute Media. Despite the challenging media landscape, digital start-upsContinue reading “Sequence Summaries: Press Persistence, Court Comms, and AI Adoption”

March 13, 2024 U.S. House Passes Bill to Ban TikTok Policymakers are pressuring TikTok like never before. The U.S. House has passed legislation that would effectively ban the popular social media app unless parent company ByteDance sells its stake. The 352-65 vote is the culmination of a strategic misfire—TikTok had mobilized its vast user baseContinue reading “Sequence Summaries: TikTok Trouble, Trust Turnaround, and Generative Journalism”

March 6, 2024 Meta Goes Dark, Continues News Divestment Meta platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, experienced a significant temporary outage on Super Tuesday. While no specific election-related or malicious cyber activity has been identified, more than a half-million Facebook accounts and nearly 100,000 Instagram users were affected. New data show Meta’s platforms saw a 6%Continue reading “Sequence Summaries: Meta Meltdown, OpenAI Action, and Media Literacy”

February 28, 2024 U.S. Supreme Court Weighs Future of Social Media Speech The future of free speech and how its exercised online are under review by the U.S. Supreme Court. The high court is determining whether social media platforms like Facebook and TikTok are liable for content their users post. Impending rulings could fundamentally impactContinue reading “Sequence Summaries: Social Scrutiny, Cutting Costs, and PR Problems”

February 21, 2024 OpenAI Announces Text-to-Video Tool Sora The hype around generative text AI is now shifting to video. OpenAI has announced Sora, a text-to-video tool that generates photorealistic videos from text prompts. The potential impact of the emerging technology across the communications industry is significant. Generative video AI will likely further disrupt the filmmakingContinue reading “Sequence Summaries: Sora Suspense, Generative Jump, and Meaningful Metrics “