Technology
AT&T Is Using Facebook Live to Let Kids Interact With Santa Claus Before Christmas
Old-school tradition with new-wave tech
By Christopher Heine on Dec. 23, 2016 - 10:53 AM EST
According to Possible's back-of-the-napkin math, around 6.6 million American children in the next year will decide that Santa Claus isn't real. The ad agency, working for client AT&T, wants to…
7 Intriguing Digital Marketing Stats From This Week
From ad spending and email subject lines to Casey Neistat and Casey Affleck
By Christopher Heine on Dec. 23, 2016 - 10:08 AM EST
Here are seven digital marketing data points this week that got our attention, including news about how brands may spend online next year, numbers around freshly successful video efforts, what…
The 50 Most Read Technology Stories on Adweek.com in 2016
Our top posts about digital ads, products and platforms
Dec. 23, 2016 - 7:51 AM EST
As we wind down for the holidays, we're looking back at the stories that were most popular among Adweek.com readers over the course of the year. Today, we look at…
More Customer Service Brands Are Getting Creative With Twitter's New Curated Profiles
Starbucks, Airbnb try 'featured tweets'
By Lauren Johnson on Dec. 21, 2016 - 6:01 PM EST
Earlier this summer, Twitter started beta testing a new feature that gives brands more creativity and control over how their accounts appear. Now, it seems to be rolling out the…
Here's a Timeline Showing Instagram and Snapchat's 2016 War Over the Best Features
10 product rollouts this year
By Lauren Johnson on Dec. 21, 2016 - 1:36 PM EST
In the race to stay fresh and gain millennial users, the battle between Snapchat and Instagram heated up this year as the two apps constantly tried to one-up each other…
ABC Will Create Original Series for Snapchat, Starting With a Bachelor-Themed Show
Disney is selling all advertising for its content
By Jason Lynch on Dec. 21, 2016 - 1:03 PM EST
Yet another big media company is teaming up with Snapchat in a bid to reach millennials. This time, it's Disney-ABC Television Group, which is partnering with Snap Inc. to produce original…
SNL's Dunkin' Donuts Spoof Underscores Facebook's Lingering Problem With Piracy
Ripped-off clip racked up 2.4 million views in 2 days
By Lauren Johnson on Dec. 20, 2016 - 6:12 PM EST
Saturday Night Live has become notorious in recent years for its spoofs of brands that are often almost too realistic. In its latest parody, SNL host and Massachusetts native Casey Affleck…
You Can Now Listen to Live Audio Content on Facebook
Could be big for radio, podcast broadcasters
By Lauren Johnson on Dec. 20, 2016 - 4:33 PM EST
Facebook Live isn't just for video. Today the social network launched a new feature dubbed Live Audio that lets users listen to broadcast voice recordings, pushing more audio-only content into…
Disney Is Folding Maker Studios Into Its Media Arm
Another major shift for the video network aimed at millennials
By Sami Main on Dec. 20, 2016 - 4:12 PM EST
Two years after it acquired the millennial-focused digital video network Maker Studios, Disney is folding the company into its media arm and moving the head of the studio to a…
Casey Neistat's New Drone-Powered Holiday Video Looks Like a Branded Masterpiece
He's Santa for Samsung
By Christopher Heine on Dec. 20, 2016 - 1:08 PM EST
Casey Neistat has done it again, releasing a holiday video for Samsung today with an enormous drone that lifts and flies the stunt-minded, master influencer around on a snowboard. Neistat,…
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