Brands Are Scrambling to Get Onto Roblox. Is It Worth It?

In a world where audiences are constantly fragmenting, the prospect of getting in front of 48.2 million people on any given day is appealing, to put it mildly. That’s why so many brands are flocking to Roblox. Vans. Gucci. Epic Records. The BBC. Netflix. LOL Surprise Dolls. Lego. Nike. That’s just a sampling of the…

Tiger King 2 is Coming to Netflix Later This Year

Long live the Tiger King: Netflix is making a followup to its hit docuseries, which became a breakout hit last year at the start of the pandemic. Top line Tiger King 2 is set to debut on Netflix later this year, the streamer said today, leading a slate of five upcoming true crime documentaries focusing…

Facebook to Update Cookie Consent Controls in Europe

Facebook is tweaking its cookie consent controls in the European region in order to align with requirements including General Data Protection Regulation and the ePrivacy Directive. The social network said in a Newsroom post Thursday that the goal is to give people “a more granular level of control” over their cookie choices and more information…

Facebook: How to Use the Lift Black Voices Content Hub

The Facebook mobile application offers a Lift Black Voices content hub, where users can read stories about Black culture, view educational resources and more. Our guide will show you how to access the Lift Black Voices content hub in the Facebook app. Note: These screenshots were captured in the Facebook app on iOS. Step 1:…

Progressive names 3M exec as new CMO

Progressive has hired 3M executive Remi Kent as CMO to replace Jeff Charney, who is retiring.

Amazon vai usar provadores de alta tecnologia em lojas de departamentos

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A Amazon continua planejando aplicações tecnológicas para inovar em suas lojas. Depois de introduzir uma tecnologia de pagamentos que garante as transações apenas com o escaneamento da palma da mão, agora e empresa de Jeff Bezos espera introduzir provadores de alta tecnologia em suas lojas de departamentos. O novo sistema permite que os clientes simplesmente …

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Sucesso da Netflix na pandemia, minissérie “A Máfia dos Tigres” vai ganhar continuação

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Um dos grandes sucessos da Netflix no início da pandemia, “A Máfia dos Tigres” terá uma segunda temporada ainda este ano no serviço de streaming. A companhia fez o anúncio nesta quinta-feira (23), com a sequência da minissérie documental servindo de carro-chefe para a divulgação do line-up de produções true crime para os próximos meses. …

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: GoalKeepers 2030

The Gates Foundation Goalkeepers Report speaks to the economic challenges women have faced during the pandemic around the globe. Women were some of the most innovative forces during the pandemic. And yet,
inequalities for women increased across the world. What will you do to support
gender equality? #Goalkeepers2030

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Flipboard Ramps Up Its Email Newsletter Offerings

Curated content platform Flipboard detailed several updates to its email newsletter offerings Thursday. Flipboard said in a blog post Thursday, “I was invented in 1978. First widely used within universities in the early 1990s. Over 300 billion of me are delivered every day. What am I? If you guessed email, you get a point.” Email…

What CMOs need to do to make ‘madtech’ happen

Fragmentation presents marketers with four core challenges—and opportunities: waning consumer attention, internal silos, bloated tech stacks and multiple data sources.

Mo Abudu Isn’t Waiting for Permission

Known as “Africa’s answer to Oprah,” Abudu has built a media empire aimed at bringing Nigerian stories to the world. Her huge Netflix deal should help.

Novo guia de conteúdo do Facebook revela o que leva rede social a reduzir alcance de publicações

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O Facebook já há um tempo é criticado pela falta de transparência na hora de restringir o alcance de publicações em suas plataformas, em especial sua principal que até hoje soa como um grande mistério para muito especialista. Para tentar começar a reparar essa questão, a companhia divulgou nesta quinta-feira (23) um guia de Diretrizes …

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Albertsons Teams Up With Pinterest to Bring Technology Into Meal Planning

Grocery and retail giant Albertsons added a multiyear agreement with Pinterest to its shelves Thursday. The two companies will collaborate on artificial intelligence and application-programming interfaces aimed at helping grocery shoppers with their fresh meal planning. Albertsons will also be able to tap Pinterest’s creator ecosystem, insights on trends and content formats such as multipage…

Bleacher Report’s HighlightHer Teams With Zelle to Elevate WNBA Voices

The last several years have seen unprecedented growth in women’s sports, and now brands are getting in on the action as the WNBA playoffs begin Thursday night. Bleacher Report’s HighlightHer, a portfolio brand focused on female athletes and teams, is going to market for the first time and has secured three major launch partners: Zelle,…

Unilever Sends a Message to Hispanics Living in America

The people who make up America are changing. That means the shoppers who walk down grocery store aisles looking for soap and mayonnaise are changing, too. Between 2010 and 2020, the number of U.S. residents who identify as either Hispanic or Latino increased 23% to 62.1 million, according to the Census Bureau. The group now…

Women portraits made from broken glass / Des portraits crashés!

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Campaign to raise awareness on domestic violence
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Agency : Thjink! Hamburg (Germany)
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“Glass ceiling breaker” Kamala Harris
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Pinterest makes recipe pins shoppable in deal with Albertsons

Grocery chain looks to drive recipe hunters from Idea Pins to checkout. 

IPG Mediabrands is using Gracenote data to measure representation on TV

Agency looks to help brands better connect with underrepresented audiences.

How Britain’s ASA Is Embracing Tech to Keep Pace With Misleading Ads and Digital Scammers

The evolution of advertising moves at a fast pace, so those looking to regulate it have to as well. Digital transformation is happening across the world and, with the monitoring of advertising in the U.K. predominantly falling to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the organization has introduced new technology-driven systems to support growing sophistication in…

Jeep, Fiat, Ram to raise money for fighting pandemics in deal with Bono brand company

The Stellantis brands will release special edition vehicles as part of a multiyear partnership with Red, a brand licensing company that raises money to fight global health emergencies.