TikTok Launches New Entertainment Ad Formats at Sundance for Streamers

www.hollywoodreporter.com: With its deal to have its U.S. operation acquired by a consortium of U.S. investors just days away, TikTok is making an aggressive move to court Hollywood, planning an expansive presence at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, and with plans to release a pair of new advertising formats designed specifically for entertainment companies.

Content Creators on Stage- Do They Boost Ticket Sales?

www.broadwayworld.com: Social media’s role on Broadway has been increasing over the last couple of years. Shows like The Great Gatsby and Maybe Happy Ending have been able to ride social media virality to either help overcome early struggles, or outperform expectations based on critical and awards reception.

Behind Hollywood glamour, an Instagram account highlights darker side for workers

www.msn.com: Last month, Ben Gottlieb, a 27-year-old set lighting technician, wanted to show his support for his union's campaign to improve working conditions on film sets so he wrote an Instagram post calling for an end to 12- to 14-hour shifts.

Twitter Is On Fire Talking About How Low-Paid Hollywood Assistants Are

The Mary Sue: Twitter is having a productive day discussing and calling out the problems with how Hollywood’s writer and production assistants are grossly underpaid. This is not a new conversation, but it is being brought to light by writer/producer Liz Alper, who wrote a Twitter thread about her own experience as an assistant and the problems with the pay there, especially considering how expensive Los Angeles is.

Podcast: CRM and Social Media Integration

AMT Lab @ CMU: In the latest episode of the AMT-Lab Podcast series, Chief Technology Manager Ashley Anderson Kowach interviews AMT-Lab contributor Megan Ma about her research on how a nonprofit organization can integrate social media data with an existing CRM system to better understand their constituents interests which could lead to better engagement between the organization and the audience.

EU Copyright Regulations May Prevent Artists from Sharing Work on Social Media

Artsy: Imagine it’s the summer of 2021, and an artist based in Berlin is uploading an image she created to express her support for the candidate vying to be Germany’s next chancellor—whomever she or he turns out to be—in the style of Shepard Fairey
’s iconic 2008 Barack Obama Hope campaign poster to Facebook. Before the image hits the news feed, a recently introduced Facebook upload filter checks the artist’s image against a vast database of copyrighted materials, turning up Fairey’s poster and countless other images in a similar style. The artist’s upload is denied; she can appeal the filter’s decision, but the process could take weeks, by which time the election will have passed and the image may be irrelevant. She gives up on sharing her artwork.

“Be More Chill”: How social media brought an underground musical to Broadway

www.fastcompany.com: If narrative convention counts for anything, the story of Be More Chill should have been over a long time ago. The sci-fi musical opened at a regional theater in New Jersey in 2015, ran for about four weeks, and closed after receiving a mixed response from critics, including a lukewarm review in the New York Times, which described its teen-centered plot as formulaic and its comedic efforts as having a “whiff of the stale about them.” Typically, a low-stakes show with scant marketing resources would not have had much of a life beyond that.

How Ralph Breaks the Internet's Princess Scene Got Made

io9.gizmodo.com: It all began at the D23 Expo last year. That was where Disney first played a scene from the Wreck-It Ralph sequel, Ralph Breaks the Internet, in which Vanellope von Schweetz meets 14 iconic Disney princesses at once. The clip crushed the audience of Disney super fans and has since been glimpsed here and there as moviegoers wait for the final film in November. However, at a recent press event, Disney pulled back the curtain to reveal how the scene came to be.

‘Fear The Walking Dead’s’ Colman Domingo to Deliver Keynote at Mipcom

Variety: With Issa Rae as its Personality of the Year, Mipcom will also aim at shining a light on diversity and women in the industry during its next edition.

“The big shift” will be the running theme of this Mipcom to “reflect the global movement towards equality behind and in front of the camera,” said Reed Midem, which organizes Mipcom and MipTV.

What Recruiters Pay Attention To When They Look At Your Social Media

www.fastcompany.com: You probably already know recruiters are looking at your LinkedIn page, but what about your other social media platforms? You know, the ones where you post pictures of your latest vacation, share what you had for dinner and occasionally tag your friends in memes. Why, you might wonder, would a recruiter possibly be interested in viewing things like that?

Scan Your Social Profiles Like a Potential Employer Will

twocents.lifehacker.com: If you’re in the market for a new job or just want to keep your social presence on lock, there’s a new tool that makes it easier to find posts that you might not want your future boss to see.

‘Hepeated’ Definition & Storyline: Twitter Roundup

collegecandy.com: Part of the fight for gender and racial equality requires calling out repeated problematic behaviors that silence marginalized groups. It’s why the term “mansplaining” resonates with so many women: the experience of having men explain our own experiences to us is all-too-familiar and condescending. In calling it out and raising awareness, men may recognize when they are doing it and make an effort to be more respectful.

Why RSS Still Beats Facebook and Twitter for Tracking News

fieldguide.gizmodo.com: You’d be forgiven for thinking RSS died off with the passing of Google Reader, but our old friend Really Simple Syndication (or Rich Site Summary) still has a role to play on the web of 2017. It’s faster, more efficient, and you won’t have to worry as much about accidentally leaking your news reading habit to all your Facebook friends. Whether you’ve never heard of it before or you’ve abandoned it for pastures new, here’s why you should be using RSS for your news instead of social media.

When it Comes to Protecting Girls Online, We're Still in 'Virgin Territory'

The Creators Project: The internet’s influence on young women is put center stage in Virgin Territory, a metaphoric performance piece that examines the sexualization of young girls, set against a backdrop of cyberbullying, online predators, and selfies. Director and choreographer Charlotte Vincent places her cast of eight—four adults and four children—into various scenarios highlighting how kids construct gendered identities by observing the behavior of grownups.

11 twitter accounts you must follow if you are into project management

Medium: With close to 1.3 billion registered users, Twitter stands on top of the list when we talk about social media platforms. No matter who you are and whatever you do, you simply cannot ignore the fact that Twitter is place where you can find top influencers and industry leaders.

And, project management is no different. The biggest names and the smartest brains from the project management industry are part of the twitterati list. And, in this post I’m going to share the list of top 13 of those names you need to follow on Twitter if you are related to project management industry.

Understudies told: don't tweet your show dates

Carousel, News | The Stage: Cameron Mackintosh has clamped down on performers publicising information about their schedules on social media.

The advice, sent to all performers, is expected to have a particular effect on understudies, many of whom post the dates they will be performing lead roles on their personal Twitter accounts.

Can Social Media actually sell tickets?

The Producer's Perspective: It takes about 15 minutes.

That’s when someone around the conference table at every ad meeting I’ve been to usually asks, “But what are we doing on Social Media?”

See, everyone knows that in modern day marketing, every show needs to be on Social Media.

But very few know what to do once they get there.

Review: '#DateMe: An OkCupid Experiment' is fun with online dating and mating

Chicago Tribune: Cupid, the oft-elusive dude with the bow and arrow, is born of the Latin word cupido, meaning desire. But for those of us lonely humans who trust our love lives to the barbarism of the mobile telephonic instrument, the son of the love goddess Venus actually is best known for forming part of the name of a popular website with a mildly ironic name, although no classical icon worth their salt would be happy to be attached to the moniker "OK" for all eternity.

Tweets Vs. Tickets, and Other Insights From Broadway’s Social Media

Selling Out: Recently, Forbes contributor Lee Seymour shared “10 Insights From Broadway’s Twitter Stats,” which compared tweets and ticket sales. His highlights and analysis — including the biggest takeaway that the two were not correlated, and that tweets do not, in fact, generate sales — attracted so much interest, Seymour posted a follow-up article, “Why Broadway Is The New Wild West – 7 More Insights From Its Social Media.”

4 Reasons to Join This New Social Network for Dancers

Backstage: Some exciting news for all you dancers out there: Dance.com has officially launched! A first of its kind, this all-encompassing digital social network for dancers is a one-stop shop to connect with other dancers, hear about auditions and networking opportunities, and get insight and tips from the verified instructors and experts—among them New York City Ballet principal dancer Lauren Lovette.