AUTOMOTIVE GM/OnStar unveiled plans to embed OnStar Business Driver, a new in- vehicle advertising platform, into 2+ million vehicles – nearly two-thirds of their car fleet – by the close of the year. The new marketing channel will be integrated into the car’s dashboard and double as a car management device, measuring the health of the car, traffic information, driving directions and -targeted advertising to its drivers.

BROADBAND FCC/Privacy The FCC’s latest proposal for broadband privacy rules calls for Service Providers to obtain users’ affirmative consent before using data about their activity for ad targeting purposes.

CORPORATE Google Last week, Google introduced a pair of Pixel phones featuring a powerful camera, long lasting battery (7 hours and 15 minutes), a dedicated headphone jack, and 24-hour live customer care. Other features include: running off the newly introduced operating system Nugget; Google Home, its Amazon Echo rival that responds to voice commands; the Daydream View, a fabric virtual reality headset; Google Wifi, a multipoint network system; and an upgraded Chromecast media streaming dongle.

Snap/IPO Snap, formerly Snapchat, is readying the paperwork for an IPO early next year that could value the company at $25 billion, making it one of the largest companies to debut in the U.S. since 2008, according to Dealogic, as reported by The Wall Street Journal: Pricing Date Company Market Valuation (Billions) 9.14 Alibaba $167.6 5.12 Facebook $81.2 10.09 Banco Santander Brasil $50.4 11.10 GM $49.5 3.08 Visa $42.5 5.14 JD.com $26.0 3.17 Snap $25.0 2.11 Kinder Morgan $21.2 12.13 Hilton Worldwide $19.7 7.14 Synchrony Financial $19.1

DIGITAL Apple/App Store/ Apple has ventured into the search advertising business by starting to show ads Search related to users’ searches in its App Store.

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DIGITAL(cont’d) Salesforce/Krux Cloud software entity Salesforce.com agreed to acquire Krux, a six-year old firm that provides companies with information enabling them to hone their marketing and advertising, for $700 million.

FINANCE ATM Fees A new survey conducted by Bankrate.com indicated that fees for out of network locations has hit a record average of $4.57: a combination of the average ATM owner surcharge of $2.90 and an extra $1.67 charged by consumer banks for going outside the network.

GLOBAL Jet Emissions reported that governments from more than 190 countries adopted a measure that for the first time will reduce the climate impact of international jet travel. It will take effect in 2021 and could force air carriers to take major steps to improve fuel economy in their routes and fleets. Note: Currently, international aviation is responsible for about 2% of worldwide emissions of greenhouse gases.

Pakistan/Honor Pakistan’s parliament passed a new law that closed a legal loophole that has Killings allowed perpetrators of so called honor killings to go . Honor killings claimed the lives of over 1,000 women in the country in 2015, according to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Victims of honor killings are usually women who disobey their families in matters of love or marriage, with the perpetrators claiming to uphold local customs or Islam. The new law mandates a minimum life sentence – 25 years, under Pakistani law – for committing an honor killing, even if the victim’s family members forgive the perpetrator.

MOBILE Facebook/ Facebook introduced Marketplace, a new mobile feature for users to discover, buy Marketplace and sell products with people in their virtual and physical communities. How it works: tapping on a shop icon at the bottom of the Facebook app brings users to Marketplace. Once there, they will find photos of products that have recently been listed by people who live nearby. When people find products they are looking for, they can then tap on its image for more details, including the seller’s name and general location. If they wish to make a deal, they can send the seller a direct message and make an offer.

Verizon/Drone unveiled plans to work with drone makers to connect the flying vehicles to Data Plan Verizon’s network. Drone data plans will start at $25 a month for 1 gigabyte of data and $80 for 10 gigabytes. Initially, the data plans will allow drones to essentially connect to the internet during flight and stream , pictures or other sensory data back to earth.

PERSONALITIES Hannah Trinh Thi Mgo, a soft-spoken radio announcer known as Hanoi Hannah who entertained American forces during the War while trying to persuade them that the conflict was immoral, has passed away. She was 85 years old. Week of October 10, 2016 2 of 7

PERSONALITIES(cont’d) Hurricanes The 10 costliest hurricanes in U.S. history, according to the Insurance Information Institute, as reported by The Wall Street Journal: Hurricane Reign Loss (Billions) Katrina 8.25-30.05 $49.0 Andrew 8.24-26.92 $24.1 Sandy 10.28-31.12 $19.6 Ike 9.12-14.08 $13.8 Wilma 10.24.05 $12.3 Charley 8.13-14.04 $9.2 Ivan 9.15-21-04 $8.8 Hugo 9.17-22.89 $7.2 Rita 9.20-26-05 $6.7 Frances 9.3-9.04 $5.7

Neville Marriner Neville Marriner, a prolific British conductor responsible for some of the best selling recordings (Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons) of all time, has passed away. He was 92 years old.

RETAIL Amazon/Incentivi Amazon has banned most incentivized reviews from customers who are given free zed Reviews or discounted products from sellers or brands – previously allowed with a disclosure.

Amazon/Prime Amazon expanded its Prime Membership – a service that charges an annual fee Reading ($99) to receive free two-day shipping, as well as access to its and audio services – to include publishing through its Prime Reading service, which provides free access to a myriad of books and magazines available through , tablets and Kindle. Note: Prime Members are thought to number at least 46 million in the U.S.

SOCIETY Traffic Fatalities The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that U.S. traffic fatalities surged in the first 6 months of 2016 to roughly 17,700. Last year, more than 35,000 traffic deaths were reported on American roads, the largest increase since 1966 and the first uptick in a few years.

TECHNOLOGY Samsung/Viv Samsung acquired machine learning virtual assistant artificial intelligence company Viv, the San Jose based startup created by Siri co-founder Dag Kittlaus. The known playing field: Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, Microsoft’s Cortana and Google’s Google Assistant.

TRANSPORTATION New York State/ New York State’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced that toll Toll Booths booths will be eliminated form all 7 bridges and 2 tunnels in New York City and replaced with high speed auto pay systems collecting fees electronically through sensors as vehicles roll through, similar to E-Z Pass. Week of October 10, 2016 3 of 7

TRANSPORTATION(cont’d) Subway Rides The Metropolitan Transportation (MTA) reported that in 2015 subway ridership increased 0.6% from the year before to 1.763 billion.

VIDEO Hulu quietly reduced the monthly subscription price for new members by 25% to $5.99 from $7.99 for a limited time. Hulu claims 12 million subscribers. Note: The price reduction does not affect the $11.99 ad free tier plan.

Netflix/iPic has signed a deal with luxury theater chain iPic Entertainment to Entertainment simultaneously screen its original movies in theaters (13 locations) the same day that they appear on the streaming service.

OTT/Marketshare According to comScore’s Total Home Panel Custom Analysis (March 2016), the device market share among over-the-top streaming devices was: Device Market Share 49% Chromecast 22% Amazon FireTV 16% Apple TV 12% Other 1%

Roku Roku announced that it is rolling out new tools that will make it simpler for anyone to bring their video content to its media player lineup, without having to write any code. With the update to the Roku Direct Publisher Platform, video creators can instead walk through a few steps, including a video feed, then have their new channel go live on Roku.

Snap/Programmatic platform Snap, formerly Snapchat, unveiled plans to roll out its API Platform (application programming interface), which both facilitates automated ad buying and allows brands to more precisely target their ads, according to Ad Age. It will also allow weather factors to be included as part of ad targeting decisions and to sync ads to run when certain TV programs run.

TCM/FilmStruck Turner announced that it will debut FilmStruck – its subscription service streaming contemporary and classic art house, independent, foreign and cult films – on October 19 for a $6.99 monthly fee. The service was developed and will be managed by (TCM) in collaboration with Criterion Collection.

VRV/AT&T/Otter The owners of Otter Media, which is backed by AT&T and media executive Peter Media Chernin, are supporting VRV, a new streaming service with videos from popular web channels , Rooster Teeth, Cartoon Hangover, CollegeHumor, Funimation and Machinima.

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FORTUNE’S 25 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN (INTERNATIONAL)

RANK NAME AGE TITLE COMPANY COUNTRY 1 Ana Botin 55 Group Executive Chairman Banco Santander Spain 2 Arundhati Bhattacharya 60 Chairperson State Bank of India India 3 Isabelle Kocher 49 CEO Engie France 4 Chua Sock Koong 58 Group CEO Singapore Telecom Singapore 5 Chanda Kochhar 54 Managing Director/CEO ICICI Bank India 6 Alison Cooper 50 CEO Imperial Brands U.K. 7 Guler Sabanci 61 Chairman/Managing Director Sabanci Holding Turkey 8 Ho Ching 63 Executive Director/CEO Temasek Singapore 9 Annika Falkengren 54 CEO/President SEB Group Sweden 10 Ornella Barra 62 C-COO Walgreens Boots Alliance U.K. 11 Dong Mingzhu 62 CEO Gree Electric Appliances 12 Wang Fengying 46 CEO/Executive Director Great Wall Motor China 13 Li Dang 59 President/Director China General Technology China 14 Wan Ling Martello 58 Head of Asia, Oceania, Sub-Sub- Nestle Switzerland Saharan 15 Patricia Barbizet 61 CEO, Artemis/Christies Groupe Artemis France 16 Lucy Peng 43 CEO Ant Financial China 17 Rose Lee Wai Mun 63 Vice Chair, CEO Hang Seng Bank China 18 Veronique Laury 51 CEO Kingfisher U.K. 19 Shikha Sharma 57 CEO, Managing Director Axis Bank India 20 Maria Ramos 57 Group CEO Barclays Africa Group South Africa 21 Dominique Senequier 63 President Ardian France 22 Carolyn McCall 54 CEO EasyJet U.K. 23 Serpil Timuray 47 Regional CEO, AMAP Vodafone U.K. 24 Lubna Olayan 61 CEO/Deputy Chairperson Olayan Financing Saudi Arabia 25 Nancy McKinstry 57 CEO, Chairman Wolters Kluwer Netherlands

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COMSCORE’S TOP 15 APPS (BASED ON MOBILE USERS, AUGUST 2016)

RANK APP % REACH 1 Facebook 79.7% 2 Facebook Messenger 72.7% 3 YouTube 65.1% 4 Google Maps 58.4% 5 Google Search 54.1% 6 52.2% 7 Gmail 46.6% 8 Instagram 45.0% 9 Pandora Radio 40.1% 10 Google Calendar 40.0% 11 Amazon Mobile 37.5% 12 Snapchat 34.6% 13 Apple Music 34.0% 14 Apple Maps 32.2% 15 Google Drive 30.1%

TOP PAY TV PROVIDERS IN THE U.S. (CLOSE OF SECOND QUARTER 2016)

CATEGORY PROVIDER SUBSCRIBERS Cable 22,396,000 Charter (Time Warner, Bright House) 17,312,000 Altice (, Suddenlink) 3,639,000 842,000 338,974 Others (private companies) 4,330,000 Total 48,857,974

Satellite DirecTV 20,454,000 Dish 13,593,000 Total 34,047,000

Telco AT&T U-verse 4,869,000 Verizon FiOS 4,637,000 Frontier 1,340,000 Total 10,846,000

Total - 93,750,974

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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL’S BATTLE OF THE VR HEADSETS

CATEGORY PLAYSTATION VR OCULUS RIFT HTC VIVE

Product Price $400 $600 $800

Total Price Range $700-$800 $1,700 and up $1,800 and up

Headset Weight 1.3 lbs. 1.1 lbs. 1.4 lbs.

Max Usable Space 6 ft. wide x 10 ft. deep N/A 15 ft. wide x 15 ft. deep

What’s Good Simpler core gaming focus Lightest headset and wide The Vive VR experiences can means people are apt to range of experiences cover a space of up to 225 return frequently including Facebook video square feet

What’s Not So Good Seated games and narrower Handheld motion Greater spatial requirements field of view can limit the controllers coming this fall (and sensors) may mean immersiveness of the VR and were unavailable to building a VR room test

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