Parents: Will You Vaccinate Your Young Kids?

We want to hear more about how parents are making decisions to vaccinate themselves and their children.

Sanctuary swept viewers up in dreamy tales, rollicking laughs and more

Shop has produced a steady drumbeat of notable work since being founded in 2016.

CTV Advertisers Are Betting QR Codes Aren’t Just a Fad

When a bright-colored square floated on people’s TV screen on Super Bowl Sunday, some viewers might have rolled their eyes, but they weren’t confused. More than 20 million people knew to direct their phones toward their TV screens and let the QR code set up a Coinbase account for the chance of redeeming around $15…

Modular Outdoor Lifestyle Bags – The Conceptual 'Travel Box' Bag by Zihao Song is Customizable (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The conceptual ‘Travel Box’ bag is a modular accessory pack for those looking for a comfortable, customizable and utilitarian bag to incorporate into their lifestyle. The bag is…

Brands celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and March Madness begins: The Week Ahead

 Marketing and media events to watch in the week ahead.

 

Brent Renaud, Crusading Filmmaker, Is Killed at 50

He traveled around the world and the United States making documentaries about urgent moral issues. He was shot to death while filming in Ukraine.

Get Your Pencils Ready for Twitter’s Best of Tweets Brand Bracket 2022

The bracket for the 2022 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament isn’t the only one being unveiled Sunday, as Twitter took the wraps off its groupings for its second annual Best of Tweets Brand Bracket, which will recognize the best tweeting brands. The four brackets in this year’s competition are: Conversation Starters: These brands lead…

Privacy-Focused Home Designs – The 'Broken Home' is Split into Individual Quarters for Inhabitants (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The shift to working from home for adults and learning from home for children that has taken place over the past several years has led to families spending all their time in a share space, so the &#…

First Amendment Scholars Want to See the Media Lose These Cases

Some legal experts say it is time to draw a sharp line between protected speech and harmful disinformation.

UK Online Safety Bill Puts Internet Ad Scams Under Microscope

The U.K. government announced additional amendments to the scope of the Online Safety Bill this week, this time drawing measures to protect people from advertising scams. Top line The bill mandates that social media companies including Instagram, Facebook and Twitter–as well as search engines like Google–protect people from both prepaid fraudulent ads and user-generated scams….

Agency news you need to know this week

J.B. Smoove sings and performs stunts in new Caesars Sportsbook ad, Ogilvy appoints a new global chief strategy officer and more.

These are the most tattooed brands

Survey ranks the most inked brands based on number of Instagram posts.

Applebee’s is still off CNN, but backs MSNBC and Fox News war coverage: Datacenter Weekly

Plus, VAB vs. Nielsen, IHOP’s data play, the latest macroeconomic stats, and more.

Meta’s metaverse will fail, and other Scott Galloway predictions at SXSW

The marketing professor laid down his views on the metaverse at SXSW.

Unemployed Theo 2001 revived in 2022

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Back in the first dot com boom, a lot of people were suddenly laid off in droves in the ad agency world too.

MeUndies cancels Bored Ape NFT partnership

Brand cites the environmental impact of NFTs as it calls off virtual goods collaboration.

Twitter Lets iOS Users Swipe Between Home, Latest Feeds

Twitter began rolling out a slightly easier way for users to switch between its Home feed, which is populated by its algorithms, and its Latest feed, which displays tweets in chronological order. Users could previously toggle between feeds by tapping the sparkle icon in the top-right corner. Starting Friday for iOS users, with Android and…

Trusted Moderators Added for Instagram Live Videos

Instagrammers can now enlist some help in overseeing their Instagram Live videos. Trusteed moderators can now be appointed, and they can perform tasks including reporting comments, removing viewers entirely from the Live video or turning off comments for a viewer. Creators of Instagram Live videos can tap the three dots in the comment bar to…

Austin-Based Artist Combats Gentrification With Immersive AR Experience at SXSW

The fight against gentrification continues in Austin, Texas as more communities and cultures of color–especially Latinx and Black Austinites–are being displaced by the influx of new, largely white-owned businesses. To highlight the continued cultural erasure in Austin, creative agency The Many partnered with artist Harper Biewen for a social media and augmented reality initiative called…

McDonald's new threat in Russia? Loss of reputation

The Kremlin is considering lifting restrictions on trademarks for companies that have stopped doing business in Russia. That means it could reopen McDonald’s stores and sell products that don’t live up to the Chicago company’s standards.