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09/22/15: Apple App Store hit by cyber attack; Middling results for digital at Emmys; Jaunt VR raises $65 million in Series C funding

CYNOPSISDIGITAL 09.22.15 Good morning. It’s Tuesday September 22, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS   For the first time, a major cyber attack successfully targeted Apple’s App Store.  A number of Chinese developers accidentally used XCodeGhost, a counterfeit, malware-infected version of Apple’s Xcode app-building software. The program steals […]

09/21/15: Tumblr co-founder removes his ad-blocker from app store; Periscope creates web profiles for users; Refinery29 speaks with Hillary Clinton

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 09.21.15 Good morning. It’s Monday September 21, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Watcheroo Premieres and Tune-in Alerts for September 21-27: – People Now at People.com, Monday-Friday at 8:30a ET and 11:30a ET: Guests include actor Lorenzo James Henrie (Fear the Walking Dead), actor/musician Nat Wolff (Paper Towns), actress […]

09/18/15: Facebook allows third-party ad checks; Amazon debuts new Fire TV and tablets; Apple targets advertisers

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 09.18.15 Good morning. It’s Friday September 18, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS   Twitter made the move in June; now Facebook has relented as well. The social media giant will allow advertisers to use the third-party measurement firm Moat to find out just how much of […]

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09/17/15: Apple unveils its latest OS; News Corp acquires ad tech company Unruly; ABC news

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 09.17.15 Good morning. It’s Thursday September 17, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS   Apple debuted iOS 9 for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The company’s latest operating system features faster performance, better security, and another hour’s worth of battery life. In addition to numerous other new […]

09/16/15: Snapchat lets users pay to replay old snaps; 35 Streamy awards given out ahead of live ceremony; Cinedigm and Dove Foundation launch Dove Network

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 09.16.15 Good morning. It’s Wednesday September 16, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS   Snapchat’s getting a little less snappy, so long as you’re willing to pay. The app introduced a paid replay feature, allowing users to resurrect photos and videos that have vanished into the Snapchattian […]

09/15/15: Michelle Phan raises $100 million for makeup company; Tencent gets Chinese rights to Star Wars; Nintendo gets new CEO

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 09.15.15 Good morning. It’s Tuesday September 15, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS   Makeup guru Michelle Phan has almost eight million YouTube subscribers. Now multiply that number by 12: That’s about how many dollars her subscription makeup delivery service just raised. And it’s quite a leap […]

09/14/15: STX recruits Yahoo’s CMO to head digital; Taylor Swift and Bravo take home Emmys; Verified Profiles gain access to Facebook Mentions

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 09.14.15 Good morning. It’s Monday September 14, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Watcheroo Premieres and Tune-in Alerts for September 14-20: – People Now at People.com, Monday-Friday at 8:30a ET and 11:30a ET: Guests include supermodels Chrissy Teigen and Tyra Banks, talk show host Wendy Willams, actor Tituss Burgess, […]

09/11/15: New Apple TV includes third party app developers; YouTube’s top ads from august were sports-heavy; Netflix announces premiere date for latest Marvel series

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 09.11.15 Good morning. It’s Friday September 11, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS   More details on the latest Apple TV: The new version features a motion sensitive remote (think Nintendo Wii), which includes a trackpad. The remote also features Siri integration – and that woman is […]

09/10/15: Apple unveils product updates; Instagram ups its ad game; NBC Universal Partners with media-savvy sites

CYNOPSISDIGITAL 09.10.15 Good morning. It’s Thursday September 10, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS   Cynopsis Digital will be unwrapping this for the next day or twelve, but here goes: Apple debuted a slew of much-anticipated product updates, including the iPhone 6S, the iPad Pro (which can only […]

09/09/15: Media General acquires Meredith Corp.; YouTube tries to punish ad-blockers; Snapchat partners with Comedy Central

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 09.09.15 Good morning. It’s Wednesday September 9, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS   Quite literally a big deal: Media General acquired Meredith Corp. for a whopping $2.4 billion. Media General already owned or operated 71 television stations nationwide, and will now be the third largest TV […]

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