YouTube Tries to Give Its Harassment Policy Some Teeth

YouTube is giving its policy on harassment more muscle with a series of updates it revealed Wednesday. The already simmering issue of harassment on the platform heated up further in late May, when Vox Media journalist and video producer Carlos Maza shared several clips of YouTube personality Stephen Crowder using homophobic slurs to make fun…

Dish Uses FreeWheel To Simplify Scheduling Across Addressable And Demo-Based Linear

Dish runs a scaled addressable advertising business. But its process to decide whether to run a linear or addressable ad was highly manual. Staff used spreadsheets and spent two to three weeks just to schedule a single week of advertising. And managing yield – like figuring out whether an addressable or demo-based linear ad shouldContinue reading »

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Comments On The AG’s Draft Regs For CCPA Show Businesses Are Unprepared

Regular Californians and business owners are uneasy about the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), based on the feedback submitted to the California attorney general’s office on the AG’s implementation regs. The deadline to turn in comments to the AG’s office was Friday, Dec.6, which followed a 45-day public comment period. Although lawyers and trade associationsContinue reading »

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Golin Ends Unusual Three-Way, Names Neale Sole CEO

Interpublic is once again restructuring the management of its Golin unit, naming Matt Neale sole CEO, ending an unusual three-way co-CEO structure that existed since January 2017. Former co-CEO Gary
Rudnick has been named president and COO, reporting to Neale, while former co-CEO Jonathan Hughes is leaving the agency.

Twitter Begins Preserving JPEGs as They Are Encoded for the Web

JPEG images on Twitter for desktop are about to begin looking a bit sharper. Senior staff software engineer Nolan O’Brien said in a series of tweets late Tuesday that the social network will now preserve JPEGs as they are encoded when they are uploaded to Twitter for the web, rather than transcoding them, which results…

The Workplace of the Future Is a Mix of Human and Machine

By now there’s no doubt we’re experiencing seismic shifts in the workplace that represent another industrial revolution. Technology has sparked quantum leaps before, but this one is different. This revolution is redefining the very nature of work, which means the professional skills required in a dynamic workplace are quickly changing, too. Meanwhile, only half of…

Spotify: Here’s How to Turn Off Audio Normalization

Did you know that by default, audio normalization is turned on in the Spotify mobile application? Our guide will show you how to turn this feature off. Note: These screenshots were captured in the Spotify app on iOS. Step 1: On the Spotify home screen, tap the gear icon in the top-right corner of the…

Tim Hortons Taps Into a Touching Memory in New Ad Starring Wayne Gretzky

If the Canadian city of Brantford, Ontario, doesn’t immediately come to mind, you’re probably not a hockey fan. Brantford is the birthplace of Wayne Gretzky, likely the greatest hockey player to lace up skates. He’s a staple of the nation, like the sport he plays and the Tim Hortons coffee people love. But, like most…

Best Buy Bucks the Trend That’s Crushing Other Retailers

The electronics retailer, once declared dead, thrives by offering richer in-store experiences and helping set up customers’ gadgets at home.