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By the end of the year, Amazon will have transitioned most of its OTT viewers to an ad-supported subscription tier in the US, Canada, Germany, the UK, France, Mexico, and several other major markets. This will drive standout growth for Amazon in 2024 and buttress 2025 as well, as the initiative expands and matures in more countries. Behind the Numbers.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss whether teens will need permission to access social media, if companies saying goodbye to the CMO role is a good move, Spotify's video plans, the path for ride-hailing firms, better ways to measure progress, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Ross Benes, Carina Perkins, and Max Willens.

Airbnb鈥檚 partnership with Klarna will let users in the US and Canada pay for bookings in four interest-free installments over six weeks. For bookings over $500, guests in the US can apply to pay monthly. More markets will be added throughout the year. Why it could work: Airbnb is widening the payment options it offers to attract more users and increase spending on the platform.

Now that actually Fubo TV's now in the market as well in Canada with rights to some of the football from Europe. But this is going to happen, I think. In anticipation of this podcast, I made a few calls yesterday to some of my key contacts in the industry and they say, absolutely this will happen in Canada.

On today's episode, we discuss how social media engagement is changing, whether TikTok is the new Google for young people, if the "deinfluencing" trend is here to stay, whether YouTube Music can compete with Spotify and Apple Music, what the road to electric vehicles looks like, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our director of reports editing Rahul Chadha, director of forecasting Oscar Orozco, and analyst Max Willens.

And finally, we are joined by our principal analyst for Canada. I've teased him already. It's the inimitable Paul Briggs. Hello, Paul. Paul Briggs:. Hey, Bill. Should be fun talking podcasts on the podcast. Bill Fisher:. Meta, right? Okay. Before we get into the topic at hand though, it is time for our Culture Shock.

Sentiment is souring on TikTok: Governments of the US, Canada, Belgium, India, the UK, the European Commission, and France have banned TikTok from government devices over data privacy and national security concerns. Half of Americans support a US government ban on TikTok, while 22% oppose the idea and more than a quarter are unsure, per a study by Pew Research Center.

The plugin will initially be available for ChatGPT Plus subscribers in the US and Canada before rolling out to more users and regions. Four reasons why it could succeed:. Personalization. The plugin can use generative AI to curate customers鈥� payment and shopping experience.

His shift mirrors broader changes in his approach to Chinese business relations and social media regulation. The incoming president will have multiple tools at his disposal to prevent a TikTok shutdown.

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A blind eye toward progress: Climate activists are quick to point out that all of the US banks financing fossil fuel projects are members of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, and that Canada was an original signer of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. But they don鈥檛 always emphasize the reductions banks in the US and Canada have made so far.

The service is available in 23 countries, including the US, the UK, Canada, and Mexico. Klarna said it launched the service because Apple's and Google鈥檚 elimination of third-party cookies has made it harder for payment services to automatically fill in customer details at checkout. What鈥檚 in it for merchants?

In 2024, 蘑菇AV data partner GWI started offering data on respondents ages 65 and older in seven markets: the US, the UK, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Israel, and Japan. For ease of comparison, our report features data for respondents ages 16 to 64 in all countries. But we have included the data for respondents 65 and older for those seven countries here as a supplement.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss what "Dr. ChatGPT" is most likely to help with, how close it is to replacing your physician, and why it might not be ready for the patient exam room just yet. "In Other News," we talk about the US government's efforts to bring down prescription drug costs and the prevalence of health-related misinformation on social media. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Rajiv Leventhal and Lisa Phillips.

The two expanded the tie-up to Canada in September 2022. Affirm鈥檚 exclusivity contract with Amazon expired after January, but the US agreement will be in effect until 2025. Despite deepening connections to Affirm post-exclusivity period, Amazon also partnered with Citi to let select credit cardholders access Citi Flex Pay in their Amazon Pay wallets.

Patient empowerment is a double-edged sword: The Edelman Trust Barometer shows a growing number of consumers around the world are trusting friends, family, and social media for medical advice.

FreedomPay will become Toast鈥檚 preferred payments gateway partner for some large restaurant brands in the US and Canada, according to a press release. A separate tie-in with Marriott International will make Toast鈥檚 technology available to food outlets within Marriott鈥檚 Select service hotels in the US and Canada, per another release. Why it matters:.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss the likelihood that news influencers will replace traditional media, whether in-store sampling can make a comeback, how many ads are enough ads, what the science says about social media being addictive, why more brands don't encourage consumers to recycle, where daylight savings time actually comes from, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian and analysts Bill Fisher and Carina Perkins.

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Yeah, I think, and it was really noticeable in the US and Canada market. So the reports that we do are regional. The exceptions are country- level reports for Canada and the US. And the reason we do that is A, the demand for that US report is very high. So we like to break that out.

There's been fires in Canada, smoke coming down, hitting vast parts of the US not to mention what they're doing in their kind of origin country of Canada, and tornadoes in the whole right half of the country have caused all kinds of delays. The Bureau of Transportation statistics saying that just over 19% of flights were delayed last year. And that's up a bit from 2018.

Despite having 32.6 million fewer paying members than regions like the US and Canada in 2022, average revenues per Netflix membership (ARM) grew fastest in Latin America, at 9.7% YoY, according to the company. Though, it鈥檚 important to note that Latin America鈥檚 ARM in 2022 was roughly half that of the US and Canada, at $8.48. Pay TV will give way to streaming as cord-cutting accelerates.

As ripple effects are felt internationally, there's a new L茅ger poll suggesting over 50% of Canadians support banning TikTok versus just 28% who oppose it. We've seen other bans of TikTok in other countries already.

The UK showed lower overall usage of social media (97.2%) compared with the regional average (97.5%). This potentially indicates a more discerning approach to social media engagement among some segments of the population. Device Ownership. The smart home device ownership rate in the UK led Western Europe at 29.2%.

I'm looking at you and Canada. Blake Droesch:. Back it up next time. Suzy Davidkhanian:. No, Canadians read everywhere. We have newspapers. Marcus Johnson:. Canadians read. Suzy, you're up. Suzy Davidkhanian:. So today, January 5th is Armenian Christmas Eve.