Broadcasters Are Late to the Party—Quickplay’s AI Studio Aims to Catch Them Up

At IBC 2025 in Amsterdam, Quickplay announced AI Studio, a platform built to help broadcasters and streamers stop playing catch-up. The message behind the launch was clear: TikTok creators have been years ahead, and professional media companies are now scrambling to recover lost ground. AI Studio promises to turn long-form archives into fresh, monetizable clips that can compete with the flood of short-form content already dominating screens. For broadcasters, this isn’t about staying relevant; it’s about survival with a generation that consumes differently.

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Class Intercom’s 2025 Social Media in Education Report Shows Student Voices Taking Center Stage

Class Intercom has released its seventh annual Social Media in Education Report. The survey compiles voluntary responses from educators, administrators, PR specialists, and technology professionals across the U.S. This year’s findings make one thing clear: schools are building more structured social strategies, leaning on collaboration across roles, and giving students new opportunities as content creators. The numbers illustrate both growth and growing pains.

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2wai Launches First Social App Built Around Lifelike Avatars

2wai has released a mobile app that creates a personal “digital twin” in about three minutes. The app is free. The pitch is control of your likeness, your words, and your data.

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Something big just happened in the crypto world. And it didn’t come from a whitepaper, a pitch deck, or a Discord leak. It came from memes. Actual memes. [Read more…]

According to new research released by GoDaddy, nearly half of all small businesses now run primarily online. These businesses use websites, marketplaces, and—most heavily—social media to reach their customers. That sounds impressive on paper. But behind the scenes, many entrepreneurs are hitting a wall. [Read more…]

SOCi, a leader in localized marketing solutions, has just released findings that challenge how brands think about customer trust and discovery. According to its 2025 Consumer Behavior Index (CBI), consumers may be open to using AI tools like ChatGPT and Google Gemini for initial research—but they’re not buying based on what AI tells them. [Read more…]