Month: November 2019

About a month ago, many were shocked to see Riot Games, creators of “League of Legends,” announce a partnership with luxury brand Louis Vuitton.

Messaging application WhatsApp launched a catalog feature for small businesses, allowing business owners to create a mobile storefront that shows off the items and/or services they have available. Owners and managers can create a catalog for their business by going to the Business Settings section of the WhatsApp Business app and tapping “Catalog.” From there,…

What is black and white and red all over? When it’s the cover of ‘Time’ magazine, it’s a publishing statement that the subject is existentially important. (Its most famous use was for the April 8,
1966 “Is God Dead?” cover. “THE IMPEACHMENT OF DONALD TRUMP” cover hitting newsstands and browsers now isn’t nearly that simple to express, but neither is its subject.

Multiple steakhouses have been opened by pro football players, and soon LaDainian Tomlinson will join the likes of Vince Young, John Elway and Mike Ditka with his own branded restaurant, thanks to a new campaign from Arby’s. To promote the fast food chain’s new Petite Filet Steak Sandwiches, the brand has partnered with Tomlinson, a…

As 2019 draws to a close, the latest flurry of ad-tech mergers and acquisitions is underway, this time with DoubleVerify writing the check for Ad-Juster. The announcement of the deal for an undisclosed amount comes the same week the Vanderhook brothers took back full control of Viant from Meredith and France-based investment group Fimalac announced…

Think about next year’s election and what political ads might morph onto viewers’ screens when tuning into cable TV news networks.

Fox’s Q3 revenue overall rose 5% to $2.67 billion, with affiliate revenues 4% higher and ad revenues down 2%. Some areas such as news programming are not faring as well as entertainment and sports.

The Seattle Sounders will host Toronto FC Sunday as the two teams battle for the MLS Cup and close out a strong season on many fronts for Major League Soccer. MLS is working with Twitter on several initiatives leading up to the championship match, which will kick off at 3 p.m. ET Sunday and air…

Over 900,000 people in the U.S. participate in more than 2,000 Facebook groups for military, veterans and their spouses, and the social network introduced a new resource for them prior to Veterans Day, which takes place Monday. Facebook Facebook introduced a Military and Veterans Hub, a destination for online safety tips, resources for finding jobs…

On his most recent podcast, Conan O’Brien, 56, was heard taking part in a taste test of Gerber baby foods.