Topic: Social Media
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As Russia began its invasion early Thursday morning, the world’s eyes (and hearts) are drawn to the devastating impacts of war. Refugees. Fire. Rubble. While the humanitarian angle is foremost in our minds, we offer a look at the war from a variety of other angles – its impact on social media, in business and…
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As we embark on our third calendar year of covid, what does 2022 hold? Our team shared marketing predictions earlier this week, and today we’re looking beyond that for what might be in store. Here are our picks of the week. 2022: A Look Ahead Forbes We live in a world experiencing major transformations…
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Let’s face it, none of us has the foggiest idea what this year is going to look like. No one could have predicted the last two. But we do know there is going to be a continued evolution in how marketers engage with people. Some of it will be based on technology advances and some…
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What do you call the busiest shopping day of the year crossed with pandemic and supply chain issues? An early shopping season. We’re already two weeks away from Black Friday and the day has changed considerably since 2019. With new shopping habits and supply chains issues – retailers are urging people to get a…
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It’s going to start feeling like fall around here this weekend. That’s as much about temperatures as it is the colors around us. In between apple picking and some early leaf peeping, here are a few of our picks of the week. Netflix employees walk out to protest Dave Chappelle’s special. The New York…
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Facebook has had a very bad start to October. The events and commentary have raised questions about how it got to this point and what the future may hold. Our picks for this week center on a wide ranging look at the company that is so inextricably connected to our lives. Here are our…
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Nearly a year-and-a-half into the pandemic, the world isn’t still grappling with COVID-19, it’s dealing with a major comeback. The “delta variant” has come to dominate headlines in recent weeks. Discovered in India, where it caused an extreme surge in cases, it spread around the world and now is causing a significant increase in U.S.…
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The Olympics finally got underway today in Tokyo with a bizarre four-hour extravaganza. Celebratory but subdued. Viewed worldwide but in a stadium filled with empty seats. Compelling potential stories but general apathy in the host country. Within the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, and amidst massive social upheaval, these Games promise to be unlike any…
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It didn’t rain on Wednesday. Which generally isn’t noteworthy. Except here in Boston, when it was the first day in July that it didn’t. And if the short-term forecast is accurate, the wettest July in history is just around the corner. Putting aside the global implications of this … what that’s meant for The…
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College athletes typically spend their offseasons building strength, sharpening skills and preparing for seasons-to-come. In typical fashion, however, the ‘21 offseason is unlike any other. Last week, following the recent Supreme Court decision, thousands of college athletes became eligible to do something they never (legally) had been able to do before: profit from their own…