How WSC Sports Is Helping to Keep the Action Going Without Live Games

Artificial intelligence startup WSC Sports found a niche for its technology in the form of enabling sports leagues and teams to share video highlights to social platforms minutes after they take place. But what happens when the games are put on hold? “You don’t plan for a case where the sports world will just stop,”…

How Torchy’s Tacos Shifted to a Curbside Business in Just a Few Days

Torchy’s Tacos, an emerging restaurant chain based in Austin that fuses the cuisines of Texas, Mexico and the South, was on a trajectory similar to that of Shake Shack at the beginning of 2020. During the course of this year, it planned to open 20 new restaurants, adding to its 70-plus locations, said the company’s…

Google News Initiative Establishes Journalism Emergency Relief Fund

The Google News Initiative created a Journalism Emergency Relief Fund to provide aid to small, midsized and local news publishers globally during the coronavirus pandemic. Publishers producing original news for local communities have until Wednesday, April 29, at 11:59 p.m. PT to fill out this form and apply for funding. The Google News Initiative said…

Kenya Barris Plumbs His Id to Reinvent the Family Comedy

Freed from the creative shackles of the broadcast networks, the creator of “black-ish” stars as successful TV writer named Kenya Barris in Netflix’s “#blackAF.”

Anthony Fauci Talks All Things Coronavirus on Snapchat’s Good Luck America

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, sat down (virtually) with Peter Hamby, host of Snapchat original series Good Luck America, for an exclusive three-part interview. The first part debuted Wednesday on Snapchat’s Discover page, with parts two and three to follow Thursday and Friday, respectively, at 6 a.m. ET…

Meredith Offers Extended Ad Guarantee Due to COVID-19

As print advertising dollars continue to dry up amid COVID-19, publishers are going back to the drawing board for programs they can offer buyers to sweeten the deal. Meredith, the publisher behind magazines such as People, Better Homes & Gardens and Real Simple, will offer a new print guarantee program to advertisers who buy a…

Conar investiga Ambev e Gusttavo Lima por consumo de bebidas alcoólicas em lives

O Conar (Conselho Nacional de Autorregulamentação Publicitária) abriu um processo para investigar a Ambev e o cantor Gusttavo Lima em relação a um possível abuso no consumo de bebida alcoólica em às duas lives realizada pelo cantor. As lives “Buteco em Casa” e “Buteco em Casa 2”, transmitidas pelo canal do cantor no YouTube, tiveram …

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Novas ferramentas do Instagram buscam ajudar pequenas empresas durante a crise

Depois de lançar uma atualização focada no bem estar da comunidade de usuários há algumas semanas, o Instagram agora busca providenciar auxílio aos pequenos e médios negócios em sua plataforma durante a pandemia do coronavírus. A rede social inaugurou nesta quarta (15) duas novas ferramentas que ajudam os empreendedores a promover produtos nos Stories, fomentando …

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Apple anuncia novo iPhone SE, mas sem data de lançamento por conta da pandemia

Nos últimos anos, o mercado dos smartphones tem visto a popularização de um novo tipo de produto: as versões mais baratas dos principais modelos de celulares. A Samsung, por exemplo, possui sua linha A, que oferece celulares com boa bateria e câmera, mas com performance e memória inferiores aos da linha Galaxy. O Google segue …

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Airlines Grateful for Bailout, but Stress It’s Not a Quick Fix

Within an hour of announcing that they’d be accepting their share of the record-breaking multitrillion-dollar stimulus package, major airlines including Delta, United, Southwest and American all thanked Congress for the influx of cash. The common theme? They’re grateful for the financial boost, which they say was critical to their survival. In exchange for the grants,…

Lyft vai fazer entregas de itens essenciais para governo e comércios

O Lyft, popular aplicativo de transporte dos Estados Unidos, está mudando sua forma de operar durante a crise do novo coronavírus para ajudar o país a passar pela pandemia. Segundo o Engadget, a empresa está lançando um programa piloto para agências do governo, pequenas empresas e sistemas de saúde utilizarem o app para entregas. O …

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Alex Trebek Memoir Is Coming in July

The book, “The Answer Is …,” arose from the “Jeopardy!” host’s desire to give fans more insight into his life after his pancreatic cancer diagnosis.

How Coronavirus Is Further Splintering an Already Divided Latin America

There was a pandemic before this pandemic. I’m referring to the pandemic of polarization, which had already affected as many geographies as COVID-19. In the last few years, the political polarization pandemic had spread to every single market in Latin America. Clearly, it is impossible to identify just one reason, but according to many analysts,…

Lively’s Founder on What Victoria’s Secret Does Right and How the DTC Brand’s Approach Differs

Before launching Lively, a direct-to-consumer lingerie brand, founder and CEO Michelle Cordeiro Grant spent years learning the ins and outs of the business at now-troubled lingerie behemoth Victoria’s Secret. Cordeiro Grant worked as a director of merchandising at Victoria’s Secret for just over four years, joining the company in October 2008 and leaving in December…

The Media Industry’s Gray Tuesday

Every day, in the Age of Coronavirus, is Tuesday. Mondays give us the blues. Wednesday is Hump Day. Thursday is the pre-weekend, leading into Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Tuesday has no flavor, no personality, no meaning. The only thing it has going for it is that it’s one day closer to the weekend. And that…

All Quibi Advertisers Are Taking Advantage of ‘Turnstyle’ Format

Load up the short-form mobile video streaming service Quibi, which hit 1.7 million downloads in its first week, and you’ll see ads from brands like Charmin, Taco Bell and Progressive before the shows begin. And like the programming on Quibi itself, which can be played full-screen in either portrait or landscape orientation, all of its…

Apple, in a Virtual Unveiling, Introduces a $399 iPhone

The new iPhone SE has the design of an older generation of iPhones, with the same computing power as newer ones.

Facebook: Here’s How to Hide Notifications About Live Videos

If a Facebook page you follow begins a Facebook Live stream, you may receive a notification telling you that the page has gone live. If you want to stop receiving these notifications for specific pages, our guide will show you how this is done. Note: These screenshots were captured in the Facebook application on iOS….

Maurice Lévy’s Stint as WeWork Interim CMO Lasted Just 3 Months

Maurice L?vy, celebrated former CEO of Publicis Groupe, left WeWork just three months after taking on the role of interim chief marketing officer, the company confirmed to Adweek today. L?vy joined WeWork in November following the departure of CMO Robin Daniels. The announcement came the day after the real estate company laid off 19% of…

Instagram Releases New Stickers to Help Restaurants, Small Businesses During Covid-19

Instagram is taking steps to support restaurants and other small businesses in the era of social distancing. Businesses can now share stickers in their Stories and profiles that enable Instagrammers to purchase gift cards, order food or donate to fundraisers. The stickers for gift cards and food orders debuted in Canada and the U.S. Wednesday…