Discover, Honda, MassMutual, Scotia to Sponsor NHL’s Realigned Divisions for 2020-21 Season

The National Hockey League is set to return to the ice Wednesday, Jan. 13, and it will do so with realigned divisions, each with its own sponsor. The divisions were rejiggered to minimize travel during the pandemic, as well as to account for the ongoing closure of the border between Canada and the U.S. The…

TikTok: How to Filter Spam and Offensive Comments

Did you know that TikTok allows users to turn on an optional comment filter that causes the video-sharing application to automatically hide spam and offensive comments from their videos? Our guide will show you how to turn this feature on. Note: These screenshots were captured in the TikTok app on iOS. Step 1: Tap “Me”…

Twitter Scoops Up Podcast Listening App Breaker

Twitter continues to turn to acquisitions to help improve the quality and functionality of conversations on its platform, reaching a deal to buy podcast listening application Breaker. The move follows the social network’s acquisition last month of Squad, an app that enables users to share text, video and their screens. The Breaker team–CEO Erik Berlin,…

LP Turns Trump’s ‘Talk’ With GA Sec. Of State Into An Ad

Snippets of the conversation are in an ad the Lincoln Project titled “Donald Trump Is A Traitor.” He’s heard trying to convince Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to fix the election
results so that Trump wins the state.

Agency Search Pioneer Dick Roth Dies at 84

After a marketing career that included stints at General Foods and agencies Grey and Scali McCabe & Sloves, Roth formed Roth Associates in 1988 to advise clients on selecting ad agencies.

One Free Press Coalition Spotlights Journalists Under Attack – January 2021

This month’s focus is on Zhang Zhan, who had been posting reports from Wuhan since early February. She was arrested in May.

Mastercard CMCO Shares the Blueprint for Cross-Functional Team Stability

As the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer of Mastercard and President of the Healthcare Division, Raja Rajamannar discusses how creating a “risk-map” was necessary when leading cross-functional teams. Hear how Raja is taking on the world of quantum marketing and the evolution of marketing in this new paradigm. I wrote a case study that was…