Facebook’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year
2018 has been a rough year for all of us, but the year has been particularly unfriendly to Facebook, as scandal after scandal has crashed down around it. Need a refresher on Facebook's worst year yet?...
View ArticleTips for Using the New Tech Gadgets You Got for Christmas
New gadgets are making it easier than ever to get through the most mundane tasks of the day. For example, Google, Amazon and Apple all have their own version of smart home speakers made to work with...
View ArticleThe Media Companies That Changed Ownership in 2018
It's been a year of acquisitions, sales and mergers. We head into this year with some companies still exploring selling a number of titles, or having actually put some brands up for sale, including...
View Article10 Popular Shows That Didn’t Air New Episodes This Year (and When They Will)
The days, they pass. And with binge-watching and Peak TV, it's hard to remember exactly when your favorite shows last released new episodes. If you're wondering why some of your favorite TV shows...
View ArticleRedbox Drops First National TV Spot About a Multitasking Man With Fingers for...
We may be just a few days away from the end of the year, but for Redbox, there's no slowing down. The video rental and streaming service, perhaps best known for its bright red kiosks outside your go-to...
View ArticleMessenger: Here’s How to Add AR Stickers to Photos and Videos
Facebook recently introduced augmented reality (AR) stickers in Messenger, allowing users to place animated stickers on top of their photos and videos that appear to be in the real world around them....
View ArticleAdweek’s 25 Most Popular Digital and Media Stories of 2018
Social networks may be the bedrock of modern digital marketing, but they also got rattled by high-profile tremors that left ominous cracks in the foundation this year. Major players like Facebook and...
View ArticleFrom Boardroom to Living Room: How Facebook’s Many PR Initiatives Intertwine...
On the bad side of the news spectrum, Facebook has been dealing with crisis after crisis after crisis after crisis. On the good side, the social network continues to debut new products and features. As...
View ArticleThe 5 Most Important Ad Industry Stories of 2018
Ad industry employees with fatalistic tendencies had a collective freakout in 2018, and who can blame them? Everywhere one looked, houses were on fire as legacies collapsed. Some of the business's...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Important Tech Stories of 2018
CES 2018 promised us robot dogs, air taxis and laundry-folding robots. Nearly a year later, these products remain out of reach for most of us, but it was still a productive year in tech--and one that...
View ArticleHow Brands Are Handling In-Game Violence in Esports
At the Call of Duty World League championship in Columbus, Ohio, a team runs to positions it has practiced for hours on end. Their goal: use grenades to kill and disrupt the opposing team to diffuse a...
View ArticleOTT Overload: All the Media Companies Preparing to Launch New Streaming...
It's hard to imagine that the OTT space could get even more crowded than it already is, but that's what 2019 is about to usher in. A slew of new streaming services will arrive on the scene, going...
View ArticleAll the Magazine Brands That Moved Away From Print This Year
It's a tumultuous time in the media industry, and this year saw multiple publications change ownership and some--including, most recently, conservative magazine The Weekly Standard--shutter operations...
View ArticleAs Audiences Crave Authenticity, Brands Will Need to Deliver Genuine Videos
It's been a volatile year for media and marketing professionals. With industry threats like Facebook's privacy issues, fake news running rampant and a new emphasis on copyright and IP law in the EU,...
View ArticleHere Are the 10 Most Popular Tweets of 2018
There's a new top tweet in town--and this year, not one of the 10 most popular tweets of the year came from a brand. In 2017, Barack Obama was No. 1 with his response to violence in Charlottesville,...
View ArticleInside Digital Media’s Great Upheaval in 2018, From Layoffs to Unionized...
It was a tumultuous, sometimes painful, year for a lot of publishers and the talented journalists employed by them. There were multiple layoffs throughout the industry, and entire media outlets were...
View Article2018’s Biggest TV Executive Departures
The White House isn't the only place that saw a sizable leadership exodus in 2018. Across Hollywood, more than a dozen top TV execs headed for the exits this year, mostly due to megamergers, #MeToo and...
View ArticleHere Are the Biggest 10 Ways Shopping Changed in 2018
What do cannabis, autonomous delivery and the resurrection of mall stores have in common? Each was one of retail's biggest stories in 2018. Take a look ahead to see what helped shape retail discourse...
View ArticleA Month-by-Month Look at the Most Engaging Brand Content on Social Media in 2018
Brands were more creative than ever in their social media posts this year and connected with audiences by raising awareness of social issues, according to social media analytics company Unmetric....
View ArticleMeet the 10 U.S. Lawmakers Who Will Impact Tech Regulation in 2019
Big Tech has spent years--and millions of lobbying dollars--avoiding the regulatory radar of Capitol Hill. No longer. Amid investigations into data breaches, misinformation campaigns, hate speech and...
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