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Brace yourself for raunchy mini dramas in your TikTok feed.TikTok has begun a limited test of a new mini-drama feed in its app, dubbed “TikTok Short Drama,” a company spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider.The feature looks a lot like TikTok’s separate mini-drama app, PineDrama, but appears in the main app…
When four “finance boys” went viral last week for their Loro Piana- and Hermés-studded photo shoot, they violated more than the sacrosanct rule of not outdressing your boss. They brought Wall Street banks into the memeosphere, attracting publicity that has clashed with the hush-hush world of high finance.Demarre Johnson, a…
Sofia Hernandez, TikTok’s global head of business marketing and commercial partnerships, is leaving the company, according to a memo sent by global business solutions lead Will Liu. Loading audio narration… Hernandez worked at TikTok and ByteDance for nearly six years. She initially focused on marketing related to the company’s advertising…
For years, Brittany Nemandoust struggled to keep her small business afloat.Chocbox, her DIY chocolate-making kit company, started as a pandemic project after shutdowns left her temporarily out of work as a dental hygienist. When she returned to the dental office, the business remained a side hustle.Sales fluctuated, spiking over the…
A sad baby monkey has turned an Ikea plushie into a viral must-have.Punch, also known as Panchi-kun, is a seven-month-old Japanese macaque born in July. His mother abandoned him shortly after birth, and he was later rejected by other monkeys at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan. To soothe him, zookeepers…
Sephora faced backlash over a firing that may have never happened.A TikTok account under the name Isla Makeup posted a video on January 18, accusing Sephora of firing her for attending a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest in Minnesota. Over a week later, the video had attracted more than…
