Month: April 2020

For retailers and restaurants opting to not pay rent to their landlords, contractual language in their lease agreements is not likely to provide much relief, according to industry sources who asked for anonymity due to the sensitive nature of negotiations. A number of chains are struggling to pay their bills because their locations are shuttered…

G/O Media laid off 14 people–less than 5% of its staff–today in what it characterized as a “small restructuring.” The decision was made amid circumstances caused by the coronavirus, according to G/O, which runs several prominent digital news and entertainment publications including Gizmodo, Kotaku, Jalopnik, Deadspin and Lifehacker. The pandemic has destroyed media companies’ event…

Facebook shared some safety and security tips for the throngs of users who are working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic. The social network reminded users that they should not use the same password on Facebook as they do on other platforms and sites, and that their passwords should be hard to guess and…

Among the many common household items presently seeing a boost in demand during the coronavirus outbreak, from hand sanitizer to toilet paper, are bandages and first aid kits. In the four-week period ending March 28, year-over-year sales of bandages were up 24%, while first aid kits increased 119%, according to data from Nielsen. For Welly,…

Sojern, an ad-tech firm servicing travel companies, has laid off about half its staff of about 600 employees due to financial instability caused by the coronavirus pandemic, multiple sources have told Adweek. The company confirmed the layoffs to Adweek, but did not provide further comment as to the exact extent of the cuts. “We’ve had…

Apple recently updated its Search Ads Campaign Management API, suggesting it’s opening up ad inventory in other owned-and-operated search channels outside of the App Store. Advertisers have solely relied on Apple’s Search Ads API to launch campaigns in the App Store. But now, Apple has added two new parameters to the API, likely meaning advertisers…

Twitter provided details on a host of networks of accounts that were removed from its platform for distinct coordinated inauthentic behavior associated with five countries: Egypt, Honduras, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Serbia. The social network shared the information in a series of tweets. Twitter removed 2,541 accounts in Egypt-based network El Fagr for amplifying messaging…

At his first Cannes Lions in 2003, Pancho Cassis was a 22-year-old creative from Chile just setting foot onto the global stage. “It was amazing,” he said. “It changes a lot about how you see the world, how you see advertising.” At his last Cannes Lions, in 2019, he signed the paperwork to become the…

The search giant is disclosing trends in visits to broad categories of places, as a tool for public health officials.

Facebook added a way for businesses with changes to their hours or service options due to the coronavirus pandemic to reflect those temporary changes on their pages. The new feature can help in cases such as businesses that are temporarily closed, restaurants offering delivery or pickup options while they are forbidden to host diners or…