On his last episode as host of Yeah, That's Probably an Ad, Adweek's former international editor David Griner is joined by Tim Nudd, editor in chief of the Clio Awards, to discuss the origins of the podcast, Griner's humble beginnings at Adweek and Tagline, Tim's podcast about the making of great ads. Later, Griner sits...
Twitter's newest feature release may come in handy for some of its own employees in their efforts to comply with the company's mandate to not tweet about the Elon Musk acquisition chaos. The Unmentioning option that the social network began experimenting with in June 2021 and ramped up testing of in April is now available...
Nextdoor detailed the sixth annual edition of its Neighborhood Favorites awards program, which enables neighbors to vote for their favorite local businesses. American Express is sponsoring Neighborhood Favorites for the second consecutive year. Voting is open through July 29, with the top 10 winning businesses receiving $500 in advertising on the neighborhood social platform' Users...
The Chicago Portfolio School, one of the biggest creative pipelines in the city, is leaving students and instructors in the dark ahead of its summer session. The for-profit organization, which charges students upwards of $19,300 per year, has collected tuition checks without providing complete scheduling for a semester scheduled to start today, according to several...
Using a brand faithfully doesn't necessarily qualify you to be a spokesperson. In this case, however, the experience might really come in, uh, handy. Grooming and lifestyle brand Manscaped has tapped comedian Pete Davidson for a four-year brand partnership deal. But based on the 30-second spot announcing the new team-up, things aren't off to the...
There have not been many tweets from Twitter employees discussing Elon Musk's decision to back out of acquiring the company, and there's a reason for that. Once news broke late Friday of Musk's about-face, Twitter general counsel Sean Edgett said in an email to employees, obtained by Mitchell Clark and Alex Heath of The Verge,...
If you were a teen in the early 2000s, you likely remember LimeWire. For some millennials, it was their first introduction to music, as the peer-to-peer file-sharing service allowed users to download and upload songs, videos and images--sometimes illegally. After LimeWire was shut down in 2010 because of a legal battle with the Record Industry...
Messenger released a chat theme called "Our Places" that allows users to add a changing background to conversations. When users activate the "Our Places" chat theme in a conversation, they can select a geographic location to assign to the theme. As time passes in this real-world location, the chat's background will update to match the...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed in a Facebook post Monday that Reactions on WhatsApp have been expanded to include a full emoji keyboard. Reactions debuted on WhatsApp in May with six options: crying face, heart, joined hands, mouth open, tears of joy and thumbs up. Users of the Meta-owned messaging application can long-press on a...
The Instagram application allows users to activate a feature that will help them save cellular data when they're not connected to a Wi-Fi network. When users turn this feature on, photos and videos in the Instagram app may take longer to load when their device isn't connected to Wi-Fi. Our guide will show you how...
Kiyan Prince was a gifted athlete, an up-and-coming soccer star--but he was more than that. He "saw the humor in everything and always looked on the bright side," said his father, Mark Prince. He was kind. He made the outsiders at school feel included. "Because he was such a strong character and leader, he could...
This year, Adweek's Women Trailblazers issue celebrates women in media, tech and advertising who are taking equality to the next level by pulling up seats for women and other underrepresented communities. They are the women who are walking the walk, beyond corporate pledges, DEI buzzwords and revenue goals, and using their unique positions and experience...
We are well and truly living in a subscription economy. From paywalled news to scheduled grocery orders and even monthly underwear deliveries, there is a subscription service for just about everything. The New York Times recently passed 10 million subscribers, a shining example of subscription success for publishers. Furthermore, as the deprecation of third-party data...
Just as the pandemic seemed to be easing up and Americans began taking trips, setting aside their sweatpants and going out en masse, a new crisis has hampered spending nationwide. With inflation at 8.6%, its highest point since 1981, people are feeling the pain everywhere from the pump to the grocery aisles. In a survey...
Michelle Yeoh wasn't trying to become a martial arts movie star. Or an international film star. Or a trailblazer for the next generation of action stars. She simply asked one question when starting out on Hong Kong action movie sets in the late 1980s: "Why can't the women do that?" Embarking on an acting career...