Buffalo Wild Wings, the sports bar chain with more than 1,200 locations worldwide, recruited several all-star players for an Instagram Stories push that aims to shame fans for not watching March Madness. Read more….
Month: March 2019
For those who want to recall the golden age of glossy magazines — when editors had more sway than reality-TV stars and Instagram influencers — consider “Save Me The Plums.” Read more…
Dating app OkCupid added a profile badge that lets “Game of Thrones” fans show their enthusiasm for the HBO hit series. Read more….
OkCupid is the most popular dating app in West Virginia, according to a survey of U.S. consumers by PC Mag. Tinder is the top dating app overall — used by 17% of people — and is most popular in 27 states, followed by Match with 17 states. Bumble, the only app that requires women to send a first message after finding a match, was the leader in Missouri and Oregon, while Plenty of Fish was most popular in Maine and Utah.
Chiquita is celebrating World Banana Day by putting scannable codes on 200 million of its iconic blue banana stickers. Read more…
The sports magazine best known for its swimsuit issue has been on the block since last year. Meredith originally sought $150 million for ‘SI’ and has held firm on that asking price. Read more…
One of the most compelling parts of Apple’s publishing platform is its Apple News Format, which gives publishers greater flexibility in how they present their content and advertising. Read more….
On Sunday, AG William Barr delivered to Congress a filtered four-page summary of “principal conclusions” from Robert Mueller’s two-year investigation. No word yet on when the full findings will be released. Read more…
Writer Charlotte Alter’s tweet noted how she and Ocasio-Cortez were born in the same year and claimed that millennials are embracing democratic socialism because they’ve “never experienced American prosperity.” Read more…
Rogers began to scale back its print magazine business in 2016, while focusing on sports content, including its ownership of the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team. Read more…
Burger King is offering mobile users in Brazil a free Whopper for virtually setting fire to the ads of its rivals. Read more…
Background Reading:
Burger King has grown more popular in Brazil, the South American country known for steak houses and premium beef. The burger chain is opening a new location in Brazil every three to four days, making BK Brasil the world’s fastest-growing restaurant operator by revenue. BK Brasil has grown to 736 sites since 2011, challenging McDonald’s dominance with 939 restaurants since opening the first one in 1979, Bloomberg News reported.