Mo’ Laughter Mo’ Money

from Fast Company The power of funny: How comedic creativity still fuels business growth It’s time to stop taking advertising so seriously. Let’s put the laughs—and the growth—back into marketing. BY PETER NICHOLSON [Images: [Images: Jacob Lund / Adobe Stock] In my 30...

Spinranker

from The Hollywood Reporter Los Angeles Times Owner Plans to Launch Tech-Driven “Bias Meter” On Articles Next Year Patrick Soon-Shiong says that his team is building a product where “the reader can press a button and get both sides” of a story. ...

Tootsies Rock!

from Real Clear History Tootsie Rolls: Wartime Snack By Lawrence C. Bostic I was emptying the remaining candy from our Halloween bowl a few days ago, intending to fill the community bowl at work with it. At the bottom of the bowl, there were quite a few Tootsie Rolls...

Trader Arts

from artnet Grocery Giant Trader Joe’s Hides Art in Its Aisles. This New Book Reveals Just Where to Look Julie Averbach spent four years visiting more than 150 Trader Joe’s stores and hunting down the retailer’s art-historical sources. by Min Chen Signs...

The Abandoned World

from The Guardian The great abandonment: what happens to the natural world when people disappear? Across the globe, vast swathes of land are being left to be reclaimed by nature. To see what could be coming, look to Bulgaria By Tess McClure An abandoned house in...

“It all started with a dick joke.”

from InsideHook How YouTube Took Over the World It all started with a dick joke. Twenty years later, the colossal video-sharing site rivals TV networks, Hollywood and TikTok — with no signs of slowing. BY JESSE WILL YouTube, InsideHook Some afternoon in the summer of...