Facebook Started Indexing News Pages to Determine Which Publishers Belong in...
Facebook announced that it has begun the process of indexing news pages in order to determine which publishers should be included in the Ad Archive that it introduced in June. The Ad Archive, which is...
View ArticleInstagram Joined Forces With TurboVote on a Voter Registration Initiative
Instagram is gearing up for National Voter Registration Day by providing voters in the U.S. with the necessary information, as well as creating an "I voted" sticker for Election Day, Nov. 6. The...
View ArticleWatching This Swedish CEO Plow Through Glass Using Heavy Machinery Is Oddly...
The patron saint of Swedish Heavy Machinery is likely Jean-Claude Van Damme. The actor's "Epic Split," a 2014 gymnastic foray between two Volvo big rigs, is the standard bearer of demonstrating the...
View Article2 Creatives Send Soap Gift Boxes to NRA-Backed Senators With Ominous ‘Blood...
It's no secret that the National Rifle Association has a cozy relationship with many members of Congress, which many contend acts as a roadblock to meaningful gun reform legislation. And such...
View ArticleInstead of Leaving an Empty Chair, Google Should Have Talked to Congress...
When Google failed to send a top executive to a congressional hearing earlier this month, more than a few lawmakers from both parties were frustrated that CEO Sundar Pichai didn't answer questions...
View Article5 Ways to Get More Bang for Your Social Media Buck
In today's marketing landscape, social media seems like a no-brainer choice for your advertising dollars. With seven out of 10 Americans having social media accounts and often spending more than two...
View ArticleDos Toros Created a Burrito-Themed Meme Account to Boost Its Own Following
People don't want to follow brands on Instagram--at least, that's what Leo Kremer, co-founder of Dos Toros, a fast-casual Mexican chain with locations in New York and Chicago, found to be true. Two...
View ArticleNielsen Social Content Ratings, Week of Sept. 10: America’s Got Talent … and...
America's Got Talent had a talent for drawing interactions on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram during the week of Sept. 10, according to the Nielsen Social Content Ratings. The NBC reality-competition...
View ArticleThese Are the Networks Available on DirecTV Now, Sling, Hulu, YouTube TV and...
When cable was first introduced in the late 1940s there weren't many options for audiences to choose from. But as networks grew, so did the channels available. Nowadays, it seems like there's something...
View ArticleDanny Trejo Joins L.A’s Insane Campaign About Not Being a Pain on the Train
This time last year, the L.A. Metro system and gonzo director Mike Diva introduced us to Super Kind, a colorful superhero and pop star who fights rude behavior on mass transit. Now she's got a...
View ArticleACLU Says Facebook Enabled Companies to Target Job Ads to Male Users
Facebook's job application tool, which was rolled out in February 2017 to carve into LinkedIn's dominance in that sector, just hit its first speed bump. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) teamed...
View ArticleExperian and Bravo Will Sponsor Season 3 of Serial on Pandora
When Serial Season 3 rolls out to Pandora as its exclusive streaming partner, two specific brands will also be on board. While ZipRecruiter is the exclusive partner of the true-crime podcast's third...
View Article3 Ways Social Listening Tools Can Help Boost Sales
Organizations globally are using social listening platforms to better understand community perception, customer sentiment, brand recognition, influencer tracking, social return on investment and more....
View ArticleHow Macy’s Is Reinventing Itself as a Tech-Savvy, Omnichannel Retailer
As Amazon Go expands in the U.S. and cashierless alternatives like Zippin and Standard Market start popping up, consumer expectations about convenience in retail are changing. Macy's, the 160-year-old...
View ArticleCondé Nast Launches Video Network Geared Towards Women
Cond? Nast is launching a new women's video network to make it easier for buyers and clients to reach that audience. At the core of the new network, aptly named Women's Video Network, is Glamour, a...
View Article22 New Broadcast Shows Are Debuting This Fall. Here Are the 6 You Should...
The 2018-19 TV season begins Monday, which means that over the next month or so, 22 new broadcast series, including revivals of Murphy Brown and Last Man Standing, will join the 319-plus scripted shows...
View ArticleMs. Adcolor 2017 and 2018 Discuss How the Group Helped Further Their Careers
Michelle Almeida, an account executive in design and innovation at Anomaly, was focused on feverishly writing a congratulatory email to the participants in this year's Adcolor Futures program, which...
View ArticleMinute Media Acquires Mental Floss
Minute Media, a publishing and technology company, is acquiring media company Mental Floss, the brands announced today. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Minute Media acquired the company from the...
View ArticleGap Inc. Is Launching New Ecommerce Menswear Brand After Seeing Success From...
If you can't buy a brand, might as well join them, right? That's the approach Gap Inc. is taking with the introduction of its new menswear line, Hill City. Debuting online only in mid-October, the new...
View ArticleInstagram Is Tinkering With Hashtags That Aren’t Displayed in Captions
Instagram appears to be testing two potential new features: the ability to add hashtags to posts without having those hashtags appear in the captions, as well as the option of setting specific...
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