TikTok apologized for a technical glitch last week that made it appear as if posts with the hashtags #BlackLivesMatter and #GeorgeFloyd had zero views and outlined steps it is taking to support the Black community, both on and off its platform. U.S. general manager Vanessa Pappas and director of creator community Kudzi Chikumbu explained in…
As TV viewership surges, Roku is placing a big bet on live television. Roku, which offers up streaming players and is included on some smart TVs, is pushing out 30 new channels to its live programming lineup on the free, ad-supported Roku Channel and will today begin rolling out a Live TV channel guide aimed…
Published scientific research, like any piece of writing, is a peculiar literary genre.
In the universe of false online information, Mr. Floyd remains alive and George Soros is to blame for the protests.
Brand responses to #BlackLivesMatter have drastically changed since the movement’s formal inception in 2014 when 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. In the six years since Brown’s death, more than 1,252 black people have been killed by law enforcement, according to The Washington Post’s database tracking police shootings. It took…
People are hungry. As the country grapples with the calamitous economic fallout from COVID-19, an estimated 54 million people, including children, are turning to Feeding America’s network of food banks for help. In partnership with the Ad Council, Colle MCVoy created a series of PSAs that depicts the growing need to feed millions and inspire […]
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Academy Award-winning actress and producer Viola Davis, who signed on as the new international spokesperson for L’Or?al Paris last September, leveled with her Instagram followers in her latest post for the beauty brand. Echoing the message that L’Or?al has been sending to consumers since 1973, Davis tells viewers that “You’re worth it.” In the two-minute…
As most of us know far too well, snacking and streaming go hand-in-hand. To capitalize on this reality, Amazon Prime and Cheez-It have partnered up to reward viewers with coupons for streaming a set amount of themed content each month. The new, first-of-its-kind campaign promises users a $5 Cheez-It coupon for watching a certain amount…
Uma das discussões que mais pautam o debate da crítica e da cinefilia atualmente é a importância do roteiro em uma obra. Para alguns, o roteiro é até mais importante que a direção de um filme. Proponho, então, um exercício simples: imagine um mesmo roteiro nas mãos de Christopher Nolan, Michael Bay, Sofia Coppola, Jordan …
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‘I’ve really never seen anything like this’: Reporters and news photographers describe being roughed up, arrested and shot by projectiles while covering demonstrations across the country.
Adweek’s annual Elevate: Creativity and Experiential event returns June 18 as a virtual gathering, featuring some of today’s most influential brand and agency leaders. Running from 1 p.m.-4:20 p.m. ET, the event will provide insight on topics such as adapting marketing strategies amid an ongoing crisis, bringing a brand’s creativity and personality to life with…
To help kick off Pride Month, direct-to-consumer shaving brand Harry’s has released a new shave kit in conjunction with a campaign titled “Design with Pride,” which honors creative individuals within the LGBTQ community. Harry’s has published short profiles of a dozen LGBTQ designers, architects and academics who offer advice, state their personal motto and define…
O aplicativo 5-0 Radio Police Scanner se tornou o app pago mais baixado da App Store. Custando US$ 5,00, o app replica as transmissões de rádio da polícia ao vivo, e por isso mesmo tem sido bastante utilizado pelos manifestantes que estão em protesto nos Estados Unidos, pedindo por justiça após George Floyd, um homem …
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Tensions are escalating inside Facebook over the social platform’s laissez-faire approach to the president’s posts. While Twitter took an active approach to Donald Trump’s account last week–including flagging a tweet that encouraged shooting unarmed protesters–Facebook chose to interpret Trump’s message differently and has not modified the same post. Some Facebook employees are upset over the…
Greg Hahn, the highly influential creative leader who lost his job in April at BBDO New York as part of its Covid-19 cost-cutting drive, today was announced as CCO and co-founder of a new agency in New York City. The office will be part of Canadian agency No Fixed Address, and marks an expansion into…
Within the United States, the world’s largest hotel brand Marriott is seeing occupancy rates rise as the travel industry begins to inch toward recovery, surpassing 20% among its open properties. “Crossing over 20% occupancy is a meaningful improvement from where we were before, but it is a long way from where we need to get…
Pinterest continued to combine visual search and ecommerce with its introduction Monday of a Shop tab in the results generated by its Lens visual search tool. Pinners can click the camera in the search bar, snap or upload a photo and click on the Shop tab for a feed of shoppable product Pins related to…
Every day, agencies are tasked with solving problems too complex, nuanced and rapidly evolving for their clients to handle alone. In short, the agency world exists to find creative answers to the business world’s most daunting, high-stakes questions. Yet when it comes to the heartbreakingly obvious inequalities of race in America, agencies have been notoriously…
Marketers are becoming increasingly aware of how they gather and use consumer data. Two years out from the enactment of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation and a month before enforcements of the California Consumer Privacy Act begins, the World Federation of Advertisers has published a survey that shows 74% of CMOs believe data…
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