Instagram Hires From Within to Fill Vacant Head of Product Role
When former vice president of product Adam Mosseri was promoted to head of Instagram at the beginning of October, no successor was named for his former role. That changed Monday when product management...
View ArticleThe 10 Best TV Shows of 2018
As everyone knows by now, there are more scripted series on TV than ever before, with this year's tally likely topping 500. But while Peak TV has ushered in an era with an unprecedented amount of great...
View ArticleInstagram Created a Holiday Gift Guide Based on 6 Trending Community Hashtags
Instagram teamed up with 34 brands on holiday gift guide #InstaGiftGuide, which is divided into six of the Facebook-owned photo- and video-sharing network's most popular community hashtag trends of...
View ArticlePut Down Your Phone. This Holiday Ad Reminds You Life’s Too Short to Not...
While we may sometimes lament the holidays--and the associated guilt that can come from it--the fact remains that they can be an essential connection with family and friends. Posting Instagram pics...
View ArticleGroup Nine Media Launches In-House Branded Content Studio
Group Nine Media prides itself on making content built for social media--or "social content on steroids" as its president, Christa Carone told Adweek. Now, with a new and improved in-house branded...
View ArticleYouTube: Here’s How to Add a Filter to a Stories Post
YouTube recently expanded the availability of its Stories feature to eligible creators with more than 10,000 subscribers. The feature allows users to share photos and videos to their channel that will...
View ArticleTime Magazine Selects Group of Persecuted Journalists as Person of the Year
Time named a group of journalists it called "the guardians" from "the war on truth" as its Person of the Year. All of those named "have paid a terrible price to seize the challenge of this moment,"...
View ArticleWPP to Cut 3,500 Jobs, Refocus on Creative and Data With No More Agency Mergers
During today's extended investor day conference, WPP CEO Mark Read positioned his business not as a formerly dominant network pivoting to retain its relevance, but as a "creative transformation...
View Article4 Cyber Week Trends That Will Influence Consumer’s Choices This Holiday Season
As predicted, Cyber Week 2018 delivered good news for retailers. The period between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday brought increased sales across the industry, fueling a promising start to holiday...
View ArticleInstagram Direct Finally Has a Voice-Messaging Feature
Voice messaging has finally made its way to Instagram Direct. After enabling microphone access on their devices, users can press down and hold the microphone icon in Instagram Direct to record their...
View ArticleLive TV Streaming Is on the Rise, But Doesn’t Make Up for Cord-Cutting Losses
The number of people who subscribe to a live TV streaming service like Sling or YouTube TV is on the rise, but those increases aren't enough to compensate for the increase in cord-cutting as more...
View ArticleThe 10 Best New TV Shows of 2018
Yesterday, I shared my picks for 2018's 10 best shows. Now, it's time to highlight the freshman series that managed to stand out and make an instant name for themselves this year, even though there are...
View ArticleCan D2C Mattress Firm Nectar Home Pull the Carpet Out From Under Its...
The direct-to-consumer mattress sector has become a lot more crowded since the days of leaving off the last 'S' for savings, with surges by recent entrants Casper, Tuft & Needle, Purple and Leesa,...
View ArticleNearly Two-Thirds of Marketers Plan to Increase Spending on Live Events in 2019
The digital ad space continues to deal with challenges like competition driving up prices, brand safety issues, fraud, questionable viewability measurement and ad blockers, leading more and more...
View ArticleFacebook Celebrated the Second Anniversary of Its Instant Games Platform
Facebook launched its Instant Games platform in closed beta in November 2016, with just 20 games available in 30 markets. In May 2017, the platform launched for users worldwide, while all developers...
View ArticleFacebook Overhauled Its Life Events Feature
Facebook revealed a thorough revamp of its life events feature, which enables people to easily share important milestones with friends and family. The redesign will be introduced globally over the...
View ArticleFacebook and Mark Zuckerberg Took a Tumble in New Rankings From Comparably
Facebook didn't fare so well in the Best Places to Work in 2019 list released earlier this month by job and recruiting site Glassdoor, but that was mild compared to the beating it took in similar...
View Article7 Ways Marketers Are Catering Their Campaigns More to Gen Z Girls
For much of the last century, girls have found themselves in an ongoing struggle to have their innate talents recognized and valued on the same level as their guy counterparts. Teen boys were revered...
View ArticleWhite Ops Launched a PSA to Increase Public Awareness About Ad Fraud
In the last few weeks, ad fraud has been propelled into the public spotlight, with U.S. Senators, the FBI and the online industry's largest names waxing lyrical on its potential societal damage. This...
View ArticleThe Top 5 TV Series of 2018 That You Probably Didn’t See
We've spent the week celebrating TV's highs in 2018: the 10 best TV shows and the 10 best new TV shows of the year. We're closing things out by spotlighting the five greatest shows of the year that you...
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