Month: April 2020

Governors and mayors from across the country are taking to Twitter this week to host question-and-answer sessions about the coronavirus pandemic. A Twitter spokesperson said, “State and local elected officials across America have already been using Twitter to consistently provide factual information and resources to their constituents and the broader public around #Covid19. Twitter is…

Plus: The DIY movement, the Long Tail theory of the internet, and wild animals in the streets.

Advertising’s biggest event of the year, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, will not go forward with its 2020 edition, organizers announced this morning. The advertising awards festival, which traditionally takes place in June, had hoped to go on by rescheduling to late October. Now, the next edition of the festival won’t be held…

I believe our reaction to this pandemic on all levels, from leadership to panic buyers, is as much a creation of limitless media as of contagion.

It’s been three weeks since the en masse cancellation of every major sports league left TV in “uncharted territory,” with networks and advertisers scrambling to navigate the ad sales fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. While it’s still far from certain when sports–or the rest of the economy–will be able to safely resume, Fox Sports has…

The exclamation mark atop the Cannes Lions’ homepage says it all: “2020 Cancelled.” Postponed once already — from its traditional June date to October — the annual ad industry festival’s organizer
Ascential announced there will be no gathering at all in 2020 and the next one will rune June 21-25, 2021.

In addition to its own 90-day free trial offer, the short-form mobile video SVOD, set to launch April 6, now has a free tie-in deal with T-Mobile. Meanwhile, though it won’t interfere with the launch,
Quibi is fighting a motion to stop it from using Turnstyle, a viewing orientation feature in its app. Quibi claims it developed the feature; video tech company Eko claims Quibi infringed its patent
and stole its trade secrets.

Hailie was starting to gear up for the end of her senior year at Red Mountain High School in Mesa, Ariz. In mid-February, she found the perfect dress, settling on a light blue princess gown with cutouts. She imagined spending the evening with her boyfriend. Now, her high school has canceled the dance, and she’ll…