Although there’s not yet a light at the end of the tunnel for the travel industry, there are small inklings of hope. At Delta Airlines, that’s come in the form of a slight increase in bookings. “We have seen a bounce off the bottom,” said Delta CFO Paul Jacobson at Wolfe Research’s annual (though, this…
Speakeasies and Social Distancing
Facebook Shops Open Their Doors, Along With Several Other Ecommerce Features for SMBs
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed several new features Tuesday aimed at enabling small and midsized businesses to make their good available for sale online, with the bulk of their brick-and-mortar locations shuttered due to Covid-19. The highlight of Zuckerberg’s Facebook Live presentation was Facebook Shops, which enable businesses to set up a single online store…
Schick Xtreme Made a Video Game About Shaving Heads
For many Americans, video games were already a major pastime. Stay-at-home orders during the Covid-19 pandemic have created even more time to play. In the first quarter of 2020, total consumer spending on the video game industry, including console, mobile and PC platforms, climbed 9% to a record $10.86 billion, according to figures from NPD…
While The World Falls Apart The Stock Market – And Ad Tech Especially – Keeps Pumping
With almost two months of nationwide lockdowns under our belts and a round of quarterly earnings reports, Wall Street’s sentiment around digital media and ad tech companies is … surprisingly positive. Companies that rely on advertising are supposed to be among the most prone to recessions and market panic, since advertising is historically tied to… Continue reading »
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Tagboard Rolls Out Cloud-Based Graphics System Put to the Test by the NFL Draft
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to accelerate the creation of new products across industries, interactive storytelling platform Tagboard is releasing a new feature to cater to a workforce that’s at home. Because the pandemic caused many of Tagboard’s partners, including news, sports and entertainment organizations, to significantly alter their production processes, Tagboard sped up the…
Mental Well-Being Is a Privilege and Needs to Be Approached as Such
On Jan. 23, officials in China commenced a lockdown for the 11 million people living in the city of Wuhan. The day after, I touched down in London after a trip to see colleagues and clients in San Francisco and L.A., the twelfth trip in as many months. On April 8, after 76 days sealed…
Adweek Together: The Future of Custom Content Studios
Over the last decade or so, publishers have embraced custom content as a way to both allow advertisers a new way to reach customers and bring in new revenue. T Brand Studio is the New York Times’ custom content studio. The studio has worked with clients ranging from Dove and Burberry to Netflix and Cole…
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Wren: Most Omnicom Employees Will Continue To WFH ‘In Some Way’ After Office Reopenings
The company is exploring ways to improve the work from home experience. Details to follow. The firm has also extended its general WFH policy until June 15.