If the Cracker Barrel market puke has anything to teach Wall Street, it’s that investors who are deciding where to put their money must add corporate “wokeness” to their menu of risks to digest. In fact, making “woke” an investing risk factor — in some cases as important as the direction of interest rates and inflation — seems so obvious …
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Tesla Owners Can Sue Over ‘Self-Driving’ Marketing
Smith Collection/gado/Getty Images Happy Wednesday! It’s August 20, 2025, and this is The Morning Shift — your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. This is where you’ll find the most important stories that are shaping the way Americans drive and get around. In this …
Read More »Creatine supplements can be effective but experts warn against gummies and dodgy marketing
“If you have a body you can benefit from it.” “If you’re not taking it, you’re missing out.” These are just some of the claims about creatine that social media is awash with. As Brisbane based sports dietitian Taryn Richardson says, “creatine is having a real moment”. Hype around taking creatine supplements is at an all-time high and there’s never …
Read More »Official Google Pixel 10 Pro XL leaked marketing images show the phone from all angles
The Google Pixel 10 series is set to be unveiled this month and in keeping with tradition we are getting a bunch of leaks. Ahead of the launch, we’ve seen images of all the phones in the lineup, which is expected to include the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, and the Pixel 10 Pro Fold. Now, …
Read More »Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort ad agency turned Astronomer’s viral moment into marketing gold
Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort production company was involved with the latest Astronomer video featuring Gwyneth Paltrow. The ad is being hailed as a master class in crisis PR. It comes days after the former CEO and former head of HR were seen embracing at a Coldplay concert. Astronomer might have gotten the last laugh following the viral moment that caught …
Read More »Fans are once again accusing Activision Blizzard of using AI-generated art in Diablo Immortal x Hearthstone event marketing materials
Another day, another AI-generated “slop” accusation, this time against Blizzard and its upcoming Diablo Immortal x Hearthstone crossover event. In a thread on Reddit, later picked up by PC Gamer, redditor Ipyreable believes they’ve spotted an image with telltales signs of generative AI. At the time of writing, over 4,400 people have upvoted the post. Given Hearthstone’s fantasy leanings, it …
Read More »Over a dozen leaked Google marketing images reveal Pixel 10 flagships ahead of time
Google is due to release the Pixel 10 series in under a month’s time. As is often the case, the company has showcased the design of at least one new flagship ahead of time. As we discussed earlier this week, Google posted a teaser video of a device that looked an awful lot like a Pixel 9 Pro successor (curr. …
Read More »Netflix’s Adam Sandler Sequel Had Big Marketing Moves
With Friday’s streaming launch of Adam Sandler‘s comedy sequel Happy Gilmore 2, Netflix has made sure to tap the movie into the public consciousness. Ever since Netflix confirmed last year that it was making a sequel to Adam Sandler’s popular 1996 feature, Happy Gilmore, fans have been eagerly awaiting the follow-up. Director Kyle Newacheck‘s new film sees Sandler reprise his …
Read More »How ‘Game Changer’ Gamified Its Own Social Marketing
It’s not often that “Game Changer” host Sam Reich is the person on the show’s colorful set made to look anxious. But the latest episode of the Dropout series begins with not just a push-in but some vignetting on Reich as he stares down the barrel of the endless wheel of content creation, coming up with “Game Changer” ideas one …
Read More »UC Berkeley marketing professor killed by gunman in Greece in broad daylight
Athens CNN — Police in Greece are searching for the killer of a University of California Berkeley professor who was shot dead on July 4 while visiting Athens to see his children and attend a family custody hearing. Przemyslaw Jeziorski, 43, an economist and professor of marketing at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, was shot multiple times at close …
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