“Game Of Thrones Spring” Shows The Power Of OG Weekly Release Schedules
Season 8 of Game of Thrones debuted on April 14, 2019, and for the next six weeks, HBO enjoyed what might easily be called “Game Of Thrones Spring.” As in... Read More
Esports is Having a Cultural Breakout Thanks to Overwatch – But It Has a Long Way to Go
Oscar Garza and Zach Oscar each had a similar aha moment. Both ad executives are immersed in the burgeoning esports field—a sector that has been seeking some sort of a... Read More
The Frenemy Report: Artificial Reality
While Facebook wages a war, tales of Instagram’s battles are bubbling up. WIRED details how influencers can use their powers for evil (smack-talking brands) while The Atlantic investigates the shady... Read More
The Frenemy Report: The Short of It
Getting Shorter: The OG quick dopamine hit, Vine, is reported to debut V 2.0 (named Byte) in 2019 and Gen Z is stoked… in the meantime, they have the option of... Read More
Frenemy Report: Gen Alpha; Chasing Streams
ICYMI, Gen Alpha is the new Gen Z. Get with it. Will Alpha TV look like Snapchat Shows (now up to 60 series!) or like Quibi? Feels like there are... Read More
The Frenemy Report: Gen Z Votes Too
Interactivity is leading the way for the democratization of entertainment. Sure, Gen Z won’t turn 18 till next year, by which point they’ll be 32% of the world’s population, but... Read More
The Frenemy Report: Burn the Book
To address the hacker in the room… you’re going shopping! Amazon’s powering Snapchat shopping (point the camera and -poof!- bucks flow to Bezos). And Instagram rolled out in-app shopping globally within... Read More
Frenemy Report: Watch the Throne
All eyes on the throne: Twitter and Facebook got to testify before Congress today — here are five takeaways. Across the pond it’s a similar tale- UK media giants are... Read More
The Frenemy Report: Trust Issues
We’ll start with a bit of positive affirmation before heading into the stress-ridden social platform scrutiny. For any networks/media companies investing in “Social TV,” …studies say you’re onto something. Half... Read More
The Frenemy Report: Stream On
If last week was Shark Week, this is Stream Week. GenZTV and TV really are continuing to look like one in the same. Check out all of this living room movement:... Read More
The Frenemy Report: GenZTV Looks Like TV
Gen Z’s TV is starting to feel like, well, TV. Their platform of choice, YouTube, is reporting over 180 million hours of the Tube screened to TV screens every day.... Read More
Marketing Minute: Who’s Scoring World Cup Attention? (Video)
The FIFA World Cup has earned attention even without the United States being in this year’s tournament. A look at the brands and teams generating buzz.... Read More
The Frenemy Report: 15 Minutes of Attention
HBO’s new management is making a splash, with John Stankey, an AT&T exec who now oversees HBO in his new role as chief executive of Warner Media, telling the team, “We... Read More
The Frenemy Report: Are You Verified?
Once you’ve breezed through Instagram’s 50-page ‘Creator’s Handbook,’ here’s a growing trend: Influencers need to clean up their act. Building off of Cannes, where Unilever sounded a rallying cry, Mediakix released another Influencer... Read More
The Frenemy Report: An Ode to the Creators
No matter how big the media company is, we’re all trying to connect on a human level, whether it be in Anaheim, in Cannes, or working away in screen-land. Creators... Read More
The Frenemy Report: The Evolution of Live News
Live updates are coming for your newsfeed. Facebook’s shuttering “trending topics,” replacing it with “Breaking News” on Facebook Watch, with partners ABC News, CNN, Fox News & more aboard. But we’d be remiss... Read More
The Frenemy Report: The Math Men Turn to Twitch
Lots of wheelin’ and dealin’ — The Obamas teamed up with Netflix, BuzzFeed Studios Signed With WME, Katzenberg’s NewTV video startup raised $800 million (yet another publisher getting into short-form content), and TheSkimm closed a $12 million... Read More
The Frenemy Report: Role Reversal
Summer brings flip-flops. Facebook is making its biggest executive shuffle in company history (and tackling blockchain) while BuzzFeed just named Lauren Dolgen as the head of BuzzFeed Studios… just in time for some serious... Read More
The Frenemy Report: That New New
Cats, crossword puzzles and crypto, oh my! Those are just some of the content-creation kindling that’s been touted at the NewFronts so far, sparked by an Instagram Petfluencer, The New... Read More
The Frenemy Report: YouTube’s Rated R, Snap Has Staying Power
Like clockwork. Now that Facebook’s had its time on the guillotine, YouTube’s taking some punches. The brand safety scandal is back for round two, as a CNN investigation revealed that... Read More
The Frenemy Report: TBH, We Have Nothing to Hide
In the midst of #DeleteFacebook, new analysis show that social media use continues to rise & savvy nets are using social video to build buzz around linear shows, such as... Read More
Frenemy Report: Not My Data
The Facebook data fallout continues with “improved” privacy, and sibling Instagram is starting to limit how much data developers can collect from its API. Snap makes its TV (commercial) debut,... Read More