For their next act, media entrepreneurs Steven Brill and Gordon Crovitz are taking on the curse of fake news. Their new platform, NewsGuard, will use both human beings and artificial intelligence to review the 7,500 most-read news and information websites in the U.S.–about 98 percent of news and information people read and share online. Brill…
Several major tech companies are filing suit against the Federal Communications Commission over the agency’s plans to repeal net neutrality. Today, FourSquare, Etsy, Shutterstock, Kickstarter and others plan to file a petition with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals over the FCC’s plans to roll back an Obama-era ruling that prevents telecoms from throttling the…
Every weekday, we bring you the Ad Age/iSpot Hot Spots, new TV commercials tracked by iSpot.tv, the real-time TV ad measurement company with attention and conversion analytics from more than seven million smart TVs. The ads here ran on national TV for the first time over the weekendspecifically during Sunday’s Oscars telecast.
A few highlights: Celebrities including John Legend and Sia help Google promote its Google Assistant (Ad Age Creativity Editor Ann-Christine Diaz has the backstory: “Helpless Stars Ask Google for Help in Brand’s Oscars Ad”). Samsung challenges you to “make something”and to make its commercial saying that, the brand enlisted Oscar-nominated director Dee Rees and cinematographer Rachel Morrison (Ad Age’s George Slefo has the backstory on that: “Samsung’s Oscars Ad Leverages Talent of This Year’s Nominated Women”). And continuing the star-studded theme, Rolex celebrates the art of storytelling with directors Martin Scorsese, Kathryn Bigelow, Alejandro G. Irritu and James Cameron.
(TrendHunter.com) With Amazon having made headlines only weeks ago for its ‘Amazon Go’ checkout-free grocery and convenience stores, the March 2018 new ventures here seem to be direct responses. Plenty of…
Toronto, Canada. FlyGTA, Toronto’s ultra-short haul carrier, has collaborated with Toronto street artists Runt, Jimmy Chiale and Uber5000 to design their air sickness bags. Dubbed Sick Art (#sickart), the limited series will feature three distinct designs, one from each of the artists.
Brother and sister hit the open road for a camping trip, ignoring their voicemails instead opting for a fantastic ride on their BMW motorcycles.
Anonymous Instagram account Diet Madison Avenue, which since January has been publicly naming advertising industry execs it says have engaged in sexual harassment, has gone dark.
The group tweeted on Monday morning that it either got hacked or the Instagram account was shut down due to complaints.
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There are some striking similarities between the internet 20 years ago and podcasting today. In 1997, there were 70 million internet users worldwide. Today, there are 67 million monthly podcast listeners. In 1997, $906 million was spent on internet advertising. Today, $243 million is spent on podcast advertising, which is expected to double by 2020….
The final award of the evening was also the most-discussed moment on Twitter and Facebook during the 90th Academy Awards Sunday night: The Shape of Water winning best picture. The five Oscars moments that drove the most tweets were: The Shape of Water wins best picture. Oscar Isaac, Mark Hamill, Kelly Marie Tran and BB-8…
Did you know Facebook Messenger allows you to personalize your conversations by giving each of your contacts a nickname? For instance, if you have a term of endearment for your significant other, you may wish to give them that nickname within the application. Our guide will show you how this feature works. Note: These screenshots…
Conor McGregor hasn’t fought in the UFC since winning the lightweight belt in November 2016 and then taking a detour into boxing–earning more than $100 million by fighting (and losing to) Floyd Mayweather Jr. last August. His hiatus from UFC has frustrated his rivals, who want a shot at the title–in particular, the Russian newcomer…
The ongoing backlash against the National Rifle Association, with big marketers including Best Western, Delta Airlines and MetLife breaking ties with the pro-gun group, is prompting some strange feelings of dj vu.
The NRA may be a sui generis advocacy group, but the way the media narrative surrounding it has suddenly flipped has some eerie parallels if you look to other fields. Namely, entertainment and religion.
The familiar “flip” here is basically: Seemingly all-powerful group, unstoppable for decades, is suddenly, possibly, no longer all-powerful.
McCann Manchester’s first campaign for Co-op Funeralcare spans the emotional spectrum from laughter to tears.
On International Women’s Day, FCB Inferno, the agency behind Sport England’s ‘This Girl Can’, is launching Queen Rules – a new way to play cards, where Queen outranks King.
SeatGeek is becoming a distribution partner of the National Football League, putting the mobile-first startup alongside larger rivals Ticketmaster and StubHub in the league’s new approach to ticketing.
The partnership lets New York City-based SeatGeek, a relative newcomer to the industry, sell verified NFL tickets through its own marketplace starting this year. That could include primary tickets sold directly from clubs as well as resale tickets listed by fans, inventory simultaneously listed through the other companies.
“Our goal has been to prove to teams that they will benefit from being open, as opposed to the closed, legacy systems,” said SeatGeek co-founder Russ D’Souza. “Now the largest league in the world is embracing the concept, and we’re thrilled to be part of that network.”
Let’s start at the end. If you’re looking for a new Android phone, go look at the Samsung Galaxy S9. It’s about as good as Android handsets get. If you’re an iPhone person thinking that Apple has let you down recently and you’re thinking of switching to an Android phone, go look at the S9. If you take lots of pictures in low light (in restaurants, bars, clubs, etc.), yep, you guessed it, go look at the S9. If you have been dreaming about a phone that delivers super-slow-motion video, again, go look at the S9. For everyone else, the new Samsung Galaxy S9 is a nice to have, not a need to have.
Two sizes
Both the S9 with its 5.8 screen and the S9+ with its larger 6.2 screen feature Super AMOLED technology. The image quality is out of this world, and measuring by technical specifications, they are the best screens ever put on a flagship smartphone.
The ongoing backlash against the National Rifle Association, with big marketers including Best Western, Delta Airlines and MetLife breaking ties with the pro-gun group, is prompting some strange feelings of dj vu.
The NRA may be a sui generis advocacy group, but the way the media narrative surrounding it has suddenly flipped has some eerie parallels if you look to other fields. Namely, entertainment and religion.
The familiar “flip” here is basically: Seemingly all-powerful group, unstoppable for decades, is suddenly, possibly, no longer all-powerful.
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