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Indivior Returns to Havas With U.S. AOR Assignment

Pharma marketer unifies creative, media, and CX under the holdco

Marketing experiments every growth team should run

Every reliable tactic marketers now love, from video content to email marketing and blogging, was once a new experiment that early adopters tested and developed. Creating new marketing strategies is foundational to marketing, helping brands reach new customers and gather data that helps facilitate smarter business decisions. While experimentation isn‘t new, digital marketing offers brands greater flexibility and potential. Let’s look at experiment types, which metrics to track, and how to desig

American Eagle Goes Country With Bailey Zimmerman and Stagecoach Sponsorship

American Eagle is partnering with rising country music star Bailey Zimmerman and will serve as the exclusive apparel and denim sponsor of Stagecoach.

The Unilever CEO Has a New Marketing Doctrine, and It Is Completely Wrong

Unilever is pivoting to a “social-first demand model,” arguing that an army of creators will replace the traditional advertising that had built its brands for half a century.

Show HN: I vibe-coded a custom WebGPU engine for my MMO

It took me about a week to vibe code this 3D game engine with Opus 4.6 that I intend to use as a replacement for Three.js and React Three Fiber in my browser MMORPG, Mana Blade.I was not expecting to be able to reach that point so easily, but pretty much every feature took somewhere between 30 minutes and 1 hour - 1 to 3 prompts on average. It is vibe-coded in the sense that I haven't looked at the code, but I am very careful with my prompts and constantly have Claude reviewing the codebase

Stripe closed our non-profit's account with 0%

I'm writing in desperation after our non-profit organization's account, Little Steps Foundation, was suddenly closed by Stripe. They are now holding $5,398.92 in crucial donation funds, and we've only received automated, nonsensical replies.We are a registered non-profit that raises funds for our charity work through Meta ads (Facebook/Instagram). Our account has a perfect record, which makes this situation completely baffling.The core of the problem: Stripe claims a "hi

Facebook Is Doing A-Okay

Note: I don't own any equity in Meta, or work there, or have a soft corner for them or their competition in any business category.There's a way to view just your friends' and groups' updates without seeing all the AI doom scrolling stuff.They are the largest peer to peer marketplace.They are the most popular platform for organizing groups.Apparently Facebook dating is popular (maybe someone can comment on that).If anything, despite all the dark patterns on the Wall, they are

Show HN: CIA World Factbook Archive (1990–2025), searchable and exportable

A structured archive of CIA World Factbook data spanning 1990–2025. It currently includes: 36 editions 281 entities ~1.06M parsed fields full-text + boolean search country/year comparisons map/trend/ranking analysis views CSV/XLSX/PDF export The goal is to preserve long-horizon public-domain government data and make cross-year analysis practical. Live: https://cia-factbook-archive.fly.dev About/method details: https://cia-factbook-archive.fly.dev

Fandom Over Funnels: Marian Lee of Netflix on Culture-Led Brand Growth

How to build a marketing strategy around culture, not campaigns.

Ashley Tisdale 'takes regular breaks' from social media: here’s why

The 40-year-old actress has opened up about her relationship with platforms such as Instagram, admitting she needs to step away regularly.

Anthropic's Claude Unveils New Business Plugins, Sparks Social Media Frenzy: "Absolute Cinema"

Claude plugins: Social media users have said that these new plugins will significantly impact the way businesses operate.

Social media threat leads to Waterloo school lockout, 15-year-old arrested

Waterloo Middle and High School went into lockout Tuesday following a threat to the district.Deputies arrested a 15-year-old ...

Countries are barring teens from social media—could the U.S. be next? One expert thinks it's 'inevitable'

Australia recently became the first country to outlaw anyone under 16 from having a social media profile. Spain, France and ...

Leigh-Anne Pinnock: Social media should be banned for under-16s

The singer tells BBC Breakfast that she thinks trolling and online bullying is getting worse.

14 viral Winter Olympics 2026 moments that took over social media

Social media now shapes how the Olympics are remembered. Fans no longer wait for highlight reels on TV. They watch history ...

A ‘bellwether’ social media addiction trial is underway. It could set off a chain reaction

Big Tech may be on the verge of its Big Tobacco moment ...

Social media erupts after Stephen King makes false claim about Trump's family: 'What is this sh--?'

Stephen King blasted President Donald Trump's personal life on social media ahead of the State of the Union, criticizing what he called a series of marriage and business failures.

LinkedIn shares top skills on the rise in marketing for 2026

Social media branding, community engagement and performance analysis were all key trends highlighted in the platform’s annual list.

LinkedIn ID verification partner Persona under fire for security concerns

A researcher from The Local Stack reported potential data collection questions, leading companies including Discord to re-evaluate the system.

Dept. of Defense signs deal with xAI

The partnership will allow defense applications and military systems to work with Grok’s models, per an Axios report.