‘The Wall Street Journal’ Boosts Newsroom With New Hires

The newspaper announced a massive addition to the outlet’s newsroom: more than 36 new hires, including developers, designers, product managers, data specialists and journalists.

U.S. Households Feel The Need For Speed, Will Upgrade Broadband Access

In a development that likely correlates to greater interest in OTT streaming as well as subscription video-on-demand services, the percentage of American households planning to increase their
broadband access speed has reached a new high, according to results of an ongoing tracking study by the equities research team at securities firm UBS.

Adidas and Intersport Will Livestream Women’s High School Volleyball, Soccer on Twitter

Adidas is teaming up with Intersport and Twitter to livestream women’s high school volleyball and soccer games on the social network for the first time. The same three companies worked together last year on Friday Night Stripes, a slate of eight livestreamed high-school-football games featuring nationally ranked teams. The new @3StripeLive series will bring six…

Latinos’ Incomes Higher Than Before Great Recession, but U.S.-Born Latinos Yet to Recover

The overall gain in income among Latino workers is driven by a rise in the share of higher-income immigrants who have lived in the U.S. for more years. Yet the incomes of U.S.-born Latinos are still less than since the recession began.

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TikTok: Here’s How to Make Your Account Private

Did you know that you can make your TikTok account private? This will prevent other users from following you without your permission. When someone wants to follow you, you will need to approve them as a follower before they will be able to see your content. Our guide will show you how to do this….

Global Search Engine to Find Ad Women Launches Ahead of International Women’s Day

After nearly three years in the making, Adwomen.com, the global search engine for finding women in the ad industry, officially launched on Thursday morning just one day before International Women’s Day. The network, founded by TBWA Stockholm copywriter Lina Franzon and Volt in Stockholm art director Johanna Johansson, has registered 300 women based around the…

Publicis Unit Unveils New Audio Ads Matching Creative To Each User’s Musical Taste

Publicis Media’s Spark Foundry unit has unveiled a new audio advertising format that utilizes artificial intelligence to match the ad’s creative message with a user’s current music genre listening
behavior. The new units, dubbed “sympaphonic ads,” were developed in partnership with London-based AI Music, and utilize its proprietary AI engine to dynamically produce audio spots based on each
user’s personalized listening experience.