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Google could pay for using online news, Olympian Ryan Lochte secures new sponsor, WhatsApp to share data with Facebook

on Aug 26, 2016 | 0 comments

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In the same week that he lost two major sponsors following the controversy he created during the Rio Olympics Game, Ryan Lochte has signed an endorsement deal with Pine Bros. Softish Throat Drops which will see him appear an TV, online and print ads.

WhatsApp is set to begin sharing it’s user data including phone numbers with parent company Facebook as part of the company’s latest advertising push. According to Bloomburg, this is the first step Facebook has taken towards moneytizing the world’s most used mobile chat service which is paid $22bn for in 2014.

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Source: The Drum