The Met Gala had an AI problem last night, not a TikTok one

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Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz posted on LinkedIn to criticize the company’s strategy.

It received 1000+ replies with his followers upset about prices, overly-sugary drink and the rewards program.

There were also some completely unhinged replies.

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brands are splitting influencer fees! think: sponsored posts with two brands + an influencer. noticed this in Kendall Dickieson's newsletter. mainly happening in cpg space (see below) but curious if it becomes more common for small brands that are priced out of big creators.

TikTok says in its First Amendment objection that they are a publisher - like a news or media company - that exercises editorial control over its content, and 'shares its own content about issues and current events'

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met gala is over ?? no rihanna? no beyonce? no billie eilish? no taylor swift? no katy perry? no lady gaga? no blake lively? Wth??

There’s always a creator economy angle 😌

with all the rihanna/katy perry AI-generated outfits going around... it looks like neither of them are actually at the met gala?? am i wrong?

Me judging #MetGala outfits from the couch wearing an old Juicy tracksuit that says juicy on the butt

interestingly, today marks the first time in more than a decade that tech journalism has been awarded a pulitzer

has anyone else been getting served really old tiktoks? it appears there’s been some sort of algorithm update that is promoting very old and very viral videos. possible attempt to replay the hits and increase viewership ahead of a ban?

TikTok see who never opens videos that you send them

EXCLUSIVE: I think i ID’ed Adrienne from Brooklyn, the 1964 Paul McCartney fangirl who went viral after Paul made a TikTok about her, prompting a frenzied search. The story is different than I think the internet expected, but still beautiful in its way: rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

There are TikTok creators who are very upset about a potentially losing the platform, but, like, not to the extent you would expect?! This is interesting to me...

I am worried about it getting banned, but because it feels to me like a violation of the first amendment, not…

Snap’s NewFront is taking me back to how I felt opening night of the Sphere. I can’t stop looking around

Pitch is same as Super Bowl — less social media, more Snapchat. Also, audience is growing up, in a good way

There was a musical number about getting old

#IABNewFronts

33 million people are enrolled in Domino's Pizza Rewards Program, or roughly 10% of the U.S. population

👀 Funding for creator economy startups is rebounding. Q1 marked the first time in more than 2 years that funding increased year over year. April has extended that streak. Here are the biggest deals of the year so far in the US theinformation.com/articles/the-6…

personal digital real estate is becoming so scarce that people are threatening one another with legal action for *checks notes* having the same name as them (from nycinfluencersnark: reddit.com/r/NYCinfluence…)

Apple may ban TikTok before the government does