Top of The News
by Thom Forbes
McDonald's will replace plastic straws with paper ones in its 1,361 restaurants in the United Kingdom and Ireland starting this September and will also begin testing alternatives in the U.S., … Read the whole story

GAMING
by P.J. Bednarski
Gamers howled on social media. Sony responded, sort of, to the BBC, the only statement it has made on issue as of Friday morning. Read the whole story

RETAIL
by Sarah Mahoney
B8ta, which started in 2015, with stores in San Francisco, New York and Santa Monica, Calif., aims to help customers try and buy new … Read the whole story

SPORTS
by Tanya Gazdik
When looking at Hispanic TV homes in the U.S. exclusively, about 61% of their residents have watched at least six minutes of a soccer … Read the whole story

FINANCIAL SERVICES
by Tanya Gazdik
The campaign kicked off by marketing the De-Alcohol-Orizer on Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat in the form of animated gifs encouraging people to "undrunk yourself." Read the whole story

PACKAGED GOODS
by Larissa Faw
The company's top marketing executive, Keith Weed, made the announcement at Cannes. It's part of a broader effort at the company to eradicate fraud … Read the whole story
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by Alex Weprin
The deal with Apple may include a talk show or focus on scripted or reality programming. The content may even go beyond video. The … Read the whole story