Burberry has made two new hires to help it return to growth amid a wider slowdown in the luxury market. Jonathan Kiman and Laura Dubin-Wander have joined the British brand as chief marketing officer (CMO) and Americas president, respectively. Kiman was most recently CMO at Gucci, where he worked for 12 years with a break…
Ad Blockers: Why Consumers Turn Them Off
More users are looking past the convenience of paying to remove ads or blocking them. What prompts users to disable ad blockers and consider ads to be non-intrusive?
YouTube Now Allows Parents To Link To Their Teen’s Account
YouTube is rolling out the option this week for parents to link to their teen’s account without altering their individual algorithms.
Snapchat To Launch Sponsored Ad Placements In Chat
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel says the ad unit is designed to help advertisers “raise awareness with broad reach in the chat inbox,” while also driving conversion with an in-message call-to-action.
Ticker: Marybel Gonzalez Named CNN Newscource Correspondent
Top of the Ticker: CNN announced that Marybel Gonzalez will rejoin the network as a CNN Newscource correspondent based in Los Angeles. A former CNN intern, Gonzalez was previously a reporter for CBS News Chicago and has also worked at Telemundo, the Sinclair Broadcast Group and Denver’s PBS station. Breakfast in Kitty Hawk: The latest…
The Disney and DirecTV Rift Is About Way More Than a Carriage Dispute
Disney has found itself in the middle of another major TV carriage dispute, but this rift goes deeper into the world of streaming and TV than you might expect. Recently, Disney’s carriage dispute with satellite giant DirecTV kicked into high gear, with many of the House of Mouse’s channels, including ABC and ESPN, being pulled…
The Internet Archive Loses Its Appeal of a Major Copyright Case
The legal battle was spurred by book publishers objecting to the archive’s digital lending library.
Why Vox Media’s The Cut Made a Print Issue for September
Vox Media is getting into print. This year, the digital media company is launching The Cut’s first-ever Fall Fashion Issue. The Cut is competing for lucrative print ad dollars that fashion-focused publications like Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar typically vie for. Vox Media is betting that it can differentiate itself because of it’s authentic digital audience…
Could This Be the Start of Amazon’s Next Robot Revolution?
The ecommerce giant has acquired a team to give bots greater intelligence and dexterity—potentially automating much more of its warehouse operations.
Police Looking for Man Who Threw Rock at WLS Studio Window
Chicago police are searching for the suspect who threw a large rock into the windows of ABC owned station WLS last Thursday afternoon. The rock was thrown just after the start of the 4 p.m. newscast downtown. The station said a man took a large rock out of a plastic bag and threw it against…