Dispatch from an advertising future #195

https://adage.com/article/digital-marketing-ad-tech-news/roblox-adds-listening-parties-musicians/2368076 Roblox adds listening parties, extending the reach musicians can have on its platform It’s around here somewhere. It’s gotta be. I know it doesn’t look like the sort of place but this is definitely it. This was the address I got. It’s exactly where they’d play. You can keep those big arenas, those soulless …

Dispatch from an advertising future #91

https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/26/spotify-is-developing-a-virtual-events-feature/ https://www.adweek.com/retail/spotify-created-an-ai-powered-avatar-of-the-weeknd-for-a-personalized-listening-experience/ She’d seen them “real live” in The Before and been “at their v-gigs” three times since. Through the right interface they were good. The 4D headset had made her sick but maybe that was the dancing. A good screen and binaurals worked. And she liked the YouHad2BThere (™) they used to stop people …

Dispatch from an advertising future #48

https://www.warc.com/newsandopinion/news/eurosportbuildsbiometricbenchmarks/43318 The good thing about a conference in a cinema was the seats. They’d been designed for comfort: blockbuster, popcorn comfort. Cup holder on the left, emotion panel on the right. She settled in for the first of her boss’ two appearances that year. She knew what she had to do. She took a deep …