Bits: Kevin’s Week in Tech: Crypto Tokin’

A weeklong blockchain conference in New York, changes at Uber, a “transparency report” from Facebook, and more.

Gizmodo Media Group Is Starting a Dedicated Ecommerce Site

These days, it’s not enough to be a publisher that just produces content–you also need a way to turn clicks into cash. It’s a lesson that Gawker Media (now known as Gizmodo Media Group) learned in 2012 when it first started a daily deals digest, a stand-alone post that was eventually renamed Kinja Deals where…

Diageo digital chief: using AI means letting go of 'creativity-stifling' perfectionism

Taking advantage of the opportunities presented by artificial intelligence has meant overcoming resistance from within Diageo’s organisation, its chief digital officer Ben Sutherland said.

Wine-Serving Lounge Chairs – The Michigan Wine Chair Pours Libations at the Pull of a Lever (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Michigan Wine Chair has been created by Matt Thompson of Thompson Woodworks as an unexpected piece of outdoor furniture that will provide sitters with a glass of their favorite libation….

Screen-Enlarging Smartphone Docks – The Oct17 Phone Screen Magnifier Enhances Smartphone Visibility (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Oct17 Phone Screen Magnifier is a supplemental piece of equipment for the average smartphone user to integrate into their lifestyle when looking to have a more immersive experience. Suitable for…

Friday Wake-Up Call: Upfront pitches come to an end (TGIF)


Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. What people are talking about today: It’s a wrap. The 2018 TV upfronts presentations are over, and Ad Age’s Jeanine Poggi is out with her annual predictions on the hits and misses among the crop of new 2018-19 shows. (And let’s just say that “new” is a relative term, given all the reboots.) There will likely be surprises, as always. “Let’s get this over with: We blew it last year in predicting that ABC’s reboot of ‘Roseanne’ would flop,” Poggi writes. But at the upfronts a year ago, the show had plenty of skeptics.

Poggi says that CBS’ reboots of “Magnum P.I.” and “Murphy Brown” are among the possible hits, as is the updated “Charmed” on the CW, along with a tearjerker from ABC (“A Million Little Things”) and a drama from NBC (“The Village.”) She’s not so impressed with the prospects of a dramedy about an FBI agent code-named Whiskey Cavalier. As Poggi writes:

ABC’s “Whiskey Cavalier” is already marked for death thanks to Jimmy Kimmel “It took a while, but we finally came up with a title that’s worse than ‘Cougar Town,'” the late-night host quipped.

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Pots&Co to create pudding-themed dining experience

Luxury pudding brand Pots&Co is inviting dessert lovers to sample a selection of its puds – including the newest and most decadent additions to its product line.

Hayman's stages 'ginema' screenings

Gin brand Hayman’s of London is turning its distillery into a gin-themed pop-up cinema.

How Nike created a buzz in the suburbs of Paris

Nike took to the suburbs of Paris for the unveiling of its latest trainer, using influential trendsetters and fans to get people talking about the brand.

Medialink's Manning: ad industry has gone too far down the 'maths route'

In the pursuit for more data, more numbers and more measurement, perhaps the industry has forgotten that it markets to people, not machines, Medialink’s senior vice-president, Nick Manning warned at Media360.

Power 100 2018: How Unilever's Aline Santos transformed seemingly mundane brands with powerful ideas

‘For Aline, everything is personal. She’s personally committed to helping make brands, teams and individuals succeed and will do whatever it takes to achieve this’.

Dark analytics: it's legal, but is it ethical?

The examination of unstructured data to gain insight into the nuances of people’s lives operates at the fringes of privacy safeguards, and it’s all too easy for brands to step over the line from what’s acceptable when targeting consumers to being downright creepy.

If you're a true marketer, you love GDPR

GDPR. What an innocent set of letters to represent something so fundamental to the ethics of marketing and business.

When does doing the right thing become illegal? Tips on closing the gender pay gap

How should businesses even get started solving the gender pay gap? Now’s chief executive shares some advice.

Smart Male Vibrators – The MysteryVibe Tenuto is the Company's First Male-Focused Vibrator

(TrendHunter.com) The internet of things has revolutionized many different industries, but one that many consumers might not have expected is the sex toy industry; the new MysteryVibe Tenuto shows that, thanks to…

Creative Circle: Account Coordinator

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Miss America Appoints Women to Top Positions, Months After Email Scandal

The organization is “ushering in a new era of progressiveness,” it said, after former top leaders stepped down over emails that insulted pageant winners.

CBS Board Votes to Curb Redstones’ Control

As expected, the CBS Corp. board of directors has voted to declare a dividend that could effectively reduce how much control National Amusements Inc. (NAI) has over the media network. The board vote late today was unanimous, but it came without the participation of vice chairman Shari Redstone, or other NAI members. NAI, which is…

Braincast 269 – Histórias de Ninar para Garotas Rebeldes

Braincast 269

Apresentamos o novo (e especial) integrante da Família B9 de Podcasts

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Caixa de Histórias 133 – Moby Dick

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