Here Are the 10 Most Popular Tweets of 2018
There's a new top tweet in town--and this year, not one of the 10 most popular tweets of the year came from a brand. In 2017, Barack Obama was No. 1 with his response to violence in Charlottesville,...
View ArticleInside Digital Media’s Great Upheaval in 2018, From Layoffs to Unionized...
It was a tumultuous, sometimes painful, year for a lot of publishers and the talented journalists employed by them. There were multiple layoffs throughout the industry, and entire media outlets were...
View Article2018’s Biggest TV Executive Departures
The White House isn't the only place that saw a sizable leadership exodus in 2018. Across Hollywood, more than a dozen top TV execs headed for the exits this year, mostly due to megamergers, #MeToo and...
View ArticleHere Are the Biggest 10 Ways Shopping Changed in 2018
What do cannabis, autonomous delivery and the resurrection of mall stores have in common? Each was one of retail's biggest stories in 2018. Take a look ahead to see what helped shape retail discourse...
View ArticleA Month-by-Month Look at the Most Engaging Brand Content on Social Media in 2018
Brands were more creative than ever in their social media posts this year and connected with audiences by raising awareness of social issues, according to social media analytics company Unmetric....
View ArticleMeet the 10 U.S. Lawmakers Who Will Impact Tech Regulation in 2019
Big Tech has spent years--and millions of lobbying dollars--avoiding the regulatory radar of Capitol Hill. No longer. Amid investigations into data breaches, misinformation campaigns, hate speech and...
View Article6 Trends Agencies Need to Prepare for in 2019
What do 2019 industry predictions mean for agencies? Agencies manage change on an ongoing basis, but with limited resources and many trends to navigate. How does one determine which trends have staying...
View ArticleYouTube: Here’s How to Delete a Chat
Did you know YouTube allows you to delete chats you're not interested in keeping? Our guide will show you how this works. Note: These screenshots were captured in the YouTube application on iOS. Step...
View ArticleApple’s New Ad Perks Up a Dreary World With Parkour and a Flood of Color
For a stretch in the mid-2000s parkour had a reasonably solid heyday in advertising. The most prominent example is the 2006 Nike and Wieden + Kennedy classic "Angry Chicken" to launch the brand's...
View ArticleEsports and Gaming Flourished in 2018, and Brands Won’t Want to Miss in the...
Gaming made big headlines in 2018, from the dominance of Twitch and Fortnite to the first season of the Overwatch League to a wave of municipal and private investors backing teams and venues. No...
View ArticlePublishing Underwent Massive Disruption but Remains Grounded With Quality...
No one can argue that publishing hasn't gone through monumental changes, which is especially seen over the course of 2018 with the many print publications that shuttered this year, like Glamour, or at...
View ArticlePeople Who Share News Articles Trust Them, But People Who Research Them Don’t
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation teamed up with analytics firm Gallup on an experiment to examine the level of trust in news articles being shared over the internet, both from the people...
View ArticleHow Using Addressable TV Can Reduce Repetitive Ads
There's a reason why all the digital platforms and tech giants are prioritizing TV. It's a time-tested medium that drives results for marketers while engaging consumers through sight, sound and motion....
View ArticleAdweek’s 25 Most Popular Brand Marketing Stories of 2018
In 2018 brands were on a mission to connect with people more than even. Sometimes brands (hey, Nike) felt it best to take a stand for an important issue or cause, while others used their creative...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Changes to Come to Marketing and Technology, According to Marketers
This past year was the year of GDPR, Facebook breaches, the decentralized web and blockchain, to name a few. These topics will no doubt remain relevant in 2019, but we asked marketers how they see...
View Article7 New Year’s Eve Episodes to Stream on Netflix
New Year's Eve is the perfect time to get dressed up in your fanciest outfit, pop open a bottle of champagne, and celebrate the end of the past 12 months while getting ready to ring in Jan. 1. You...
View ArticleHow the Advertising Landscape Will Continue to Evolve in 2019
Advertising has historically been powered by media. While this is still the case, technology is increasingly at the industry's center of gravity. This shift, along with outside influences ranging from...
View ArticleHow Brands Can Navigate a Video World of Celebrity Creators
The story of YouTube is one of continuous reinvention. From the early days of chaos and cats to the wave of viral videos to the rise of a new type of entertainment personality, the platform has kept...
View ArticleYouTube: Here’s How to Mute Notifications in a Chat
Did you know YouTube allows you to turn off notifications for individual chats? Our guide will show you how this is done. Note: These screenshots were captured in the YouTube application on iOS. Step...
View ArticleThe Internal Components That Make a Successful Brand Reinvention
When Dunkin' announced they were dropping the "Donuts" from their name this past September, they were taking a page out of a longstanding brand playbook for brand reinvention: new agency, new logo, new...
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