Hanna Houdali
@houdali.bsky.social
What we're reading & watching. Director, Stanford IFDM | LATAM Communications, Corporate/Public Affairs & Crisis/Politics | GSPM / Kraft Foods/ Mondelez Alumni
TikTok signs deal to create new U.S. Joint Venture:
*50% TikTok USDS Joint Venture (Oracle, Silver Lake & Abu Dhabi's MGX)
*30.1% will be held by affiliates of certain existing investors of the Chinese-owned ByteDance
*19.9% ByteDance
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*50% TikTok USDS Joint Venture (Oracle, Silver Lake & Abu Dhabi's MGX)
*30.1% will be held by affiliates of certain existing investors of the Chinese-owned ByteDance
*19.9% ByteDance
www.wsj.com/livecoverage... via @wsj.com
TikTok Signs Deal to Create New U.S. Joint Venture
TikTok parent Bytedance has formalized agreements with investors to form a new U.S. joint venture, as it works to complete a deal to prevent the app from being banned in the U.S. over national securit...
www.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:45 AM
TikTok signs deal to create new U.S. Joint Venture:
*50% TikTok USDS Joint Venture (Oracle, Silver Lake & Abu Dhabi's MGX)
*30.1% will be held by affiliates of certain existing investors of the Chinese-owned ByteDance
*19.9% ByteDance
www.wsj.com/livecoverage... via @wsj.com
*50% TikTok USDS Joint Venture (Oracle, Silver Lake & Abu Dhabi's MGX)
*30.1% will be held by affiliates of certain existing investors of the Chinese-owned ByteDance
*19.9% ByteDance
www.wsj.com/livecoverage... via @wsj.com
Stanford AI experts predict what will happen in 2026.
A year defined by rigor, transparency & focus on actual utility over speculative promise. "The era of AI evangelism is giving way to an era of AI evaluation."
Check out the story here: news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
A year defined by rigor, transparency & focus on actual utility over speculative promise. "The era of AI evangelism is giving way to an era of AI evaluation."
Check out the story here: news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
Stanford AI experts predict what will happen in 2026
The era of AI evangelism is giving way to evaluation. Stanford faculty see a coming year defined by rigor, transparency, and focus on actual utility over speculative promise.
news.stanford.edu
December 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Stanford AI experts predict what will happen in 2026.
A year defined by rigor, transparency & focus on actual utility over speculative promise. "The era of AI evangelism is giving way to an era of AI evaluation."
Check out the story here: news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
A year defined by rigor, transparency & focus on actual utility over speculative promise. "The era of AI evangelism is giving way to an era of AI evaluation."
Check out the story here: news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
Corruption will destroy your reputation. Don’t even think about it. 🛑
It breaks more than laws; it breaks trust. And once trust is gone, your credibility, influence & legacy collapse with it.
➡️ Choose integrity. Demand accountability. Protect your reputation.
#InternationalAntiCorruptionDay.
It breaks more than laws; it breaks trust. And once trust is gone, your credibility, influence & legacy collapse with it.
➡️ Choose integrity. Demand accountability. Protect your reputation.
#InternationalAntiCorruptionDay.
December 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Corruption will destroy your reputation. Don’t even think about it. 🛑
It breaks more than laws; it breaks trust. And once trust is gone, your credibility, influence & legacy collapse with it.
➡️ Choose integrity. Demand accountability. Protect your reputation.
#InternationalAntiCorruptionDay.
It breaks more than laws; it breaks trust. And once trust is gone, your credibility, influence & legacy collapse with it.
➡️ Choose integrity. Demand accountability. Protect your reputation.
#InternationalAntiCorruptionDay.
Nuevo gigante en la industria de los medios (si se aprueba el deal a nivel regulatorio): Netflix comprará Warner Bros. tras su separación por 72 mil millones de dólares.
🔗 todocomunica.org/2025/12/05/n...
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December 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Nuevo gigante en la industria de los medios (si se aprueba el deal a nivel regulatorio): Netflix comprará Warner Bros. tras su separación por 72 mil millones de dólares.
🔗 todocomunica.org/2025/12/05/n...
🔗 todocomunica.org/2025/12/05/n...
We’re #hiring! The Stanford Initiative for Financial Decision-Making is excited to welcome two new #postdoctoral fellows to our team.
One role is research-focused, and the other combines research and teaching. Apply here: ifdm.stanford.edu/about-us/opp...
Help us spread the word!
One role is research-focused, and the other combines research and teaching. Apply here: ifdm.stanford.edu/about-us/opp...
Help us spread the word!
December 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
We’re #hiring! The Stanford Initiative for Financial Decision-Making is excited to welcome two new #postdoctoral fellows to our team.
One role is research-focused, and the other combines research and teaching. Apply here: ifdm.stanford.edu/about-us/opp...
Help us spread the word!
One role is research-focused, and the other combines research and teaching. Apply here: ifdm.stanford.edu/about-us/opp...
Help us spread the word!
We’re hiring a #ProductManager! Join us at Stanford University’s Initiative for Financial Decision-Making (IFDM).
Apply now 🔗 careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/product...
Apply now 🔗 careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/product...
Product Manager, Personal Finance for All in Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California, United States
This position is a 2-year fixed-term role.Stanford Graduate School of BusinessStanford's Graduate School of Business (GSB) has built a global...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We’re hiring a #ProductManager! Join us at Stanford University’s Initiative for Financial Decision-Making (IFDM).
Apply now 🔗 careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/product...
Apply now 🔗 careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/product...
El negocio oculto detrás del éxito de MrBeast y otros influencers en redes sociales. Un secreto llamado Clipping.
🔗 www.bloomberglinea.com/negocios/el-...
🔗 www.bloomberglinea.com/negocios/el-...
El negocio oculto detrás del éxito de MrBeast y otros influencers en redes sociales
Más de mil editores trabajan en la sombra para mantener el imperio digital de MrBeast. La nueva industria del clipping transforma los videos virales en un negocio millonario.
www.bloomberglinea.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
El negocio oculto detrás del éxito de MrBeast y otros influencers en redes sociales. Un secreto llamado Clipping.
🔗 www.bloomberglinea.com/negocios/el-...
🔗 www.bloomberglinea.com/negocios/el-...
Las 15 pesadillas del comunicador (1/3)
• 1) El horror de la errata maldita
• 2) El evento fantasma
• 3) El influencer desaparecido
• 4) La rueda de prensa desierta
• 5) El tuit maldito
• 6) El cliente que nunca duerme
🔗 www.topcomunicacion.com/el-halloween...
• 1) El horror de la errata maldita
• 2) El evento fantasma
• 3) El influencer desaparecido
• 4) La rueda de prensa desierta
• 5) El tuit maldito
• 6) El cliente que nunca duerme
🔗 www.topcomunicacion.com/el-halloween...
El Halloween del comunicador: 15 terrores que acechan entre notas de prensa, briefings y eventos - Topcomunicacion
Hay quienes temen a los fantasmas, a los payasos o a los vampiros. Pero para quienes trabajamos en agencias y departamentos de comunicación, los horrores se esconden tras cada “nota urgente”, cada “¿p...
www.topcomunicacion.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Las 15 pesadillas del comunicador (1/3)
• 1) El horror de la errata maldita
• 2) El evento fantasma
• 3) El influencer desaparecido
• 4) La rueda de prensa desierta
• 5) El tuit maldito
• 6) El cliente que nunca duerme
🔗 www.topcomunicacion.com/el-halloween...
• 1) El horror de la errata maldita
• 2) El evento fantasma
• 3) El influencer desaparecido
• 4) La rueda de prensa desierta
• 5) El tuit maldito
• 6) El cliente que nunca duerme
🔗 www.topcomunicacion.com/el-halloween...
Cientos de miles de vídeos de medios de comunicación como The New York Times y Vox se usaron para entrenar modelos de IA.
Canales de YouTube de los principales medios fueron utilizados por Microsoft, Meta, Snap, Runway AI y Bytedance.
🔗 www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/hund...
Canales de YouTube de los principales medios fueron utilizados por Microsoft, Meta, Snap, Runway AI y Bytedance.
🔗 www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/hund...
Hundreds of thousands of videos from news publishers like The New York Times and Vox were used to train AI models
YouTube channels from major news publishers and creators were in video data sets used by Microsoft, Meta, Snap, Runway AI, and Bytedance.
www.niemanlab.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Cientos de miles de vídeos de medios de comunicación como The New York Times y Vox se usaron para entrenar modelos de IA.
Canales de YouTube de los principales medios fueron utilizados por Microsoft, Meta, Snap, Runway AI y Bytedance.
🔗 www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/hund...
Canales de YouTube de los principales medios fueron utilizados por Microsoft, Meta, Snap, Runway AI y Bytedance.
🔗 www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/hund...
Un 28 de octubre de 1906, Ivy Lee, pionero de las relaciones públicas, envió la primera nota de prensa oficial. Su cliente era el Ferrocarril de Pensilvania. La compañía enfrentaba una crisis tras un grave accidente en Nueva Jersey, en el que fallecieron 50 personas. Lee marcó la diferencia.
October 29, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Un 28 de octubre de 1906, Ivy Lee, pionero de las relaciones públicas, envió la primera nota de prensa oficial. Su cliente era el Ferrocarril de Pensilvania. La compañía enfrentaba una crisis tras un grave accidente en Nueva Jersey, en el que fallecieron 50 personas. Lee marcó la diferencia.
Watch: Brits row from Peru to Australia in tiny boat. bbc.com/news/videos/...
Watch: How two British women rowed from Peru to Australia
Jess Rowe and Miriam Payne told the BBC how they made the six-month journey unsupported, catching fish and growing their own vegetables.
bbc.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Watch: Brits row from Peru to Australia in tiny boat. bbc.com/news/videos/...
Facts inform, but stories inspire. Irene Foster (George Washington University), filmmaker Chris Temple, and Sharon Epperson, CNBC Senior Personal Finance Correspondent discussed this in: “The Power of Stories: Enhancing Financial Education Through Narratives.”
▶️ m.youtube.com/watch?v=WvLU...
▶️ m.youtube.com/watch?v=WvLU...
October 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Facts inform, but stories inspire. Irene Foster (George Washington University), filmmaker Chris Temple, and Sharon Epperson, CNBC Senior Personal Finance Correspondent discussed this in: “The Power of Stories: Enhancing Financial Education Through Narratives.”
▶️ m.youtube.com/watch?v=WvLU...
▶️ m.youtube.com/watch?v=WvLU...
How can AI transform personal finance education? It was great to have Stanford’s Ronjon Nag at our conference explaining how #AI can support educators & learners in new ways.
His session at the Teaching Personal Finance Conference is available here: www.youtube.com/live/WvLUjOz...
His session at the Teaching Personal Finance Conference is available here: www.youtube.com/live/WvLUjOz...
October 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
How can AI transform personal finance education? It was great to have Stanford’s Ronjon Nag at our conference explaining how #AI can support educators & learners in new ways.
His session at the Teaching Personal Finance Conference is available here: www.youtube.com/live/WvLUjOz...
His session at the Teaching Personal Finance Conference is available here: www.youtube.com/live/WvLUjOz...
The economics of self-driving taxis. Waymo is a case study in automation - via The Economist
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
The economics of self-driving taxis
Waymo is a case study in automation
www.economist.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The economics of self-driving taxis. Waymo is a case study in automation - via The Economist
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
The CEO’s role as chief storyteller mck.co/4lBuUMl via McKinsey
September 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
The CEO’s role as chief storyteller mck.co/4lBuUMl via McKinsey
From AI to Storytelling! A big thank-you to our speakers, moderators & participants for making the Teaching Personal Finance Conference a success!
We brought together educators, experts & innovators to share ideas and best practices in teaching personal finance.
Links in 🧵
We brought together educators, experts & innovators to share ideas and best practices in teaching personal finance.
Links in 🧵
September 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
From AI to Storytelling! A big thank-you to our speakers, moderators & participants for making the Teaching Personal Finance Conference a success!
We brought together educators, experts & innovators to share ideas and best practices in teaching personal finance.
Links in 🧵
We brought together educators, experts & innovators to share ideas and best practices in teaching personal finance.
Links in 🧵
Hershey defeats lawsuit over Reese’s Halloween candy lacking ‘cool’ designs www.fooddive.com/news/hershey...
Hershey defeats lawsuit over Reese’s Halloween candy lacking ‘cool’ designs
A federal judge said consumers still received “delicious Reese’s candy,” despite it not being decorated as customers expected.
www.fooddive.com
September 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Hershey defeats lawsuit over Reese’s Halloween candy lacking ‘cool’ designs www.fooddive.com/news/hershey...
Join us! If you are interested in teaching personal finance, this event is perfect for you: The 4th Teaching Personal Finance Conference 2025.
📅 September 25 (9:30 AM – 12:30 PM PT).
📺 Watch live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvLU...
📄 Full program: ifdm.stanford.edu/events/teach...
📅 September 25 (9:30 AM – 12:30 PM PT).
📺 Watch live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvLU...
📄 Full program: ifdm.stanford.edu/events/teach...
September 25, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Join us! If you are interested in teaching personal finance, this event is perfect for you: The 4th Teaching Personal Finance Conference 2025.
📅 September 25 (9:30 AM – 12:30 PM PT).
📺 Watch live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvLU...
📄 Full program: ifdm.stanford.edu/events/teach...
📅 September 25 (9:30 AM – 12:30 PM PT).
📺 Watch live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvLU...
📄 Full program: ifdm.stanford.edu/events/teach...
What Trump's quarterly earnings shakeup could mean for investor relations www.axios.com/2025/09/16/t... - via @axios.com
What Trump's quarterly earnings shakeup could mean for investor relations
Retail traders have gained ground on institutional investors. Fewer earnings reports could widen the gap.
www.axios.com
September 19, 2025 at 5:58 AM
What Trump's quarterly earnings shakeup could mean for investor relations www.axios.com/2025/09/16/t... - via @axios.com
Looking to strengthen your communications strategy?
Stanford Continuing Studies’ new on-campus course, Public Relations Playbook: Media, Messaging, and Reputation, taught by my colleague Elizabeth Lee, can help.
📅 The course starts on 9/30
🔗 continuingstudies.stanford.edu/courses/prof...
Stanford Continuing Studies’ new on-campus course, Public Relations Playbook: Media, Messaging, and Reputation, taught by my colleague Elizabeth Lee, can help.
📅 The course starts on 9/30
🔗 continuingstudies.stanford.edu/courses/prof...
September 19, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Looking to strengthen your communications strategy?
Stanford Continuing Studies’ new on-campus course, Public Relations Playbook: Media, Messaging, and Reputation, taught by my colleague Elizabeth Lee, can help.
📅 The course starts on 9/30
🔗 continuingstudies.stanford.edu/courses/prof...
Stanford Continuing Studies’ new on-campus course, Public Relations Playbook: Media, Messaging, and Reputation, taught by my colleague Elizabeth Lee, can help.
📅 The course starts on 9/30
🔗 continuingstudies.stanford.edu/courses/prof...
Insights by Stanford Business: Employees want their bosses to respond to feedback — But not too quickly. Sudden shifts in behavior may be seen as inauthentic, even if they’re made in good faith, says faculty member Francis J. Flynn.
🔗 www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/emp...
🔗 www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/emp...
August 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Insights by Stanford Business: Employees want their bosses to respond to feedback — But not too quickly. Sudden shifts in behavior may be seen as inauthentic, even if they’re made in good faith, says faculty member Francis J. Flynn.
🔗 www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/emp...
🔗 www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/emp...
How Stanford researchers are designing fair & trustworthy AI systems.
Check out this article on the work of three experts (Daniel Ho, Mykel Kochenderfer, and Sanmi Koyejo) examining the successes & failures of #AI to create solutions that lead to a better world:
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
Check out this article on the work of three experts (Daniel Ho, Mykel Kochenderfer, and Sanmi Koyejo) examining the successes & failures of #AI to create solutions that lead to a better world:
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
How Stanford researchers are designing fair and trustworthy AI systems
A look at the work of three experts examining the successes and failures of AI to create solutions that lead to a better world.
news.stanford.edu
July 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
How Stanford researchers are designing fair & trustworthy AI systems.
Check out this article on the work of three experts (Daniel Ho, Mykel Kochenderfer, and Sanmi Koyejo) examining the successes & failures of #AI to create solutions that lead to a better world:
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
Check out this article on the work of three experts (Daniel Ho, Mykel Kochenderfer, and Sanmi Koyejo) examining the successes & failures of #AI to create solutions that lead to a better world:
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
Stanford IFDM Boot Camp: A week dedicated to developing the next generation of financial decision-making researchers! We brought together Ph.D. students, postdoctoral researchers, early-career scholars, and assistant professors to learn, explore & connect ifdm.stanford.edu
June 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Stanford IFDM Boot Camp: A week dedicated to developing the next generation of financial decision-making researchers! We brought together Ph.D. students, postdoctoral researchers, early-career scholars, and assistant professors to learn, explore & connect ifdm.stanford.edu
AI is "tearing apart" companies, survey finds. @Axios's the big picture: Executives are pushing #AI as an inevitable revolution, but workers aren't buying it.
www.axios.com/2025/03/18/e...
www.axios.com/2025/03/18/e...
AI is "tearing apart" companies, survey finds
Study shows that C-suite execs push AI tools that workers don't want to use.
www.axios.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:49 AM
AI is "tearing apart" companies, survey finds. @Axios's the big picture: Executives are pushing #AI as an inevitable revolution, but workers aren't buying it.
www.axios.com/2025/03/18/e...
www.axios.com/2025/03/18/e...