Aug
02
On Money: Has Wall Street Been Tamed?
Posted in: UncategorizedCritics say nothing has changed, but the truth is that American banks really are taking on less risk.
Aug
02
First Words: Why Calls for a ‘National Conversation’ Are Futile
Posted in: UncategorizedSelf-congratulatory discussions inevitably follow moments of discord in the United States. So why aren’t they getting us anywhere?
Aug
02
feature: The Lost Ones
Posted in: UncategorizedYuko and Emi disappeared in the tsunami that killed tens of thousands in Japan. Five years later, two men still search the sea for their bodies.
Aug
02
Books of The Times: Review: ‘Underground Railroad’ Lays Bare Horrors of Slavery and Its Toxic Legacy
Posted in: UncategorizedColson Whitehead explores with brute realism and fablelike allegory a network of black and white activists who helped slaves escape to freedom.
Aug
02
Sony Is Allowed to Close Deal With Michael Jackson’s Estate
Posted in: UncategorizedThe European Commission approved a merger that would give Sony full control of the songwriting rights to a catalog that includes about 250 Beatles songs.
Aug
02
Facebook Doesn't Need to Have a Paid Search Business to Gain Search Ad Dollars
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Everyone’s heard the one about Facebook going after TV ad dollars. But during last week’s quarterly earnings call, Facebook Chairman-CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company will eventually start to target search dollars as well.
Can Facebook be as good as, or even replace, paid search for some ad objectives? It may sound crazy, but the answer is yes. And the twist is that Facebook doesn’t need to have a full-fledged paid search business — or even be a search engine — to do it.
Before I go on, I want to be clear that I don’t consider Facebook a search property in the way that advertisers think of paid search. Its users don’t go there with intent to buy or do something, the way they do when they search on Google, and there’s no reason to think that will change much in the future.
Aug
02
Instagram Adds a 'Stories' Feature Just Like Snapchat's
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Instagram is morphing into a Snapchat lookalike. On Tuesday it introduced a “Stories” feature, just like its upstart rival, that lets people create video montages documenting their daily activities that disappear in 24 hours.
“With Instagram Stories, you don’t have to worry about overposting,” Instagram said in a blog post. “Instead, you can share as much as you want throughout the day — with as much creativity as you want. You can bring your story to life in new ways with text and drawing tools. The photos and videos will disappear after 24 hours and won’t appear on your profile grid or in feed.”
That’s the whole premise of Snapchat.
Aug
02
Saatchi Global CCO Kate Stanners Says Diversity Still an Issue
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Saatchi & Saatchi is addressing some of the damage done by Executive Chairman Kevin Roberts with the help of its global chief creative officer, Kate Stanners.
Mr. Roberts who also has the title of “head coach” at Saatchi & Saatchi parent Publicis Groupe has been put on a leave of absence following his damaging claims that the industry’s gender diversity debate is over.
Aug
02
Underground Streetwear Editorials – Model Joel Mignott Stars in This Photogenics Magazine Series (GALLERY)
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(TrendHunter.com) British model Joel Mignott is captured by New York photographer Isabella Bejarano for Los Angeles based Photogenics Magazine. Isabella focuses on this bleach blond heartthrob’s mischievous…
Aug
02
Understated Goth Decor – This Urban Apartment Fuses Dramatic and Sophisticated Elements (GALLERY)
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(TrendHunter.com) ‘House In Gumience’ by Loft Kolasi?ski is a Polish apartment that embodies an understated vision of Goth decor. The minimalist space is accented with clean white walls and warm wood…
Aug
02
Instagram Takes a Page From Snapchat, and Takes Aim at It, Too
Posted in: UncategorizedThe new service from Facebook’s photo-sharing app will let people share photos and videos that have a life span of no more than 24 hours with friends who follow them.
Aug
02
JWT’s CEO Tamara Ingram on AdLand's Diversity Discomfort
Posted in: UncategorizedCategory: Beyond Madison Avenue
Summary: JWT became the lightning rod for advertising’s diversity discomfort earlier this year and for the agency’s chief executive Tamara Ingram the fallout has amplified what was a quiet attempt to make it one of the core drivers of the business.
Aug
02
Mark Penn's Stagwell Group Buys Majority Stake in PMX Agency
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Stagwell Group, founded by former Microsoft executive Mark Penn, has acquired a majority stake in global marketing shop PMX Agency, formerly Paradysz + PM Digital.
PMX Agency is Stagwell’s fourth acquisition since October 2015. The holding company’s other agencies include National Research Group, political consulting firm SKDKnickerbocker and creative digital agency Code and Theory, which it bought in January.
“We continue to fill in the marketing wheel,” said Mr. Penn. “We have a great digital agency in Code and Theory, public affairs with SKDKnickerbocker and research with NRG, so this is another piece of the puzzle for us.”
Aug
02
Surreal Garden Photography – Philippe Jarrigeon's Series Depicts Bizarre Botanical Beauty (GALLERY)
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(TrendHunter.com) On the day Philippe Jarrigeon was commissioned by PIN-UP magazine to do a photoseries on the French garden at the castle of Marqueyssac in Southwest France, the native French photographer must have…
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