NBA Referees Will Interact With Fans on Twitter in Real-Time During Select Games
National Basketball Association referees will take to Twitter to answer fans' questions about calls in real-time as part of an initiative between the league and the National Basketball Referees...
View ArticleSen. Marco Rubio Introduces Federal Privacy Legislation to Supersede State Laws
On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced legislation that could give the Federal Trade Commission authority to update the nation's privacy laws for the internet era. The American Data...
View ArticleNuns Among Shareholders Asking Amazon Not to Trade Privacy for Profit
A group of nuns joining forces to take on an all-powerful tech company sounds like the plot of Sister Act 3, but it actually happened in Brooklyn--sort of. Amazon shareholders representing more than...
View ArticleWhat Makes British Drama Characters Compelling? In These Ads, They Tell You...
Hard-bitten detective Vera Stanhope doesn't give a damn if people like her. She's a crusty crime fighter who outsmarts bad guys and suffers no fools. Disheveled and dowdy, she will not be wearing...
View ArticleNetflix Now Has 139 Million Subscribers and Says It Competes With ‘Fortnite...
It will now be even tougher for the four big streaming services scheduled to debut in the next year--from Disney, AT&T, Apple and NBCUniversal--to catch up with Netflix. The streaming giant now has...
View ArticleNew York Post Is Getting a New Publisher and CEO
After 20 years at the company, Jesse Angelo is leaving as the publisher and CEO of the New York Post to "let someone else write the next chapter," he said in a statement. Sean Giancola will replace...
View ArticleStreetwear Designer Benny Gold Closes His Store and Heads to Goodby,...
Over the past 15 years, Benny Gold became one of the premier streetwear designers in San Francisco by parlaying his fame as a skateboarder into his own eponymous brand of shirts, hats and outerwear....
View ArticleVerizon Will Thank First Responders for Saving 12 NFL Stars in Its Super Bowl...
After sitting out the Super Bowl since 2011, Verizon rejoined the game last year with an emotional campaign thanking first responders. The brand will once again tap that theme, showcasing the stories...
View ArticleMSG Networks’ Wellness Week Will Promote Healthy Living on Digital, Social
Sports production and content development company MSG Networks revealed "Wellness Week," a weeklong event beginning Monday (Jan. 21) that will promote healthy living across the company's digital and...
View Article5G Isn’t a Reality Yet, but It’s Looking Promising
Just because everyone's thinking about 5G doesn't mean everyone understands what it is or what it might imply for their industries and brands. You might have a better idea if you'd attended CES where...
View ArticleChevron to Review Its Global Media Business After 16 Years With WPP
Energy giant Chevron, a longtime staple of WPP's client roster, has placed its global media planning and buying business in review, a company spokesperson confirmed this week. "Chevron's global media...
View ArticleThere Was No War on Christmas on Facebook and Instagram in December
People on Facebook and Instagram were caught up in the holiday spirit in December, as Christmas and New Year's Eve absolutely dominated conversation on both networks for the month, according to the...
View ArticleHow 3 Legacy Brands Are Using Tech to Personalize Beauty
While products you'll soon see in retailers like Best Buy made up the bulk of this year's CES activations, brands that you more often find in the aisles of CVS and Walgreens also took part. Neutrogena,...
View ArticleLuke Wilson Gets Uncomfortably Close in Colgate’s Super Bowl Ad
Get ready to up close and personal with Luke Wilson's smile--and his mouth--in Colgate's ad for the Super Bowl LIII. The 30-second spot which will air during the second commercial break of the third...
View Article3 Retro Design Themes That Are Suddenly Resurgent in Modern Culture
Whether it's from a desire to escape the anxieties of modern life or simply an artistic form of nostalgia, the visual techniques of the recent past are now helping define the look of the present. In...
View ArticleGoogle Is Expected to Get Hit With a Third Antitrust Penalty
The European Union is expected to soon announce another antitrust fine against Google--this time related to its AdSense advertising platform, according to a report from Bloomberg. Commissioner...
View ArticleMcCann Ends 4-Year Battle Over U.S. Army Contract
More than four years after the U.S. Army first announced that it would be reviewing its advertising business in November of 2014, McCann has dropped its final legal fight against the government,...
View ArticleFacebook Is Testing LOL, a Video Feed of Memes, to Try to Win Back Teens
Facebook is taking another step to stem the tide of teens leaving its platform with its test of LOL, a feed of memes in the form of videos and GIFs. A spokesperson for the social network said, "We are...
View ArticleOK, Lil Jon Heads to His Local Diner in Pepsi’s Super Bowl Teaser
Lil Jon likes to serve his soda old school style. PepsiCo has enlisted the Atlanta rapper behind early '00s "crunk" hits like "Turn Down for What" and Usher's "Yeah" for the last entry in its trio of...
View ArticleMichael C. Hall to Star in Skittles’ Tangy and Colorful Broadway Revue
Though actor Michael C. Hall is best known for TV roles like serial killer Dexter and the closeted funeral director David Fisher on Six Feet Under, his career actually began in the theater--notably, in...
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