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“Female founders start their businesses out of necessity.” This is how the insightful Female Founders session at today’s Women Trailblazers event kicked off, moderated by Adweek’s Senior Director of Community, Heide Palermo. Joining Heide on the virtual stage were three powerhouse female entrepreneurs: Jessy Dover, Co-Founder and Creative Director, Dagne Dover Whitney Brown, Founder and…Read More

Throughout the last year, timing has been everything for Paris Hilton. She decided to shoot This Is Paris, a documentary about her upbringing, fame and recovery as a survivor of emotional, verbal and physical abuse while attending a boarding school in Utah as a teenager. Now, she’s ready to use her platform to make a…Read More

Snap Inc. will host three-day virtual event Lens Fest Dec. 8 through 10 to provide an overview of Snapchat’s Lens Creator community and its augmented reality platform, powered by free desktop-based tool Lens Studio. Previous Lens Fest events were invitation-only, but this one is open to all, with Snap saying that in addition to Lens…Read More

Over the last several decades, women have broken countless barriers that kept men at the front and center of the news media. And while most of those women fought for space in male-dominated newsrooms with little to no recognition, a few have become the faces of a changing landscape–one that’s still far from an equitable…Read More

Facebook’s Season of Giving campaign reached its high point with #GivingTuesday, and the social network shared some results. Over 1.9 million people took part via Facebook and Instagram, raising more than $135 million–including $7 million in matching donations from Facebook–for roughly 107,000 nonprofit organizations. FacebookRead More

Facebook Gaming introduced a new tag for its partnered gaming creators, Hanging Out, and its name perfectly describes its functionality. Hanging Out is a new streaming category with a focus on conversation over gameplay, and Facebook Gaming said in a blog post, “You can think of Hanging Out as an IRL (in real life) section…Read More

With a flood of new tech purchases and connected device setups, streamers are betting that the holiday season is an ideal opportunity to win over new customers. That’s why Pluto TV and Amazon Fire TV teamed up on a one-of-a-kind sweepstakes promotion starring David Hasselhoff. Through mid-December, the Baywatch star will be featured in a…Read More

Montreal-based creative agency Sid Lee has a new leader at the helm: Vito Piazza, an agency veteran of 20 years who most recently served as group president, has taken on the role of global CEO. Bertrand Cesvet formerly served as global CEO. He will now return to the position of executive chairman, a role he…Read More

TikTok revealed its Year on TikTok: Top 100 look at the year’s top creators, memes, music, videos and voices of change. The video creation platform said in a blog post introducing the list, “This year’s top trends represent the moments that shaped us. Across the U.S., our community made TikTok the year of everything from…Read More

Bud Light will be the sponsor of the first-ever branded bet made on a U.S. sports book. Announced today, FanDuel has partnered with the light beer brand to sponsor a bet during the Dec. 19 game between the Denver Broncos and the Buffalo Bills. Fans who bet more than $25 will get an extra $3…Read More