Shares of CVS closed Tuesday ~10% lower, Walgreens shed ~9%, Rite Aid Corp.’s stock plunged more than 16%. Amazon’s shares finished slightly higher. Instant COVID tests can't be far behind? Good way to get more Prime customers. apnews.com/article/amazon…

Maybe one for Nielsen Media Lab? With the help of signal processing software and machine learning systems, computers can accurately pick out speech and musical patterns from television shows the vacuum is eavesdropping on. studyfinds.org/roomba-spying-…

Check out my 2021 predictions Restoring the Roaring into the Twenties linkedin.com/pulse/2021-res… via LinkedIn

Great new campaign from The Wall Street Journal Well done Josh Stinchcomb and team youtu.be/n3z_8kyqqK8 via YouTube

As we gear up for the future @ #CES let's all take a moment to remember the BlackBerry, once a game changer, now game over. RIP. tcrn.ch/3eOhjRq

Brace yourself...#CES 2022's first new Metaverse buzzword: Metamobility, which enables one to move freely between the real and virtual worlds. The core idea is that space, time and distance will all become irrelevant. Wasn't that lockdown? techcrunch.com/2022/01/04/hyu…

I suspect Schmidt Old Tyme just earned a bunch of new customers (and followers). baltimoremagazine.com/section/commun…

Thousands of News Year's Resolutions just died. thetakeout.com/taco-bell-mont…

Many implications for advertising. Time spent with ad-supported media falls to 46.6%, even as ad spending soars. Important to point out that the size of the overall media consumption pie has also increased PQ Media bit.ly/3fmjziY Joe Mandese

If you want to identify upcoming digital trends, look at what was trending a few years ago, give it better tech, more use cases and a new name (2.0, 3.0, etc.), and there you go. Drum roll....3D printing is back! axios.com/3d-printings-n…

The answer is no, because the Metaverse doesn't exist yet. #Fortnite is great, but it's not #SnowCrash. Right now we have lots of augmented, virtual, mixed, and immersive tech (a Betaverse) that scratches the surface of what will emerge down the road. thedrum.com/news/2022/01/2…

An innocent accident, or the start of the robot rebellion? Not exactly Skynet but who knows. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Join me at IAB #ALM2022 February 7-10 in NYC to contribute to the most important digital media conversations of the year. Help design the future of the digital landscape and solve our industry’s biggest challenges. Register now at iab.com/alm

Come celebrate Modem Media UK's 25th anniversary, at the Pack & Carriage (formerly Rowleys) on lovely Eversholt St. on October 6th from 6:00pm until whenever.

Simply awesome work from our great News Corp Australia team for LVMH and #Moet & Chandon. Awesome and highly innovative fusion of video, commerce, and data. mediaweek.com.au/news-corp-aust…

As an @IAB board member, I know the importance of #ALM2023. It all starts here! Join me in sunny Florida this January: bit.ly/3FAMsVv

Really enjoying this year’s #ALM2023 conference. Great work mrdcohen and the IAB team. Great lineup of content, speakers and so nice to see people in person!

Save the date! Location somewhere in London TBC #modemmedia #digitas #publicismodem #poppetyson

#IStandWithEvan Please take a moment to read and share this free The Wall Street Journal article about the young American unjustly imprisoned by Russia. bit.ly/3AgZB4b #JournalismIsNotACrime.

“From 2008 to 2020, 57% of newsroom jobs in the United States have been lost,” News Corp CEO Robert Thomson told Brian Sozzi. “We’re facing another wave, in this case a tsunami potentially, of job losses because of the impact of AI.”