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Top Stories of The Week
😵 Here’s how TikTok will go dark—if it comes to that.
💀 TikTokers are getting the last laugh by migrating en masse to China’s RedNote app.
🍻 Coors Light’s “refershment” stunt culminates in a Case of The Mondays.
👍 State Farm cancels Super Bowl ad to prioritize wildfire relief efforts in California.
⛑️ Airbnb, Toyota, and Planet Fitness step up to help L.A. fire survivors.
🎨 Photoshop introduces live co-editing in private beta.
📈 Brands are seeing an influx of traffic from ChatGPT and Google Gemini.
🤔 Google’s search market share falls below 90% for first time since 2015.
🕴️ The cast of Severance takes over Grand Central Station with an unconventional popup to promote Season 2.
🙆 Squid Game is back. Will advertisers join the game?
💡 Instagram shares key areas of focus for 2025.
❇️ Google Ads launches new barcode and QR code promotion formats.
🔍 Paid search and mobile were the largest revenue drivers during the holiday season.
💳 Instagram appears to be considering a feature that would enable creators and brands to pay for engagement.
🔺 Doritos selected these three finalists for its “Crash the Super Bowl” contest.
💭 Infographic: AI models with the lowest hallucination rates.
What We Learned
Monday: Capturing audience attention while meeting business goals with your branded podcast takes a lot of creativity. Whether you’re launching a new show or revamping an existing one, adding unique segments can improve engagement, retention, and brand perception. Here are 7 creative segment ideas to try.
Tuesday: Mediaocean surveyed nearly 700 marketing professionals to compile its 2025 H1 Advertising Outlook Report. Here are 5 key findings from the data, which reveal how marketers are navigating new tech and shifting consumer behavior.
Wednesday: Digital Summit is coming to Tampa, FL on March 25–26 and bringing top marketing leaders to the stage to show you how to better manage your time and resources, refresh and optimize your campaigns, and more effectively communicate successes and team needs to your stakeholders. For a limited time, save $300 off any ticket tier + another 30% off with code CARNEY30.
Thursday: ICYMI, the TikTok party has moved to RedNote, with U.S. users driving the Chinese app to #1 in the App Store this week. But is RedNote a sustainable, 1:1 solution to a world without the FYP? Not quite. Here’s what to know.
The Conversation
🔥 Here’s what’s trending in The Daily Carnage Facebook group this week:
“What phrase do you use instead of ‘Super Bowl?’ I’m tired of writing ‘big game’ and ‘biggest football night of the year.'”
💬 Our community of experts says…
- “I feel like if you say anything else, people may not know what you are talking about.”
- I jokingly use Sugar Cup in meetings. Perhaps it’s time to take it out of the boardroom.”
- “We called it Superb Owl like from What We Do in The Shadows.”
🤖 ChatGPT recommends…
- “Ad Bowl”
- “Championship Sunday”
- “The Gridiron Showdown”
- “Bowl of Bowls”
So, hopefully that has you covered.
Orange Turmeric Ginger Wellness Shots
Bottoms up, we’re doing wellness shots.
Ingredients
- 1 large orange
- 1 lemon or lime
- 1 inch turmeric
- 2 inch ginger
- 1 carrot chopped
- ½ tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 cup water
- Pinch of ground black pepper
Get mixing over at Mindful Mocktail.
Did Ya Know?
Answer: Shawn Mendes.
Let this be proof that you should post your 6-second cover of Justin Bieber. You never know.