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CNN’s Florida shooting town hall was important viewing Wednesday night, as students, teachers and parents from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, expressed their fear and outrage over weak gun-control measures. Many verbally attacked Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, who attended, as well as the NRA.

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It’s hard not to have some sympathy with the Oxfam communications teams currently dealing with a crisis the likes of which the charity sector has not seen before.

Spotify hosted a secret gig featuring Justin Timberlake last night after the Brit Awards.

Leaders from The New York Times, The Guardian, The Economist, Time Out, ISBA and MediaCom are among the speakers at Campaign’s Digital Media Strategies conference in London on 8-9 March.

Chinese mobile maker, Huawei, claims to be the first to have an AI-powered smartphone drive a car.

(TrendHunter.com) The Insta360 Nano S has been engineered to provide smartphone users with the ability to capture moments like never before in a simple way that can be utilized by anyone. Designed for the iPhone, the…

Fenestra, the blockchain-based start-up platform, tells Campaign why the solution to media transparency can not come from the industry itself.

George P Johnson, the global experience marketing agency, has built its office space around three pillars: creativity, community and collaboration.

Jodie Stranger, chief executive UK group and president global clients EMEA at Starcom, on why the BBC’s recent nature documentary series has piled the pressure on brands.