Twitter’s Q1 Report Shows It’s on Track to Meet Its 2025 Representation Goal

On Tuesday, Twitter released its Q1 2022 Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) report. It says the platform is on track to meet its TweepForce five-year goal of having more diverse talent at the company. The company believes it can meet these milestones a full two years early. The platform also announced two new plans…

Messenger: How to Use the Coachella Chat Theme

The second weekend of the 2022 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival runs April 22-24. To mark the occasion, Messenger released a Coachella chat theme that adds a pastel landscape background to users’ conversations. When a user activates the Coachella chat theme on a conversation, the conversation’s emoji will automatically be updated to the ferris…

Kantar: U.S. SVOD Market Has Stalled, Q2 Contraction Possible

The Entertainment on Demand division foresaw a Q1 decline in penetration for Netflix, and lays out the reasons for an overall flattening of SVOD growth.

It’s Time To Change Hearts And Minds Rather Than Offer Thoughts And Prayers

It’s time for cultural influencers and professional persuaders to engage. There is common ground in framing gun safety as a matter of personal responsibility. The talented people in our industry have
the capacity to halt the ceaseless demonization, inspire to greatness, and shake fellow citizens out of our stupor.

Elysian Brewing Appoints Action Bronson as ‘Director of Dank’ for New Experimental IPA

When you crack open a frosty can of Elysian Brewing’s new Dank Dust IPA, its initial, prevailing aroma signals only one thing: a stash of potent, rather loud weed. While there isn’t a hint of THC to be found in the brand’s pine-forward India Pale Ale, the scent is convincing enough to inspire some excitement…

The Green Rush Will Be Won by Cannabis Brands That Take Marketing Seriously—Right Now

From a legalization standpoint, the cannabis industry is undergoing a sea change, as state after state moves forward with legalization and decriminalization efforts. Seemingly every day, new cannabis players emerge on the scene, all vying for their plot of land in the so-called “green rush.” But here’s the thing: Nearly every cannabis company today is…