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Madrid: Facebook owner Meta Platforms will face a trial in October 2025 in Spain over a 551 million euro ($582 million) complaint lodged by more than 80 media companies accusing it of unfair competition in advertising, a Madrid court said on Friday.The hearings will be held on Oct. 1 and 2, the 15th Madrid commercial court said in a statement.The AMI media association, which represents 87 Spanish media firms, filed a lawsuit last year alleging Meta violated EU data protection rules between 2018 and 2023.The newspapers argue that Meta’s “massive” and “systematic” use of the personal data of its Facebook,…

Bizumers: Half consumer, half small businesspersonSource: ChatGPT OBSERVATIONS FROM THE FINTECH SNARK TANK Got a side hustle or do gig work? If not, you might be in the minority pretty soon. According to a survey from Bankrate, more than a third of American adults—including roughly half of Gen Zers and Millennials—now have a side hustle. Some make big money from it: On average, a side hustle brings in nearly $10,700 a year. The most popular side hustles? Furniture assembly, data analytics, and pet sitting. More than a third of side hustlers use the cash just to pay regular bills, and…

Welcome to The Spark—your weekly creative pick-me-up from The Creative Boom Podcast. Every Thursday, we bring you a shorter, snappier episode filled with inspiration, creative news, and practical tips to carry you through the week. Whether you need motivation or insights, we’ve got you covered! This week, we were joined by Barrington Reeves, founder and creative director at Too Gallus, a Glasgow-based studio shaking up the traditional agency model. We looked into the evolving landscape of creative agencies, highlighting how smaller studios are seizing opportunities thanks to the democratisation of technology and changing client demands. The conversation touched on how…

LONDON (AP) — Former “Harry Potter” film actor Rupert Grint faces a 1.8 million-pound ($2.3 million) bill after he lost a legal battle with the tax authorities. Grint, who played Ron Weasley in the magical film franchise, was ordered to pay the money in 2019 after H.M. Revenue and Customs, the U.K. tax agency, investigated his tax return from seven years earlier. The agency said Grint had wrongly classed 4.5 million pounds in residuals from the movies — money from DVD sales, TV syndication, streaming rights and other sources — as a capital asset rather than income, which is subject…

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YouTube creators are today’s self-made celebrities—people who have earned an audience by producing videos that entertain, educate, inform, or generally remind us how awesome the internet can be. If you’ve found success on YouTube, there are several options for monetizing your videos and channel. Some methods use YouTube’s built-in features, while others involve directing viewers to an external website. Try these seven strategies for making money on YouTube, and discover just how much cash successful YouTubers can make. How to make money on YouTube First: Join the YouTube Partner Program Turn on ads for your videos Let your audience support…

Performance marketing pioneers Amsive, recognized for excellence, secures Best Overall SEO for Small Business. NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Amsive, a leading performance marketing agency, was nominated for three awards at the 2024 Search Engine Land Awards. This acknowledgment underscores Amsive’s relentless drive to push the boundaries of marketing performance, utilizing cutting-edge strategies to deliver exceptional results for clients across industries. This acknowledgment underscores Amsive’s relentless drive to push the boundaries of marketing performance, utilizing cutting-edge strategies to deliver exceptional results for clients across industries. The team ultimately…

David Gewirtz/ZDNET (with a little help from ChatGPT)Over the past year, we’ve all come to know that ChatGPT can write code. I gave it a number of tests in PHP and WordPress that showed the strengths and weaknesses of ChatGPT’s coding capabilities.Also: Your dream programming job demands this language, every site agreesBut how far does ChatGPT’s coding knowledge extend? When I originally drafted this article in early 2023, I threw the classic “Hello, world” programming assignment against the 12 most popular languages in O’Reilly Media’s popularity rankings for 2023. We’ve subsequently done a lot of analysis about programming language popularity, but even with…

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Black Friday is here. Marketers are rushing to their positions.You know who else is rushing to their positions? Fraudsters.The holiday shopping event is one of the most fraud-rife weekends of the year. A startling 77% of Black Friday spam emails were identified as dangerous scams. In 2023, British consumers lost over £11.5 million in scams over the Black Friday period. And most of these schemes are targeted at US consumers.All that’s to say, these scams are big business and big money. They are ubiquitous. As a consumer, you must be vigilant and discerning in your navigation of deals this weekend.As…