Mar
02
Why Do We Watch the Weather on TV While It Is Happening Just Outside?
Posted in: UncategorizedThe strange allure of watching someone else stand in the blizzard.
Mar
02
Why the metaverse offers a chance for digital design redemption
Posted in: UncategorizedThoughtfully crafted, socially responsible design will be more important than in any previous iteration of the internet
Mar
02
Snap Halts All Ads in Belarus, Russia, Ukraine
Posted in: UncategorizedSnap Inc., Meta and Reddit provided updates Tuesday on measures they enacted in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Snap noted that it does not have an office in Russia and said it stopped all ads running in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, along with halting ad sales to Belarusian and Russian entities. The company added…
Mar
02
Disney isn't giving up on Nielsen just yet
Posted in: UncategorizedThe media company and agencies will also work with Samba TV and Comscore.
Mar
02
Why Nordstrom is expanding its retail media network
Posted in: UncategorizedNordstrom is expanding its retail media network, which generated $40 million last year.
Mar
02
Polaroid Teams Up With Ongoing Art Project MBQMQB for a Celebration of Black Queer Love
Posted in: UncategorizedBlack queer love is front and center as Polaroid partners with My Black Queerness, My Queer Blackness (MBQMQB) for Musings on Love–a social media challenge that will highlight the diverse and multifaceted images of Black queer identity. The challenge was created with the goal of redefining romantic love and to celebrate an array of different…
Mar
02
Great Clips, NHL Let Fans Find Out What Type of Hockey Hair They Have
Posted in: UncategorizedGreat Clips, the official hair salon of the National Hockey League, debuted an interactive microsite celebrating hair across the league and featuring hockey hair-themed memes, interactive quizzes and trivia. The hair salon chain reached a multiyear partnership with the NHL, the NHL Players Association and the NHL Alumni Association in April 2019, giving it exposure…
Mar
02
Russian anti war activists sneak anti-war messages onto Moscow metro trains
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A group of anonymous anti-war activists in Russia are sneaking anti-war messages onto Moscow’s subway trains, by masquerading them as subway map
Mar
01
Judge Says Sarah Palin ‘Failed to Prove Her Case’ Against The Times
Posted in: UncategorizedIn a written opinion explaining his decision to dismiss Ms. Palin’s defamation case, Judge Jed S. Rakoff also stated his faith in the integrity of the jury.
Mar
01
Apple halts product sales in Russia after Ukraine invasion
Posted in: UncategorizedThe tech giant is also removing the RT News and Sputnik News applications from App Stores outside of Russia.
Mar
01
‘Enough Talk’: Latest UN Climate Report Demands Action From Brands and Agencies
Posted in: UncategorizedThere’s no longer any question: Climate change will have deadly and irreversible impacts on the world. The only thing left to wonder about is this: When will we–the public, governments, brands and agencies whose businesses have contributed to global warming–take the necessary actions in order to mitigate and adapt to the myriad challenges of a…
Mar
01
Snap pulls advertising in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine as big tech responds to crisis
Posted in: UncategorizedMeanwhile, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok are restricting state-owned Russian media channels ahead of a likely European Union ban.
Mar
01
Crypto.com, Snap Create AR Lens Based on Super Bowl Spot With LeBron James
Posted in: UncategorizedCrypto.com teamed up with Snap Inc. on a new augmented reality lens that follows up the cryptocurrency exchange’s Super Bowl ad by bringing Snapchatters inside LeBron James’ bedroom in 2003. In the spot, the National Basketball Association superstar confronts his 2003 self about the pressure of living up to his potential. The lens is available…
Mar
01
Matty Cardarople Is the Hardest Working Actor You Know but Don’t Know
Posted in: UncategorizedYou know Matty Cardarople, even if you don’t. His flawlessly deadpan delivery and unkempt hair have made him the modern icon of a feeling we all know well: exhaustion from…everything. The actor’s on-screen lethargy–seen in countless ads, TV shows and movies–masks an intense work ethic, one that has made the past year a series of…
Mar
01
Instagram Begins Rolling Out Auto-Generated Captions for Feed Videos
Posted in: UncategorizedAuto-generated captions are now available for all feed videos on Instagram, and the feature will be turned on by default for creators on the platform. Instagram said that making it the default setting makes the process of adding captions to content seamless and makes content on its application more accessible to deaf or hard-of-hearing users,…
Mar
01
Michele McNally, Who Elevated Times Photography, Dies at 66
Posted in: UncategorizedThe paper won six Pulitzer Prizes for photography during her tenure as its director of photography and a trailblazing member of the newsroom’s top management.
Mar
01
Sanctions on Russia may hit a variety of U.S. brands
Posted in: UncategorizedTracking the potential impact of the Ukraine war on American companies with operations in the region.
Mar
01
Paramount+ Drops New Subscriber Price to $1 for Streamer’s 1st Anniversary
Posted in: UncategorizedParamount, formerly ViacomCBS, wants to lure more subscribers to its flagship streaming service with a heavy discount for new and returning subscribers. Top line Starting today, Paramount is offering new subscribers 80% off its monthly packages for Paramount+–as low as $1 per month–timed with the streamer’s one-year anniversary on March 4. Between the lines Through…
Mar
01
Meta Releases Q4 2021 Community Standards Enforcement Report, Widely Viewed Content Report
Posted in: UncategorizedMeta released its Community Standards Enforcement Report for the fourth quarter of 2021 Tuesday, saying that the prevalence of harmful content on Facebook and Instagram remained relatively consistent or decreased in certain policy areas compared with the third quarter, meaning that the “vast majority” of content on those platforms does not violate its policies. During…
Mar
01
Advertisers Balance Brand Safety With Corporate Citizenship as Platforms Get Squeezed
Posted in: UncategorizedThe biggest European conflict in decades is unfolding across social media platforms. That dynamic puts advertisers, concerned about appearing next to war coverage, in an awkward position, leading to some blocking ads from appearing next to content on platforms like TikTok, Snap and Facebook. Ukrainian soldiers are dancing to Michael Jackson on TikTok, Russian state-owned…
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