Digital Publisher Mic Announces Mass Layoffs Amid Sales Talks
Mass layoffs were announced to Mic staffers this morning at an all-hands-on-deck meeting Thursday morning. Sources told Adweek on Wednesday that Mic was in talks to be sold and that the digital news...
View ArticleFacebook Considered Charging Developers for Access to User Data, Court...
Facebook considered charging app developers for access to Facebook user data, according to unredacted court filings from an ongoing legal dispute between the social media company and an app developer....
View ArticleBustle Digital Group Buys Mic for an Estimated $5 Million
Executives at digital news publisher Mic managed to lay off nearly the entire company and secure a new owner all in one day. The company, which launched with a splash as a go-to news source for...
View ArticleFacebook Is Testing a Way for Users to Block Specific Words, Phrases and Emojis
Facebook announced in October that it was testing ways for people to more easily search for and block offensive words from appearing in comments on their posts, and it appears that the social network...
View ArticleApple’s Group FaceTime Is the Tool of Kings in This Charming Ad Featuring...
When might you want to connect with more than 30 friends via the iPhone's Group FaceTime video chat? Well, perhaps you're an Elvis impersonator looking to harmonize with your fellow Kings all around...
View ArticleYahoo News Defends Controversial Campaign Featuring ‘Polarizing’ Issues
Yahoo News stands by an ad it released after backlash over the language it used. The ad has a barrier with one wall that says "immigrants enrich us" in blue and another that says "immigrants endanger...
View ArticleTo Confront Stigmas, This Pop-Up Massage Spa Is Staffed Only by HIV-Positive...
A Canadian hospital is employing the personal touch to fight prejudice and dispel misconceptions by opening a pop-up spa where all 15 massage therapists are HIV-positive. The provocative activation was...
View ArticleWeWork Is Going Back to the ’90s in Partnership With National Geographic
Some WeWork locations are going back in time. In partnership with National Geographic, a handful of WeWork spots in L.A., New York and San Francisco will be transported to the 1990s at the beginning of...
View ArticleStartup Incubator Betaworks Signs Exclusive Partnership With WPP’s Grey
WPP's Grey announced today that it has signed an exclusive partnership with Betaworks, a self-described "startup platform" that invests in seed-stage technology companies with the goal of helping bring...
View ArticleIntel to Shutter In-House ‘Agency Inside’ Creative and Production Operations...
Silicon Valley tech giant Intel has laid off all of the creative and production staffers at Agency Inside as it prepares to focus the in-house hub it launched about three years ago only on account...
View ArticleQ&A: How Payless Brilliantly Bamboozled Fashionistas With Its Fake Luxury...
There may be a few schools of thought on why the Payless faux boutique stunt has attracted so much attention this week, with its videos of Los Angeles fashionistas paying $600 for $20 shoes going viral...
View ArticleData Is Helping Creatives Find New Sources for Innovation and Design
Data is rapidly emerging as the next frontier in design. Nearly every designer today works with it, and it increasingly plays a role in nearly every part of the creative workflow. And creative...
View ArticleNew Balance Used Neuroscience to Track Consumer Attention and Trim Its NYC...
New Balance took a new approach to its New York City Marathon campaign earlier this month, using a compression algorithm from Nielsen Consumer Neuroscience to inform how it edited its 30-second spot...
View ArticleHow Bonobos Reinforces Its Startup Culture on Cyber Monday
"Live from New York, It's Chaturday Night Live!" At Bonobos' New York headquarters on Cyber Monday, the clothing company tipped its cap to SNL during a sketch at its eighth annual Cyber Monday...
View ArticleCars.com Is the Latest to Take Digital Media Buying—Including...
Chicago-based Cars.com, the online site that connects consumers to car sellers, is now the latest company to bring its digital media buying in-house. Duties that were taken in-house include paid...
View ArticleYouTube Stories Is Now Available to Creators With Over 10,000 Subscribers
Is the stories format about to take off on YouTube? The Google-owned video site apparently thinks so. Product lead Todd Sherman announced in a blog post that YouTube Stories are now available to all...
View ArticleAll Episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly Are Now on Facebook...
Fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly now have a new way to satisfy their appetites, as every episode of the three classic television shows is now available on Facebook Watch, thanks to a...
View ArticleYouTube Stories: Here’s How to Create and Share a Stories Post
YouTube expanded the availability of its YouTube Stories feature for creators, which allows them to share photos and videos with viewers (both subscribers and non-subscribers) that will remain visible...
View ArticleThe Game Awards Will Be Livestreamed on Twitter Dec. 6
Video game and esports awards show The Game Awards 2018 will be livestreamed on Twitter for the third consecutive year. A preshow will be livestreamed via @thegameawards at 5:30 p.m. PT/8:30 p.m. ET...
View ArticleThis Holiday Ad Charmingly Captures the Joyful, Awkward Love of a Father for...
In a span of 90 seconds, French telecom company Bouygues tells the story of a father-son relationship come full circle in a heartwarming video that's just right for the holidays. The spot by BETC Paris...
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