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A poignant definition of civilization is all the conveniences, courtesies, standards, insulation and tools that we hardly notice now but that we would miss if they were gone.

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Hasan Minhaj didn’t necessarily plan to add investor to his already burgeoning resume. Instead, the opportunity presented itself in a cup of smooth, spicy chai. Nine months after his first sip of the Kolkata Chai Co.’s signature blend, the Daily Show alumni has gone from a devoted customer to the brand’s second-largest stakeholder and business…Read More

Professional woodworkers rarely have to be reminded to sharpen their tools. Of course they know this.

The rest of us, on the other hand, regularly use digital tools we don’t understand, don’t maintain and haven’t optimized.

Sometimes, our lack of care in the choice and use of tools only wastes our time. Often, it actually degrades the quality of what we’re seeking to create.

If you’re not regularly getting better at your digital toolbox, you’re actually getting worse.

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The Kamala Harris campaign has released a new ad that links former President Donald Trump to North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson. Robinson recently made headlines after CNN’s Kfile team uncovered evidence that the state’s current lieutenant governor allegedly made a series of inflammatory posts on the message board of a pornographic website. CNN exclusively…Read More

Former President Donald Trump may have scored a Greg Gutfeld booking, but Vice President Kamala Harris secured an Oprah Winfrey sit-down. The Democratic candidate for president appeared alongside the TV icon as part of a Unite for America rally in Michigan that streamed live on Thursday. Some of Winfrey’s famous friends were part of the…Read More

Talk about a lucrative detour. Former President Donald Trump’s Wednesday afternoon pit stop at the Gutfeld! studio boosted the Fox News late night show to a ratings high. Per Nielsen, 4.9 million total viewers tuned in to see Trump join host Greg Gutfeld in dissecting the day’s headlines, while the Adults 25-54 audience measured in…Read More

The East Coast media world was rocked Tuesday night by the news that political journalist Olivia Nuzzi had been suspended by New York Magazine after an alleged affair with former 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Nuzzi had previously profiled Kennedy in a November issue of the Vox Media-owned publication. Former CNN media reporter…Read More

Public media knows it has a problem. Since joining the industry two years ago, the most common phrase we’ve heard is “We need to meet people where they are.” They’re right–we have a distribution problem. But we’re skirting around a bigger issue. You can buy reach. You can put your show on social. But none…Read More

Advertisers using Google’s buy-side adtech, which can only access open web inventory via Google’s supply-side platform and exchange, AdX, may have been at a disadvantage, newly released court docs reveal. Google owns tech that represents both the buy and sell side of the programmatic market, a competitive advantage that is currently the subject of the…Read More

The advertising and creative industries are buzzing with fresh talent and leadership appointments, as agencies across the globe continue to expand their rosters with strategic hires and new partnerships. 7Dots 7Dots announced Gabriela Coroa as senior digital strategist. Coroa, who previously served as global head of consumer experience at Pernod Ricard, will drive digital innovation…Read More