• June 20, 2025, 11:57 AM by Ray Schultz
    Gmail Weds ChatGPT: New Integration Is Now Being Tested

    ChatGPT will unite Gmail and Google Calendar, according to reports. ...

  • April 28, 2025, 1:49 PM by Steven Rosenbaum
    Jay Penske Takes Control of SXSW: Will Profits, Politics Overtake Festival?

    Sources say SXSW staff faced mounting pressure from Penske and his team to maximize profits and feature more conservative speak ...

  • March 28, 2025, 2:30 PM by Erin Everhart
    Whataburger Turns Nostalgia into Marketing Magic

    To celebrate its 75th anniversary, Whataburger is taking things analog with in-person activations like weddings in Las Vegas, a muse ...

  • March 20, 2025, 2:48 PM by Maria Rodriguez
    The Future of Creator Marketing: The Power Of Collective Influence

    Creators are showing brands how to build stories that start on social media and seamlessly extend into paid media, ecommerc ...

  • March 20, 2025, 2:13 PM by Les Luchter
    BetterWay Does What Theranos Couldn't With Fingertip Blood Tests

    "We followed a completely different playbook" than Theranos, says BetterWay Founder/COO Eric Olson. ...

  • March 19, 2025, 5:41 PM by Les Luchter
    Lilly Analyzes Depiction Of Chronic Diseases In Films, TV Series

    For one, cancer is usually represented as a "death sentence," unlike depiction in "80 for Brady," with Lily Tomlin's charact ...

  • March 19, 2025, 1:33 PM by Cory Treffiletti
    Humans Are the Ultimate Storytellers, Not AI

    Humans have souls, and when we write or create content, we tap into the soul to find ways to conne ...

  • March 17, 2025, 3:51 PM by Teresa Buyikian
    Whataburger Taps Country Music Star Lainey Wilson As Ambassador

    Whataburger is a presence in ad showing Wilson on the road, eventually arriving at restaurant that's seen as "beacon" ...

  • March 17, 2025, 11:52 AM by Steven Rosenbaum
    Emma Lembke's SXSW Manifesto Calls For Gen Z Social Media Revolution

    "If advertising dollars power the algorithms that push toxic content, then those same dollars can be used to fund ethica ...

  • March 12, 2025, 1:21 PM by Cory Treffiletti
    How AI Will Revolutionize The Traditional Workforce

    Consider using AI to create a base that replicates endemic company knowledge, to help when people retire or leave. ...

  • March 5, 2025, 4:28 PM by Tanya Gazdik
    Rivian, Ben & Jerry's Partner For Electric Ice Cream Trucks

    Rivian's first commercial partner was Amazon, which aims to put more then 100,000 electric delivery vehicles on the road ...

  • March 3, 2025, 3:37 PM by Teresa Buyikian
    Whataburger's Museum of Art Arrives In Real Life At SXSW

    WMOA originally began as an online community, where fans posted original Whataburger-themed works of art like paintings and sculptures. ...

  • February 19, 2025, 3:00 PM by Tanya Gazdik
    Rivian Jumps On Special Edition Bandwagon

    The California Dune special edition will make its debut at SXSW in Austin, which Rivian is sponsoring. ...

  • February 17, 2025, 3:30 PM by Tanya Gazdik
    Rivian Sponsors SXSW, Jaguar Focuses On NBA

    Rivian is planning an "electric roadhouse," described as "a neon wonderland with live music and guest speakers." ...

  • January 28, 2025, 12:24 PM by Joe Mandese
    Independent Agency Of The Year: Giant Spoon

    This marks the fifth time in over a decade that MediaPost has selected Giant Spoon as one of our agenci ...

  • November 7, 2024, 1:02 PM by Les Luchter
    You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream For The Shoutlet

    A small pillow to scream into is touted as a "low-cost tool that allows you to at least somewhat allevia ...

  • October 14, 2024, 9:46 AM by Sarah Mahoney
    PepsiCo Opens Doritos Restaurant Inside L.A. Arena

    With Doritos After Dark, the snack brand joins a growing trend of CPG brands finding new ways to put flav ...

  • April 22, 2024, 12:22 PM by Greg Wamsley
    Earth Day 2024 Goals: As Marketers, We Can All Do Better

    While most major brands have a sustainability strategy, are they practicing what they preach when it comes to brand activati ...

  • March 20, 2024, 12:54 PM by Cory Treffiletti
    'I Don't Want To Sell Anything, Buy Anything, Or Process Anything As A Career'

    That quote from the main character of "Say Anything," Lloyd Dobler, can be seen as a template for how ...

  • March 18, 2024, 9:22 PM by Les Luchter
    Allegra Airways App Maps Healthiest Routes For Land Travel

    Tool has gone national, providing real-time travel routes to minimize air pollution and pollen for bicyclists, runners, pedestrians -- a ...

  • March 11, 2024, 2:03 PM by Colin Kirkland
    Readyverse Is 'Open' For Business, Unveils First Metaverse Game

    Debuted at the South by Southwest festival Monday, the battle royale game invites players to compete in a collaborative game-show-styl ...

  • March 13, 2023, 3:43 PM by Richard Whitman
    Le Truc, Human Rights Foundation Team Up For SXSW Installation

    It's called "Discounted Lives" and is designed to draw awareness to the link between fashion and forced labor. ...

  • March 6, 2023, 4:09 PM by Colin Kirkland
    Agency Network Features Virtual Influencer In Mixed-Reality SXSW Experience

    To bridge the gap between the virtual and physical world, The Plus Company global network of 24 creative agencies ...

  • February 27, 2023, 8:59 PM by Sarah Mahoney
    Why Wisp's OOH SXSW Creative Is Out-Of-The-Box, Too

    The brand is breaking new creative advocating for women's sexual autonomy in the heart of Texas -- the most abortion-hosti ...

  • March 16, 2022, 4:02 PM by Colin Kirkland
    Instagram Looks To Move Into NFTs

    At South by Southwest on Tuesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that in the coming months, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) wi ...

  • March 15, 2021, 8:24 AM by Karlene Lukovitz
    HBO Max To Use ML-Driven Interactive Experience To Showcase Library, New Flick, During SXSW

    Dubbed Orbit, the tech uses facial movements and voice prompts to allow audiences to explore and interact with characters a ...

  • March 6, 2020, 7:56 AM by Richard Whitman
    SXSW: Between A Rock And Hard Place

    Major companies have been pulling out left and right -- citing the Covid-19 crisis -- like Apple, Netflix, IBM a ...

  • March 3, 2020, 10:00 AM by Gavin O'Malley
    Tech Giants Exit SXSW, Cite Coronavirus Fears

    Facebook and Twitter have decided not to attend the combined tech conference and music festival. Twitter is now "strongly encouragin ...

  • September 17, 2019, 8:09 AM by Nina Lentini
    Avocados From Mexico Wins Super Bowl With 5 Pillars

    YouGov reported that of all Super Bowl campaigns, Avocados from Mexico was the only the top advertiser that drove purcha ...

  • March 18, 2019, 11:58 AM by Jeff Tan
    Electric Scooters Are The Perfect Personification Of SXSW Attendees

    The mainstream adoption of electric scooters couldn't have occurred 10 years ago. The millennial-skewed participants at SXSW grew up ...

  • March 14, 2019, 2:12 PM by Nina Lentini
    Cheetos Debuts 'Dumbest Use Of Smartest Tech'

    It wanted to give Cheetos Vision a launch worthy of any hot, new tech innovation, so it took it ...

  • March 14, 2019, 2:05 PM by Nina Lentini
    SXSWestworld's Immersive Experience Promotes Season 2

    The campaign promoted the event near Austin not as an HBO activation but as a real-life trip to "Westworld." Gues ...

  • March 11, 2019, 2:44 PM by Steven Rosenbaum
    Politics And BBQ in Austin

    I go to SXSW to do some on-the-ground trend-spotting. This year the trends were notable both for who's here, a ...

  • March 11, 2019, 8:57 AM by Larissa Faw
    Huge Showcases Text-Driven Tampon Dispenser At SXSW

    The device invites women to text their need for a tampon, eliminating the coin slots found in traditional dispensers. ...

  • February 20, 2019, 6:21 PM by Richard Whitman
    Prime Video's Big SXSW Activation

    The Amazon service is staging an activation to promote its new show "Omens," starring Michael Sheen, David Tennant and J ...

  • February 19, 2019, 1:39 PM by Joe Mandese
    Giant Spoon Will Get SXSW Attendees To Literally Bleed For HBO

    As far as experiential media campaigns go, Giant Spoon's next big event for client HBO likely goes where none ha ...

  • March 14, 2018, 3:10 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    Former Guns N' Roses Drummer Matt Sorum To Debut Blockchain-Like Community For Artists

    The platform is not a blockchain but rather a "distributed-ledger" that allows both artists and fans to share and moneti ...

  • March 12, 2018, 10:59 AM by Laurie Sullivan
    Adthena Austin Office Opens During SXSW, Releases Google Shopping Data

    The study by Adthena shows that Google Shopping product listing ads now comprise about 76.4% of all search spend f ...

  • March 8, 2018, 2:28 PM by Chuck Martin
    HTC Readies Vive Virtual Reality For SXSW

    A set of virtual reality experiences is planned for launch at South by Southwest (SXSW). HTC Vive and Ready Play ...

  • June 1, 2017, 4:15 PM by Jess Nelson
    The Escape Game Partners With Emma For Personalized Email

    The Escape Game, an interactive events company, has partnered with Emma's email marketing services to re-engage past fans. ...

  • March 16, 2017, 9:18 AM by Fred Schonenberg
    Tomorrow, Today -- Top 5 Ad Startups From SXSW

    My team scoured the startup village, the accelerator parties, the startup BBQs, the tech breakfasts, sea of VCs and start ...

  • March 16, 2017, 9:00 AM by Tom Goodwin
    SXSW 2017: The Battle for Humanity

    SXSW has been less about breaking news or product launches and more about converging to talk about what products mea ...

  • March 16, 2017, 12:00 AM by Ross Fadner
    Print is Definitely Not Dead (for W Hotels)

    Far from being dead, print is actually a major driver of local business for W Austin, particularly for its restaura ...

  • March 16, 2017, 12:00 AM by Ross Fadner
    News Feeds: Your Personalized Echo Chamber?

    News feeds keep feeding you what you want to see and hear, so how do people learn to absorb oppositi ...

  • March 16, 2017, 12:00 AM by Ross Fadner
    How Live Shows Your Brand Cares

    There is something that shows both how you're in the moment, and how you care about going live, Lincoln Lope ...

  • March 15, 2017, 5:10 PM by Ross Fadner
    Live Streaming and Expectations: the Bar is Changing

    Consumer expectations for live streaming are necessarily different to those on TV and other legacy media. You no longer ne ...

  • March 15, 2017, 4:57 PM by Ross Fadner
    Fake News Matters Most During Campaign Cycles

    People consume news from many outlets these days outside of social media feeds, including the darker corners of the We ...

  • March 15, 2017, 4:49 PM by Ross Fadner
    Alexa Integrations and Creative Limitations

    Amazon's Alexa may be leading the charge into a voice-powered future, but creative limitations abound for third parties trying ...

  • March 15, 2017, 10:29 AM by Fred Schonenberg
    Tomorrow, Today - Top 5 Ad Startups From SXSW

    SXSW is a sea of music, film and innovation. Among the tens of thousands of attendees and exhibitors, the platfor ...

  • March 14, 2017, 5:54 PM by Richard Whitman
    RPA Campaign Used Apple's AirDrop to Connect With Potential Recruits At SXSW

    So, one by one, the agency spammed -- ahem -- "reached out" to those interesting and innovative people by AIrDroppi ...

  • March 13, 2017, 4:31 PM by Larissa Faw
    FCB's 'Tug Of Hope' At SXSW

    Developed with Mexico City's Papalote Children's Museum (PCM), the concept deploys a combination of smart screens, a custom-designed pressure devi ...

  • March 13, 2017, 8:00 AM by Bob Garfield
    Rushmore, Idle Less

    AUSTIN, TEXAS -- The thing about SXSW is, it's eclectic. Pay no mind to the stereotype of bearded hipsters stumbli ...

  • March 10, 2017, 3:17 PM by Laurie Sullivan
    Dell Technologies Makes Magic In Its First Branded Campaign

    A branded campaign that aims to teach agencies, brands and consumers about the new organization will roll out in multip ...

  • March 9, 2017, 11:11 AM by Philip Rosenstein
    Sprinklr Launches Tool To Help Stream Real-Time Social Media Content In DOOH Formats

    Sprinklr, a social media management platform, announced on Thursday the launch of Sprinklr Display, which purports to automatically transform soci ...

  • March 9, 2017, 8:00 AM by Amanda Hechinger
    Preparing For Cultural Curveballs At SXSWi

    Marketers must pay heed to these three trend territories that will undoubtedly be a focus at SXSWi this year. ...