In brief: the mass media company reportedly began laying off employees in mid-August, but did not disclose details to staff until this week. 

In brief: Edit Tweet is currently being tested internally, but will roll out to Twitter Blue users “in the coming weeks”.

In brief: Disney is reportedly exploring a membership program that would bundle discounts between its streaming services, parks, resorts, and merchandise.

In brief: Roku has launched Roku TV in Germany, with Metz blue and TCL as the first partners to launch Roku TV models in the market beginning in October.

In brief: Agency group WPP has acquired Newcraft, a data-first European ecommerce consultancy. 

In brief: Before coming to Dentsu Media, Metcalf spent eight years at Essence, most recently working as SVP of client operations, Americas.

In brief: Netflix’s plan will reportedly include limited targeting, no third-party measurement, and CPM of $65m.

In brief: Google has not approved Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social for distribution in its Google Play Store because of content moderation concerns.

In brief: Snap is planning to lay off roughly a fifth of its staff following consecutive quarters of disappointing financial performance

In brief: using Tiles will allow the publications to trial new formats for increasing engagement with hyperlinks.