Randomized Control Testing: It’s Complicated!

In an intriguing ARF webinar last week, experts reviewed a promising research technique known as randomized controlled testing, or RCT, that could significantly eliminate bias. Their initial
conclusion: “RCT gets very complicated, very quickly.”

IPG’s ‘Floor 9’ Podcast: A Primer On The Burgeoning Metaverse (Proto-Verses, Too!)

In this week’s episode of IPG Media Lab’s “Floor 9” podcast, the lab’s Adam Simon and Scott Elchison take listeners deep into the metaverse — a “persistent collectively shared virtual space” —
including the acceleration of new and emerging virtual spaces such as “proto-verses” and “digital “third places” in online video games, and their implications for brands.

The Last Dance Spikes Again on Netflix After Serving as a Live Sports Replacement

The Michael Jordan documentary series The Last Dance, co-produced by ESPN and Netflix, saw its ESPN release date moved up two months to April, helping fill the vast programming gap left by the quick collapse of live sporting events. As live sports return for the first time in four and a half months, the docuseries…

Anthony Levandowski Asks a Judge Not to Send Him to Prison

The former Google engineer, who pleaded guilty to stealing the company’s self-driving car technology, says he’d be at heightened risk for Covid-19.

Nike Creatively Unites Athletes; Google Posts First-Ever YOY Revenue Decline: Friday’s First Things First

Welcome to First Things First, Adweek’s daily resource for marketers. We’ll be publishing the content to First Things First on Adweek.com each morning (like this post), but if you prefer that it come straight to your inbox, you can sign up for the email here. Clever Video Editing Portrays a Message of Unity in Nike’s…

Discovery, Inc. Joins On Addressability Initiative

The company will be able to offer dynamic ad insertion in its networks’ programming on linear TV and in VOD across Comcast, Charter and Cox aggregated cable audiences..