Chick-fil-A Wendy's jumps into the chicken-sandwich Twitter feud between Popeyes and Chick-fil-ABusiness Insider - Kate TaylorWendy's is entering the Twitter battle over which fried-chicken sandwich reigns supreme. On Monday, Chick-fil-A's apparent subtweet of Popeyes' new fried-chicken sandwich set off a social-media frenzy.
Facebook is hiring a team of journalists to staff its news tab, but will rely mostly on algorithmsBusiness Insider - Lucia MosesFacebook's forthcoming news section will have human editors but be mostly algorithmically driven, the social network is set to announce on Aug. 20. Facebook is revealing more about the section, called
U.S. Politics Experts: Trump claims of Google voter manipulation based on flawed studyBusiness Insider - Nick BastoneOn Monday morning, President Donald Trump tweeted that a "report just out" showed that Google "manipulated" millions of votes in favor of Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. "Google should be sued,"
Facebook A Facebook-sponsored survey on social media is offering journalists $350Business Insider - Rob PriceA market research firm working on behalf of Facebook is offering to pay journalists hundreds of dollars to privately share their thoughts about social media. Market research agency Luce Research has been
Diets 4 keto diet-approved menu items major chains have rolled out across the USBusiness Insider - Kate TaylorAs the keto diet sweeps America, restaurants chains are trying to cash in on the trend. People adhering to keto diets limit their carbohydrate intake, pushing their bodies to switch into a fat-burning
Chicken Sandwiches Popeyes and Chick-fil-A are feuding on Twitter in a battle over which chicken sandwich reigns supremeBusiness Insider - Kate TaylorPopeyes and Chick-fil-A are feuding on Twitter as a battle over chicken sandwiches reaches a boiling point. Earlier in August, Popeyes added a chicken sandwich to the menu. It was an immediate hit, with
Instagram Instagram will pay security researchers to track down rogue app developers that scrape and misuse user dataBusiness Insider - Rob PriceInstagram is inviting outside security researchers to help it track down malicious developers who misuse user data. On Monday, the Facebook-owned photo-sharing app announced it is launching a Data Abuse
Jeffrey Epstein Nordstrom, Macy's used Epstein-linked MC2 Model Management: reportBusiness Insider - Bethany BironIn the wake of Jeffrey Epstein's death, discoveries of his wide-ranging ties to the retail industry only continue to grow. Bloomberg reported on Monday that MC2 Model Management — the modeling agency of
Advertising PITCH-DECK LIBRARY: The pitch decks that helped hot startups raise millionsBusiness InsiderFollowing is a list of some recent startup pitch decks published by Business Insider, organized by the funding round that each deck was used for: AceUp: Here's the pitch deck that's helping this 28-year-old
Advertising Facebook's algorithm changes and their impact on media companies made it into Sunday's episode of 'Succession'Business Insider - Avery HartmansFacebook's algorithm changes have affected real-life media organizations over the last few years. On Sunday night's episode of "Succession," those changes impacted a fictional media company, too. "Succession"
Disney+ How Disney Plus, HBO Max, and NBC's streaming service stack up in the battle against NetflixBusiness Insider - Ashley RodriguezAfter years of losing TV subscribers to streaming services like Netflix, TV giants Disney, WarnerMedia, and NBCUniversal are entering the streaming wars head on. The three legacy media brands are each
San Francisco Bay Area San Francisco home prices lead former Googler to buy land in Austin TXBusiness Insider - Nick BastoneThe former Google marketing manager says after living in the Bay Area for over a decade, he's had enough of the astronomical home prices and the city not making progress to improve living conditions. a
Advertising Lowe's executive explains the company's NFL partnershipBusiness Insider - Áine CainThe home-improvement retailer embarked on a multi-year partnership with the NFL in January, which offers the company both branding rights and marketing opportunities through the NFL. Business Insider to
Johnny Manziel Johnny Manziel calls himself an ‘ex-pro football player’ in commercial for car insuranceBusiness Insider - Cork GainesJohnny Manziel is back, but his pro football career might be over. Manziel is starring in an ad campaign for Direct Auto insurance in which he refers to himself as an "ex-pro football player." The campaign
Play buttonCambridge Analytica Netflix 'The Great Hack' professor: Privacy rights in US lag behind UKBusiness Insider - Will FischerIt's been well over a year since it was revealed that Cambridge Analytica improperly accessed the data of 87 million Facebook users to target advertising for President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign. But
Play buttonPewDiePie T-Series interview: how it beat PewDiePie to conquer YouTubeBusiness Insider - Shona GhoshNeeraj Kalyan says the first time he heard of PewDiePie was when his company won a music industry award in Singapore last August. His firm, a 36-year-old Indian record label called T-Series, was being
Privacy 2 privacy crises in one week prove Facebook still hasn't solved its privacy woes, even after a $5 billion fineBusiness Insider - Rob PriceIn July, the beleaguered California tech giant reached a $5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over alleged privacy violations. While critics groused that the penalty didn't do enough
Advertising Natty Light, PBR, Four Loko take on White Claw with boozy seltzerBusiness Insider - Kate TaylorAs students head back to college, alcohol companies want to quench their thirst not just with beers of frat parties past, but also with hard seltzers. In the past week, Natural Light (or "Natty Light"),
Viacom What the CBS-Viacom merger means for employees, the future of TV, and the next round of deal-makingBusiness Insider - Ashley RodriguezCBS and Viacom finally agreed this week to reunite, after splitting 13 years ago, in an all-stock deal that could create another US media powerhouse. The deal brings together CBS' broadcast, sports, and
Advertising Signpost raised $52 million with this pitch deck for its sales serviceBusiness Insider - Troy WolvertonWhile Stuart Wall was a student at Harvard Business School, he thought he'd help his older sister promote her pottery studio back home in Indiana by buying ads on Google. The result, he told Business in
Palantir Google has quietly hired a key executive from controversial startup Palantir to be a VP of engineeringBusiness Insider - Rob Price, Nick BastoneGoogle has quietly hired one of big data firm Palantir's senior executives. Arvind KC worked for Palantir for almost five years as its chief information officer, before being poached by Google to be a
Ghislaine Maxwell Ghislaine Maxwell's In-N-Out order included burger, drinksBusiness Insider - Kate TaylorJeffrey Epstein's death by apparent suicide has sparked questions and fueled conspiracy theories. The whereabouts of Ghislaine Maxwell, the alleged madam of Epstein, have been linked to these questions.
Advertising Jeffrey Katzenberg's Quibi is on an aggressive hiring spree and is luring talent from Snap and NetflixBusiness Insider - Tanya DuaAs it gears up to take on the video-streaming market with a 2020 launch, Quibi is going on an aggressive hiring spree. The Hollywood exec Jeffrey Katzenberg's planned mobile streaming-video service has
Advertising Plus-size clothing chain Avenue is closing all 222 of its locations as the retail apocalypse continuesBusiness Insider - Kate TaylorPlus-size women's clothing retailer Avenue Stores, LLC is shutting down all locations. On Wednesday, the company announced plans to close all 222 stores across 33 states. Everything from clothing to store
Snapchat Snapchat users are threatening to delete the app over the new logoBusiness Insider - Paige LeskinSnapchat has quietly updated its logo to give its iconic ghost a thicker outline, but the seemingly small change has ignited fervent criticism from users online. Since Snapchat released the new logo in
Tumblr 13 things worth more than Tumblr: An empty San Francisco lot and moreBusiness Insider - Paige LeskinBlogging platform Tumblr is reportedly being sold for less than $3 million— a mere fraction of the $1.1 billion spent to purchase the website over five years ago. Tumblr's current owner is Verizon, who
Ghislaine Maxwell Ghislaine Maxwell reading book on CIA at In-N-Out boosts salesBusiness Insider - Kate TaylorA book on the "secret lives and deaths of CIA operatives" is sold out on Amazon after Ghislaine Maxwell, the alleged madam of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was spotted reading the book at an
Advertising Google used to be called BackRub. Here are 9 other companies that started with completely different names.Business Insider - Ivan De LuceEver heard of the search engine BackRub? Probably not — but you've definitely used it. The website that Sergey Brin and Larry Page founded in 1996 was rechristened Google a year later. Companies undergo
Racism Black former Google employee writes memo about racism at companyBusiness Insider - Nick BastoneIn a memo that's circulating through Google, a former employee who recently decided to leave described the racism they felt as a black person working at the search giant's New York headquarters, in what
