Instagram now requires all people signing up for a new account to provide their birthdate, and anyone under 13 will be prohibited from starting an account. The Facebook-owned social media network’s terms of use, amended Wednesday, now requires new members to be at least 13 years old to have accounts in most countries. But the…
YouTube gift codes are now available for purchase via Amazon in the U.S. The Google-owned video site said in a blog post that the gift codes can be used to pay for subscriptions to YouTube Premium, YouTube Music Premium or YouTube TV. They can also be used to support creators on the video site by…
He spanned musical eras in presiding, all told, over three major labels, nurturing acts from Peter, Paul and Mary to the Grateful Dead to Queen.
Her essay in The New York Times drew a wide readership; she also chronicled her life with terminal cancer in a blog, finding humor amid despair.
Do you get excited by new academic research? I am happy to report that a portion of the Adpulp audience does indeed perk up when new research reveals significant findings. In this case, we have a new study that validates “native advertising,” a popular form of digital advertising. Before we look at the research, I’ll […]
Leading up to the holidays, McDonald’s is offering its customers a permanent place online called the Golden Arches Unlimited to shop its branded goods, the fast-food chain said. McDonald’s will offer a rotating seasonal selection, which currently includes items such as a beanie and a holiday sweater, year-round on the online shop, the company noted….
Though people with disabilities make up the largest minority group in the world, less than 3% of characters in North American television shows have a disability. (And, of these, 95% are played by able-bodied actors.) To counter this lack of representation, a coalition of U.S. and Canadian organizations spearheaded by the Calgary Society for Persons…
In a new partnership with McDonald’s, Ford is using coffee chaff–the dried coffee bean skin that comes off during roasting–to build car parts. The United States produces around 1 million pounds of coffee chaff per week, according to Debbie Mielewski, Ford’s senior technical leader of the sustainability and emerging materials research team. Some of that…
Saiu mais uma seleção de melhores do ano. Dessa vez, feita pelo tradicional círculo de críticos de Nova York. Apesar de, assim como as listas dos veículos de comunicação, o prêmio da crítica não ser bem um termômetro para o Oscar – afinal, os votantes da Academia são outros – este é um bom exemplo …
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Nearly 14 years after splitting into two separate companies, CBS Corp. and Viacom have officially tied the knot once again. The all-stock merger between the companies–announced in August after three years of on-again, off-again talks–has been completed, creating a new combined company, ViacomCBS Inc., with more than $28 billion in revenue and 4.3 billion cumulative…
With billions of GIFs floating through platforms like Twitter, Slack and Facebook every day, it’s hard to figure out which ones were the most popular in 2019. Giphy, the online database for over 10 billion GIFs and stickers sent each day, revealed the 25 most viewed GIFs this year that include famous faces like Lizzo,…
The gold-standard shelter magazine runs on a brass-tacks budget and refuses to kowtow to the internet.
Folks have been piling on G/O Media for its “stick to sports” mandate to Deadspin, the creative sports publication with a cult following. That mandate saw its editorial staff leave in a revolt. Days later, an executive resigned. Deadspin has been a ghost town for a month now, since Nov. 4, when it last posted…
Another GivingTuesday is in the books, and a lot of the giving that went on Tuesday came from people on Facebook. Chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said in a Facebook post Wednesday that more than 1.1 million people raised roughly $120 million Tuesday, with donations going to “97,000 nonprofits supporting disaster relief, animal shelters, cancer…
A ESPN iniciou a transmissão da nova temporada da NFL, uma das principais propriedades da programação da emissora. E para promover a 100ª edição da Liga, a empresa veicula sua campanha inspirada nas séries que fazem sucesso na TV e também nas plataformas digitais. Desenvolvida em parceria com a agência Africa, a ação explora situações …
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O fim do ano se aproxima e a temporada de premiações já está no horizonte. Antes dos prêmios, porém, sempre chegam as listas dos veículos de imprensa, selecionando os melhores filmes e séries do ano. Essa semana foi a vez de o The New York Times divulgar não uma, mas duas listas com seus melhores …
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It’s not every day you see a McDonald’s ad that truly tugs at the heartstrings. Yet that’s exactly what Nord DDB’s latest ad for the fast food chain does. The spot tells the emotional story of Paul Lederhausen founding the Swedish chapter of Ronald McDonald House Charities, which provides housing for families of children with…
Para dar continuidade ao posicionamento do Boticário sobre o amor, a campanha de Natal da marca incentiva o amor que está por trás de qualquer tipo de doação. Sob o conceito “Doe amor neste Natal”, assinando com “Onde tem amor tem beleza”, a empresa incentiva o público a viver histórias reais de amor por meio …
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O Facebook está planejando trabalhar em campanhas de prevenção ao alcoolismo e a outros vícios no Instagram. Para por em prática o projeto, a empresa pedirá, de agora em diante, que novos usuários da rede social insiram suas idades na ficha de inscrição da criação do perfil. A Reuters, que reportou a novidade, lembra que, …
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Shari Redstone gets her wish, bringing about the merger of two media giants in a $25 billion deal. The plan is to become a content arms dealer in the streaming wars.
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