Amid all the Uber controversy which recently culminated in the CEO resigning, Uber has decided to allow all U.S. drivers to accept tips.
The company refused for years to let passengers tip drivers on the app — one of many sources of frustration for drivers, who have repeatedly raised concerns about low pay and a lack of basic labor rights.
Facebook recently announced that it will pay up to $250,000 per episode for original video programming. “But it’s going to suck for media companies if they put all of this time and effort into original content and no one sees it,” said an executive from a publisher that was paid by Facebook to do live videos:
When Facebook made live video a priority, every media company under the sun embraced the product. But publishers struggled with Facebook Live, which came out to much fanfare and a heavy push by Facebook. The reach simply hasn’t been there — partially due to quality (or lack thereof) and partially because Facebook hasn’t made it easy for people to discover live videos.
“A majority of our live content was seen by very few people,” said one publisher paid by Facebook to produce live videos. “Yes, a few things took off, but relative to what publishers were spending in terms of both time and money, Facebook wasn’t able to effectively get live content in front of people.”
