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Where We Were When 2020 started, several problems were bubbling under the surface for agencies: bloated organizations, brands moving away from the agency-of-record model, in-housing, consultancies, consolidation of publishing and a lack of diversity. Agencies sensed their relevance was dwindling, and they started to make changes–not necessarily very quickly, but there were signs of forward…Read More

Trump‘s bans from Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms may have been controversial, but they appear to have been effective in achieving one goal: combatting misinformation. According to research firm Zignal Labs, and as reported by the Washington Post, online misinformation about election fraud dropped by 73%, following Trump’s ban. According to the report, which covers the period from January 9 to 15: “Conversations about election fraud dropped from 2.5 million mentions to 688,000.” The use of hashtags related to the Capitol riot dipped considerably. #FightforTrump dropped by 95 percent. #HoldTheLine and “March for Trump” fell by 95 percent.…

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GitHub has apologized to a Jewish employee it reportedly fired for warning coworkers about Nazis at the US Capitol insurrection — and offered him his job back. The staff member lost his job after posting a message on the company’s Slack channel saying, “stay safe homies, Nazis are about.” One of his coworkers criticized him for using the word “Nazi,” triggering a heated internal debate, Business Insider reported on Tuesday. The employee was promptly reprimanded for his comment by GitHub’s HR department. Two days later, he was terminated for unspecified “patterns of behavior.” [Read: How Netflix shapes mainstream culture, explained by data] The decision sparked outrage among Github staff.…

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During the 2020 Adweek Sports Marketing Summit and Upfronts, three incredible sports league CMOs share the personal stories and tips for success that helped them climb the sports marketing ladder and have fun while doing it. Lesson 1: From Ball Girl to CMO: Keys to the GameTaught by Melissa M. Proctor, Chief Marketing Officer, Atlanta…Read More

I first met Melissa Proctor, CMO of the Atlanta Hawks, when she taught a Masterclass at Brandweek Sports Marketing Summit alongside Adam Grossman, CMO of the Boston Red Sox and Julian Duncan, CMO of the Jacksonville Jaguars. I was blown away from the first minute, I knew I had to have her as a guest…Read More

On the 35th anniversary of the federal holiday celebrating his birthday, lifestyle brand Kith has partnered with the estate of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the New Yorker to produce a limited-edition apparel collection to honor Dr. King’s life and legacy. According to a press release, the collection includes shirts and sweatshirts with graphics…Read More

Virgin Orbit has successfully launched satellites into space for the first time. A 70-foot LauncherOne rocket carrying 10 satellites was dropped from a modified Boeing 747 at 11.39AM Pacific Time on Sunday. LauncherOne then ignited its engine and began soaring into orbit. Today’s sequence of events for #LaunchDemo2 went exactly to plan, from safe execution of our ground ops all the way through successful full duration burns on both engines. To say we’re thrilled would be a massive understatement, but 240 characters couldn’t do it justice anyway. pic.twitter.com/ZKpoi7hkGN — Virgin Orbit (@Virgin_Orbit) January 18, 2021 The Boeing jet — nicknamed Cosmic Girl —…

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TLDR: Lightkey Pro Text Prediction Software can predict up to the next 12 words you type in your next document or email, saving you loads of time when you write. Back in 2019, Facebook announced it was making progress on one of its favorite pet projects, creating a wearable system that could type up to 100 words per minute translated directly from a writer’s thoughts. Facebook still hasn’t cracked that particular code quite yet, but even without digging into your brain waves, technology has done a pretty good job anticipating your next move and trying to help you carry it…

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An AI imaging database for COVID-19 diagnosis has been provided to British hospitals and universities. The National COVID-19 Chest Imaging Database (NCCID) is comprised of more than 40,000 CT scans, MRIs, and X-rays taken from more than 10,000 UK patients since the start of the pandemic. Clinicians are already using the images to track patterns and markers of illness. These insights could help speed up diagnosis, inform treatment plans, and predict whether a patient will end up in a critical condition. The database was developed by NHSX, a digital unit of the UK’s National Health Service. “We are applying the power of artificial…

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I’ve been covering Super Bowl for years and seen how advertisers have embraced purposeful messages or good-vertising like bees around a honeypot. Money talks. If you’re willing to go deep into your pockets and take the public stage for Super Bowl, you better have something more on heart than “Look at how good we are,”…Read More