Americans Might Be Broke, but They’re Still Dropping Serious Cash on Mom Today

According to ecommerce performance analytics firm Profitero, for the past seven weeks straight, the top three search terms on Amazon have been toilet paper, face masks and hand sanitizer. Given the travails of life during Covid-19, that’s not especially surprising. But then suddenly, as of May 2, toilet paper was toppled by a new and…

Covid-19 Evaporates First Quarter TV Ad Revenue—And the Worst Is Yet to Come

To borrow a phrase from ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish during Thursday’s earnings call, advertising sales during the Covid-19 pandemic are “not pretty.” And media companies’ bottom lines are expected to get even uglier next quarter when the full effects of the crisis will be felt on their earnings. From a $400 million hit at WarnerMedia…

Here’s How Publishers Are Preparing for a Rocky Q2 and Remaining 2020

The New York Times, Gannett and News Corp. each reported quarterly earnings this week, shedding new light onto a dismal start to 2020. Like so many other industries, media companies have had to institute cost-cuts, layoffs and furloughs due to a decrease in advertising and near-shuttering of their events businesses. This week’s quarterly earnings calls…

UN Women USA Chicago Chapter: Behind the mask

Globally, 243 million women were victims of sexual and/or physical violence by their intimate partners in the last 12 months. During the COVID-19 pandemic, domestic violence has increased at alarming rates. The UN Women USA Chicago Chapter created #BehindTheMask to expose the reality of millions of women with a powerful message that could help prevent more victims and raise funds to continue providing them with right resources. Support them by sharing and donating at donate.unwomen.org

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ProQuizzin League Film by YUWEUS, Kolkata

Attached is a homemade digital film created by YUWEUS to promote the online leg of the first every Quiz Sports League – the ProQuizzin League. In the future, the league will have its on-ground legs (in format like the IPLs) once the world normalizes. For now, people can enjoy the quizzing battle between 6 cities online on Youtube.
Film Credits:Title: PROQUIZZIN LEAGUE FILM BY YUWEUS, KOLKATA
Client: ProQuizzin League
Agency: YUWEUS, Kolkata, India
Story & Script: Sanjeev Dassani
Shoot & Edit: Aanton Mookherjee
The film is totally homemade. No humans were harmed in the making of the film.

Custom-Fit 3D-Printed Face Masks – The Nuo 3D Mask Prevents Small Gaps for Complete Protection (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Nuo 3D Mask has been created by the LuxMea Studio as a custom face mask that will work to ensure a personalized fit for comfortable all-day wear. The mask is designed using a video sent by the…

Facebook Journalism Project Grants Nearly $16M to Local News Publishers

Facebook continues to take steps to help local news publishers during the coronavirus pandemic, naming over 200 recipients of Covid-19 Relief Fund grants in the U.S., totaling nearly $16 million, and releasing a report by the Facebook Journalism Project and CrowdTangle on local news industry trends during the Covid-19 crisis. The grants come from the…

Chaos Webinar Series – Jeremy Gutsche Launches a Free 5-Part Series on Innovating Through Chaos

(TrendHunter.com) On May 19th, 2020, Trend Hunter’s CEO Jeremy Gutsche will kick off a 5-part chaos webinar series. The COVID-19 era has impacted seemingly every industry, and with so much uncertainty it’…

The Trade Desk Sees Revenue Jump but Withdraws 2020 Guidance Due to Uncertainty

The Trade Desk today posted revenues of $160.7 million for the opening quarter of the year, a 33% year-over-year increase. But the company cited the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic as cause for withdrawing its earlier 2020 spend forecasts. The demand-side platform’s Q1 figures showed strong signs of growth across all categories with ad spend…

Gil Schwartz, CBS Spokesman With a Biting Alter Ego, Dies at 68

He was the network’s top communications executive, but to readers of Esquire and Fortune he was Stanley Bing, skewering corporate America in humor columns.

25 Major Brands Sign Letter Condemning Pandemic-Related Racial Injustice

Twenty-five major retail and fashion brands signed on to a letter today released by the Open to All campaign–an anti-discrimination effort that counts 200+ nonprofits and more than 300,000 businesses as members–that urges the corporate world to examine and address racial disparities related to the Covid-19 pandemic. The letter slams the recent uptick in attacks…

Peloton’s CMO Is Leaving. Meanwhile, Its Ridership—and Stock—Are Soaring

Carolyn Tisch Blodgett, chief marketing officer for Peloton, announced today in a post on LinkedIn that she’s leaving her post at the end of the month. Tisch Blodgett was the first brand hire at the company in 2016, she said on LinkedIn. Since then, the company has grown to 2.6 million members worldwide. The announcement…

Projeto transforma panelaço em música e usa royalties em prol da luta contra Covid-19

Inspirados pela insatisfação popular com a política brasileira e em sua forma mais ilustrativa de protesto, o ato de bater panelas já popularmente chamado de panelaço, um grupo de criativos, publicitários e músicos se reuniu para transformar a ação em um ato cultural e colaborativo em prol da saúde. Intitulado “Álbum Panelaço”, o projeto materializa …

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Help Support Cinematographers (and Other Makers) One Frame At A Time

COVID-19 has stopped the production of films and commercials across the entire globe. This has put an industry made of millions of freelance crew members out of work, with no sick leave, PTO, or option to remain financially stable. The film industry supports 2.1 million jobs in the U.S., with millions more around the globe. […]

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Itália utiliza robôs para medir temperatura e verificar uso de máscaras em comércios

A Itália foi um dos países mais afetados pela pandemia do novo coronavírus. Meses após dezenas de milhares de mortes, porém, o país começa a finalmente se recuperar e reabrir. O lockdown está, após surtir efeito, entrando em sua segunda fase, e alguns estabelecimentos começam a operar, ainda com muita cautela e preocupação com a …

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Omnicom Merges Proximity and Rapp Agencies

Omnicom is integrating two agencies within Omnicom Precision Marketing Group, merging Proximity Worldwide and Rapp Worldwide. The resulting agency will include 19 offices globally, operate as Rapp Worldwide and be led by Rapp global CEO Marco Scognamiglio. “Unifying these agencies under the Rapp brand accelerates the opportunity for our clients and our talent to benefit…

Merchants on Shopify Get a Dedicated Pinterest App

Pinterest teamed up with Shopify to create an application via the Shopify platform that enables merchants to upload their catalogs to Pinterest and turn products from those catalogs into shoppable product Pins. Pinterest/Shopify The app provides merchants with easy setup and access to distribution across Pinterest, with or without ads, and adding a shop tab…

TikTok: Here’s How to Use the MTV Cribs Stickers

TikTok recently partnered with MTV to launch the #MyCrib challenge on the video sharing social network. As part of this challenge, TikTok users can add two different “Cribs” stickers to their videos before sharing them. Our guide will show you how to use these stickers in the TikTok mobile application. Note: These screenshots were captured…

Retailers Are Reopening Their Doors—Here’s How They’ll Keep Consumers Safe

While confirmed coronavirus cases rise throughout most of the country, some states are itching to reopen despite federal public safety guidelines regarding gradual comebacks–namely, that states need to see at least a two-week decline in cases and must have robust testing in place for front-line workers. At the same time, pressures from the looming economic…

Google Lens agora consegue transcrever seus escritos (desde que não sejam um garrancho)

O Google anunciou nesta quinta (7) um novo recurso para o Google Lens que deve ser bastante útil a quem vive de transcrever anotações para o computador. Agora, o programa de realidade aumentada da companhia conta com uma ferramenta multiuso de reconhecimento que inclui entre outras coisas a habilidade de pegar textos escritos a punho …

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