Foursquare Closes $33 Million Funding Round, Aiming to ‘Refine’ Its Products
Foursquare closed a $33 million Series F equity funding round led by Simon Ventures, Naver and longtime backer Union Square Ventures. The company said the first close of $25 million took place last...
View ArticleFacebook Introduced New Comment Moderation Features to Help Combat Bullying,...
Facebook introduced new tools and programs to help combat cyberbullying and harassment on the social network, including an easier way to deal with multiple comments simultaneously. Global head of...
View ArticleTime’s Up Names Lisa Borders as Its First President and CEO
Time's Up has named Lisa Borders as its first president and CEO. Borders will step down from her current role as president of the WNBA to take on the role at the beginning of November. "Time's Up is...
View ArticleKroger Tests Grocery Pickup at 13 Walgreens in Kentucky
Grocery chain Kroger and pharmacy chain Walgreens are teaming up on a pilot in which shoppers near 13 Walgreen locations in Northern Kentucky will be able to pick up their online Kroger orders at...
View ArticleFat Joe, Nike and Foot Locker Rediscover ’90s Hip-Hop in a New York Cab
Remember the '90s, when samples were still analog and you had to drive to the store to buy a new pair of shoes? Nike and Foot Locker looked to tap into that nostalgia in their most recent campaign,...
View ArticleWant Your Work Life to Be a Bit Less Crappy? This Award Could Change Everything
When it comes to advertising awards, most "call for entries" campaigns focus on how winning an industry honor can make you feel. But cheeky new spots from Toronto agency Zulu Alpha Kilo instead focus...
View ArticleWithout a Brand Owning the Toy Category, Is It Possible to Successfully...
When Toys R Us declared bankruptcy and ultimately shuttered this past summer, it was a familiar tale--yet another retail giant deeply in debt with too many locations, unable to compete with the rapid...
View Article4 Lessons From Challenger Brands Bumble, Flipboard and More on How They...
Shoes, news, dating and shaving: these are just a few of the industries that disruptive brands like Bumble, Flipboard and M. Gemi are turning inside out. At Brandweek in Palm Springs, Calif. last week,...
View ArticleHow Air New Zealand Is Shattering the Illusion That NZ Is an Unattainable...
New Zealand is a destination that's long been painted as otherworldly. The country's lush landscapes were famously used as a backdrop to all three Lord of the Rings films, and today, it routinely...
View ArticleThis Unnerving Wedding Registry Surprised Bridal Show Attendees With...
Cigarette-Burn Cream. Cried-All-Night Sunglasses. Jealous-Rage Bandages. A Don't-Talk-Back Arm Sling. You'll find such "gift ideas" on The Broken Bride Registry, a darkly potent campaign from Canada...
View ArticleFacebook Jobs Can Now Be Posted to Groups
Facebook is sprucing up its jobs tool for the holiday shopping season, adding the ability to share job listings in groups. The social network said in a blog post that more than 525,000 seasonal...
View ArticleFor Advertisers on Facebook, Friday’s Security Breach ‘Barely Registers’
Here's a sliver of good news for Facebook: Advertisers and marketers are largely unconcerned with the social media giant's latest security breach, which compromised more than 50 million accounts'...
View ArticleThe National Women’s Hockey League Will Drop the Puck on Twitter Again
The Twitter NWHL Game of the Week will return for the 2018-19 season as the result of another partnership between the National Women's Hockey League and the social network. The NWHL will produce 16...
View ArticleThis Platform Aims to Give All Cancer Survivors the Best Care, No Matter...
It's often said that the scariest three words someone can hear are "you have cancer." It becomes ever more intimidating in the following days and months when people have to prepare for what's next. But...
View ArticleMarvel Stars Join Parkland Activists in Sharing Stories of Their ‘First Time’...
Chances are, your first time was in a school, community center or perhaps (if you're like Don Cheadle) in a church. But wherever it was, or however nervous you were, you never forget your first time...
View Article4 Elements That Make Up a Productive, Collaborative Work Culture
A new study from Harvard Business School challenges the effectiveness of open office plans, an icon of modern advertising agencies, stating that they actually decrease interaction and collaboration...
View ArticleBrendan Spain, VP of Advertising at the Financial Times, Explains Why Print...
The paper that stands out on the newsstand is profitable "before an ad goes into the newspaper," said Brendan Spain, vice president of advertising for the Americas at the Financial Times. Adweek caught...
View ArticleWhy AI Is the Next Frontier in Weaponized Social Media
When P.W. Singer set out to write a book about military use of social media in 2013, he couldn't have known exactly what kind of rabbit hole he was entering. The half-decade that followed would see...
View ArticleStudy Finds That Twitter Still Has a Major Fake News Problem
Hundreds of thousands of Twitter accounts that amplified fake news and disinformation in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election are still active on the site, tweeting about other fake news and...
View ArticleContinuous Innovation Is the Only Way to Stay Relevant, Says Drone Racing...
Brands measure all sorts of data points to determine whether or not consumers are happy with a product or message. But, in the world of Nick Horbaczewski, founder and CEO of the Drone Racing League...
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