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Stuck between the end of a pandemic, the start of a recession and in the crosshairs of inflation, 2022 was no picnic for brands. The picture darkens further when you toss in a labor shortage, ongoing supply chain issues and iffy consumer confidence. It's little wonder that ad spending was down for the fourth consecutive...

After a relatively tame 2021 for high-profile departures, 2022 came roaring back with rounds of executive musical chairs. From a CEO swap at Disney to streaming explosions, there was no shortage of top-level moves. Amidst a sea of mergers, layoffs and acquisitions, here were the year's biggest departures and arrivals: 25 TV Execs and Insiders...

One of this year's most resonant spots entered Adweek's 30 Best Ads of 2022 list at the last possible moment. In fact, it was so impactful that it shook up the original roster entirely, instantly solidifying its place in the top three. Apple's "The Greatest" was not only rousing and incredibly cinematic, it signaled a...

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While vehicle availability is still tight, it’s improving. Automakers are gradually solving the computer-chip shortage and other supply-chain issues.

Big climate gestures are de rigueur. Some industries are introducing “green” innovations by the day, from the electrification of cars to the upcycling of fashion to more future-oriented finance. Some of these are more substantial than others, of course—meaningless press releases abound. But in recent weeks, progress has come from a particularly surprising source: aviation.

Toward the end of 2000 Mules, director Dinesh D’Souza convenes an Arthurian round table of conservative media dorks to speculate about the earth-shattering impact the film would have. “This movie is an Overton window moment,” Charlie Kirk tells his co-conspirators, among them Sebastian Gorka and Dennis Prager. “Michael Moore did it, he moved the Overton window on many different topics 20 years ago. Al Gore did it with climate change.”

Around February, Jakob Meils, an English teacher at East High School in Denver, received a postcard with a simple pitch: As food and gas prices skyrocketed, the best way for workers like Meils to get more money in their paychecks would be to opt out of union dues. The card included a link where he could fill out a form and have it mailed to his union at no cost, saving him upward of $950 per year.

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A little known fact is that all of the RPS staff are complex clockwork automata, designed and built by a little gnome with the kind of inch-thick glasses that make your eyes look comically large. We're each powered by a spell that lasts but 12 months, so every Christmas we fall over like sad marionettes. The gnome has to spend a couple of weeks trekking up a mountain to see the fairy who can recast the spells on us. You can help fund his sled dogs and provisions by becoming a member of the RPS supporter program. Читать дальше...

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In the first game back from the holiday break, the Penguins... were still on break.

Space junk, or orbital debris, has become a topic of increasing interest among several agencies and Congress.

The JUICE and Psyche mission are set to blast off in 2023, with the aim of studying Jupiter's largest moons and a possible iron core of a planet in the hopes of understanding how worlds become habitable

Democratic complacency, Republican extremism, and media decline contributed to the new congressman’s victory.

A look at some of the most notable underwater wrecks from WWI and WWII.

RSS feeds have been around since the late ’90s, and they remain a handy way to keep up with multiple news sources. Choose your feeds wisely, and your RSS reader will let you easily scan headlines from multiple sources and stay up to date on fast-moving topics. And while there are several capable commercial and open-source RSS readers available, it's a lot more satisfying to code your own.

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As we get ready to ring in the new year, there’s no better time to pick out a great new book. And readers will have plenty to choose from because January is coming in hot with great titles from romance to YA to memoir.

It's a deceptively simple use for a technology that experts say is poised to transform nearly every dimension of Hollywood.

From a “vegan apocalypse” to a beloved Eat’n Park, here are notable closures of the year.

More than any other platform, Google's ChromeOS is in a constant state of evolution — and if you blink for a minute, you're bound to miss some promising new possibility or progression.

As the US-China trade war escalates, with President Joe Biden's administration issuing sweeping restrictions on exports of chip technology, enterprises in different economic sectors worldwide are bound to get caught in the crossfire between the world’s two largest economies.

The Christmas Day fire broke out about 1 a.m. in a downstairs unit in an apartment building on 29th Place near 50th Court in Cicero, according to the family.

Darren Bailey’s candidacy and the quality and ideology of GOP candidates, particularly for suburban voters, were key factors in defeats.

Chicago is the deadliest city in the U.S. for birds journeying each spring and autumn between northern locales and Central America.