Yet another woman who recently left a high-level position at Pinterest fired shots at the company, this time in the form of a lawsuit. Former chief operating officer Francoise Brougher, who left the company in April, filed suit against her former employer in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Francisco,…
Dunkin’ Will Bring Back Pumpkin Spice Early, Maybe to Make 2020 End Faster?
As we’re all well aware, 2020 has been something like 21 years long so far. To ease our collective fatigue, Dunkin’ is taking pity on us by bringing America’s favorite fall flavor back early this year. Next week, on Aug. 19, everything pumpkin spice (plus some other new fall treats, including an autumnal twist on…
Viewers Returning to Live Sports, but Not Necessarily on Linear TV
Key Insight: Sports viewers, like other TV viewers, continue to migrate away from traditional pay TV. Media programmers have long predicted that months of pent-up demand for live sports programming would lead to record viewership (and robust ad sales) upon professional sports’ return to the airwaves–and as leagues like the MLB, NBA and NHL have…
Sour Patch Kids Opens First-Ever Interactive Candy Shop in New York
Amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, the New York retail landscape isn’t seeing many new store openings. But thanks to Sour Patch Kids, there’s a new business on the block. The block in question is at Bond Street and Broadway, where candy brand Sour Patch Kids is opening its first-ever store to celebrate its 35-year anniversary….
TBWA Global Creative Leader Andre Gray Heads to Eleven as Executive Creative Director
Andre Gray, a creative leader in Amsterdam with TBWANeboko, is leaving his post to join San Francisco agency Eleven as executive creative director. Gray, who served as global creative director at TBWANeboko for Adidas and Gatorade, rose to the top after a nine-month search, according to the agency. “As the agency continues to expand into…
Bed Bath & Beyond’s New Design Service Brings the Dorm Room Home
For students who will be missing out on the dorm experience this fall, Bed Bath & Beyond has a solution. Today, the retailer launched College From Home, a new service to help the many students who will be studying online this fall redesign their bedrooms to capture as much of the university experience as possible….
The Robot Revolution Is Happening-Like It or Not | WSJ
Will the Airline Industry Get Another Bailout?
Before they were given more than $25 billion in March, airline executives warned Congress that if it didn’t act quickly, the industry would see unprecedented layoffs as travel restrictions sent demand plummeting. “Time is running out,” they wrote roughly 10 days after the NBA suspended its season and more than 1,000 Americans tested positive for…
Twitter API v2 Officially Rolls Out
Twitter API v2, the overhaul of the social network’s application-programming interface that was originally revealed July 16, was officially rolled out Wednesday. The original plan was to roll out the first set of endpoints on the day Twitter released all the information about the first significant update to its API since 2012, but that was…
Teen Vogue’s Virtual Orientation Aims to Prepare Students For an Abnormal Fall Semester
To say it’ll be unusual and scary for U.S. students to return to school during a pandemic is an understatement. Teen Vogue is hoping to offer them some helpful, professional guidance for the fall semester with its latest virtual event. The Cond? Nast-owned publication will host its first virtual Teen Vogue Orientation on Aug. 14,…