Month: August 2018

In 1972, Julia Child’s PBS show The French Chef became the first program to offer captions for the hearing impaired. It was a watershed moment for the deaf and hard of hearing in the U.S., and television became increasingly inclusive thereafter. Almost 50 years later, captioning has made its way to smart devices from Amazon,…

Did you know that LinkedIn allows you to mark your conversations as “unread,” so that they’ll stand out among the rest of your messages? Our guide will show you how this works. Note: These screenshots were captured in the LinkedIn application on iOS. Step 1: Tap the “Messages” icon at the bottom of the screen…

A California Judge today authorized subpoenas to disclose those behind the social movement.

A 20-year-old woman named Mollie Tibbetts went for an evening jog two weeks ago in a rural town in Iowa, and has not been seen or heard from since. When Tibbetts left the home where she was dog-sitting, she had only her cell phone and her Fitbit fitness tracker with her. According to reports, efforts…

For brands, relevancy means tapping into modern culture. And modern culture unfolds daily on YouTube. In this third installment of “YouTube Trends of the Moment for Savvy Advertisers,” Earnest Pettie–a YouTube trends analyst who spots videos piquing viewers’ interests–shares three kinds of videos trending now and the insights they reveal. Primitive technology In a world…

On a day when network execs shared their vision for “New Fox,” the Fox Broadcasting network proved that “Old Fox” is still alive and well by dropping a trailer for its bonkers new celebrity singing competition, The Masked Singer. In the creepy-yet-mesmerizing trailer for the 10-episode series, which will debut in January, 12 stars disguise…

Facebook, which recently tightened its identity and disclosure requirements for political advertisers in response to public and Congressional criticism, now faces a backlash from a coalition of civil
rights groups asserting its new policies are discriminatory. “Facebook’s definition of ‘political’ ads is so broad that issues like ‘civil rights’ and ‘economy’ and ‘values’ are being blocked from
posting and require identification,” the coalition representing 45 organizations, said in a statement sent to the press on Thursday.

For many people, “majority” is a word so common that they rarely have to think twice about what it means. But it’s a different matter for polling organizations like Pew Research Center. At the Center, writers cannot label a survey finding a “majority” unless it meets specific criteria.

It is doubtful that the idea for an “ALF” reboot was influenced by some of the “TV Blogs” posted here in which remaking “ALF” was clearly positioned as a joke.

Young TV news viewership continues to grow in importance as traditional TV platforms amp up their content efforts. These viewers may need a reason to a bigger push to watch traditional vs. digital
platforms.