17 2018 October
Amy Winehouse And How Dead Artists Might Come Back On Tour As Holograms
This week the father of Amy Winehouse announced a world tour in 2019 featuring a “hologram” of his daughter on stage. A digital avatar of Winehouse,...
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15 2018 October
Do Fantasy Sports Dehumanize Athletes And Make Us Worse People?
As Washington Redskin’s running back Chris Thompson shares, “Fantasy football, it makes us not human. It’s almost like people think we’re just robots out there,...
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31 2017 October
Flavor Changing Skittles And Other Fun Halloween Stories
Given next week is Halloween – I thought it fitting to share a few related stories this week. The first is about Skittles “Trick Plays”...
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06 2017 October
5 Amazing Examples of the Future of Storytelling
Every year in October, I visit Staten Island to participate in the Future of Storytelling Festival (FoST). This week I tried 3D audio recording headphones, watched...
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19 2017 August
How An “Anger Room” Can Help You Manage Your Rage
The world is angry and people are holding on to plenty of rage … so it’s perhaps no surprise that “Anger Rooms” are taking off....
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18 2017 August
Esports Could Be An Olympic Sport By 2024
After years of pushback, some people think that esports may be on the verge of recognition as a “real” sport – courtesy of the International Olympic Committee.
Read Now14 2017 August
How Brands and Small Town America Are Cashing In On The Eclipse
As the highly anticipated solar eclipse approaches, there are plenty of towns and brands finding creative ways to cash in. Chiquita created a humorous video about...
Read Now10 2017 July
Pop-Up Magazine Masters A New Live Storytelling Format
This story is about an event series called Popup Magazine put on by longtime media exec Chas Edwards. The event is an attempt to take...
Read Now01 2017 July
6 Awesome Ways Canada Is Celebrating Its 150th Anniversary
As we head into a time when both America and Canada celebrate their national birthdays – this week’s newsletter takes an inside look at some...
Read Now16 2017 June
Apple Imagines Destroying The World At WWDC
During its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) this past week described by one media outlet as a “parody of itself,” Apple launched a video intended to...
Read Now23 2016 December
Hasbro Saves Families, Amazon’s Uber Idea, CES 2017 and Marketing Lessons From Hatchimals
Given it is the end of the year, this week’s stories include several holiday themes, including an inside look at the PR strategy behind Hatchimals,...
Read Now09 2016 December
15 Non-Obvious Business Trends Shaping 2017 (Retail, Consumer, Tech, Marketing, and Media)
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Read Now28 2016 October
Google’s Touchscreen Whiteboard, Sweden’s Brilliant Tax Break and Honda 3D Prints An Electric Minivan
I took a tour through many different industries and sites this week to bring you my selections for the most underappreciated stories of the week...
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