#5Things: This Week in Social

It was a bad week for the hate groups.  Your #5Things: Twitter Users Took Over #ProudBoys Facebook Banned All QAnon Pages Facebook Announced Election Notification Updates Instagram Added New Audio Features for Reels YouTube Tested Product Tags in Videos Sources: CBS News, Fortune, Social Media Today, and Bloomberg Hosts : Kenny Gold, Beth Rolfs, and Amanda Davis Take our Listener Survey: HERE Emai...

Listen to this podcast before you delete your account.   Your #5Things:  Court Blocked White House TikTok Order TikTok Expanded Duet Collaboration Facebook Merged Messaging Facebook Responded to The Social Dilemma Twitter Expanded Voice Tweets Sources: Social Media Today and The Verge Hosts: Kenny Gold, Beth Rolfs, and Amanda Davis Take our Listener Survey: HERE Email us : Podcasts@Grey.com Newsle...

To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, this week we are opening a conversation between Grey employees about mistakes and misconceptions people make about the Latinx and Hispanic community. We are examining the larger issues of the single-story and the stereotypical narratives in advertising. Beth Rolfs hosts the conversation with Karol Chang (Strategy Director and podcast contributor, Grey NY), and...

The social channels are not shying away from the big global issues through data hubs. We're here to break it all down and make sense of it.  Here are your #5 Things: US Announced Ban of WeChat and TikTok Downloads Facebook Launched Climate Science Information Hub Facebook Published COVID-19 State of Small Business Report Twitter Released Election News Tab Pinterest Released Key End of 2020 Trends...

This week we have updates from TikTok, new features at Facebook and Spotify,  and Twitch has a few things to celebrate! The #5 Things:  Oracle Won TikTok Deal Facebook Launched ‘Facebook Campus’ Rumors Of Spotify Karaoke Feature Spread Ninja Returned To Twitch  Twitch Saw Chess Viewer Obsession Hosts: Kenny Gold, Beth Rolfs, Amanda Davis Sources: The Verge, TechCrunch, NME, NY Times  Newsletter: c...

Summer is over and we're here to tee you up for the final stretch of 2020.  TikTok Sell-Off Delayed TikTok Enabled Creators to Sell Merch Twitter Added New Search Prompts to Voting Information  Twitter Officially Launched New 'Quote Tweets' Count Twitch Released Watch Parties Source: Social Media Today Reach out to us: podcasts@grey.com Check out the #5Things Newsletter on LinkedIn 

This week the team is gearing up for the end of summer with some good news stories from the platforms.  Here are the #5Things:  TikTok Challenged Executive Order  Reddit Reported Hate Speech Drop Facebook Launched Educator Hub  Pinterest Highlighted Black-Owned Businesses  BTS Broke YouTube’s 24-Hour View Record   Panel: Kenny Gold, Beth Rolfs, and Amanda Davis Sources: NYT, The Verge, Digital Inf...

This week the crew dives into Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest Facebook Launched Voting Information Facebook Closed Political Activist Group Loophole Facebook Merged Instagram And Messenger Chats Twitter Rolled Out Tweet Reply Controls To All Users Pinterest Expanded Skin Tone Search Qualifiers Plus: Wendy's has a podcast!  Host: Kenny Gold. Panel: Beth Rolfs, Amanda Davis, and producer Joey Scari...

Your friends are here again recording from their pillow forts to bring you the latest in the TikTok saga, an update on Instagram Reels and more.  The #5Things this week are:  The White House Set TikTok Deadline Snapchat Added New Voter Registration Tools Facebook Launched $25M Program To Support Black Creators Instagram Launched ‘Reels’ Twitter Added New Labels For State Media Hosts: Kenny Gold, B...

This week, Beth and Amanda are back on the pod with Kenny, they tackle some huge news in the world of social media. TikTok, Facebook, the US Government and more. Buckle up, this one is a journey!   Here are the 5 Things: Microsoft Sought To Buy TikTok  Facebook Lured TikTok Creators The Commerce Department Sought To Regulate Social Media  Instagram Soared As An Information Source [LINK] #WomenSupp...

Welcome to the Health & Wellness edition of the #5Things. Kenny chats with two Grey colleagues, Ankit Vahia and Jesse Kates about the ways the Pharma industry intersects with the pandemic, and the Twitter hack. PLUS: A new segment called One More Thing where we talk about podcasts on the podcast.  The #5Things are:  Pharma reputation got stronger than ever during the pandemic The Responsibilit...

This week, Kenny is joined by Amanda and Beth to discuss TikTok, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.  Here are the 5 Things: US Government Announced Potential TikTok Ban  A Facebook Civil Rights Audit Found ‘Serious Setbacks' Rumors of a Twitter Subscription Platform Spread Instagram Tested A New ‘Shops’ Tab Instagram Rolled Out Option to Pin Post Comments Panel: Kenny Gold, Beth Rolfs, and Amanda Da...

As the ice cream truck rolls by down the jersey shore, Kenny Gold hosts another 5 Things. This week, the team focuses mostly on platforms like Twitch, Reddit, and Facebook curbing hate speech, and Twitter and Instagram roll out new features.  Your #5Things for this week includes: Twitch Temporarily Banned Donald Trump  Reddit Banned ‘The_Donald’ Subreddit  Facebook Outlined Efforts to Address Plat...

Recording outside on the Jersey Shore, Kenny welcomes our old pal Amanda Davis and our new friend Joseph Day to the #5Things. They share a wealth of insights, a few hot takes, and plenty of banter as we continue to record our podcast from home.  Your #5Things include:  TikTok Launched TikTok For Business Marketers Facebook Announced Politician Post Violation Labels Instagram Expanded Reels Google...

Ish and Amanda join Kenny this week for the most important things that happening in the world of social and digital media.  #5Things includes: Civil Rights Groups Called on Advertisers to Pause Facebook Ad Spend Instagram Tested Shopping Tags in Post Captions Google Released “Keen” Twitter Launched Audio Clips in Tweets Twitch Announced Premier League Match Streams with Kenny Gold, Ish Traore, and...

This week the #5Things focus on experiential marketing and how brands are pivoting their longstanding live events to digital and hybrid-style experiences.  Ballet Leapt Into the Digital World. Brands Got Creative with Virtual Premieres Danish Super League Brought Fans To Stadium With Zoom Brands Celebrated Pride Digitally CES Announced Hybrid 2021 Show Host: Kenny Gold, Panel: Marie Kelly, Kirsten...

This week we are taking a break from talking about social and digital media and participating in #podcastblackout and using this episode as an opportunity to highlight the injustice in this country towards Black people. Kenny Gold hosts a round table discussion with three black employees of Grey, Lori Bullock, Danielle Hunt, and Ish Traore. The essay Lori Bullock wrote on LinkedIn titled The "Un-M...

Lot's of new features, new work, and new services in the world of digital and social media.  This week's 5 Things include:  Facebook Launched Workspace Tools Facebook Launched eCommerce “Shops” Nike Reminded Us Our Greatest Comebacks Are Around the Corner Twitter launched “Don’t @ Me” Reddit Launched An Ad School Host: Toby Daniels, Kenny Gold, Panel: Matt Navarra and Beth Rolfs To sign up for the...

This week #5Things is focused on innovations and disruptions happening in the influencer industry and how COVID-19 is fundamentally changing how influencers interact with social platforms and their followers. #5Things for this week are: Twitch Saw A Rise In Influencer Sponsored Content Pinterest Rolled Out Influencer Shopping Spotlights Webby’s Announced Best Influencer Endorsement Winner Instagra...

We are back with the #5Things and we are LIVE! This week the #5Things focuses on innovations and disruptions happening in the music industry and how COVID-19 is fundamentally changing how music is created and consumed. The #5Things for this week includes: Spotify Launched "Listening Together" Website We Should Write Sometime Saw Sheltering Surge Travis Scott Performed Concert on Fortnite Facebook...

Social Media Weeks' monthlong virtual event, #SMWONE is officially in full swing! To celebrate the kick-off of the month-long virtual event, we're bringing you the most recent episode of The #SMWONE Show hosted by #5Things contributor, Toby Daniels. This week, we're joined by Dan Gardner, Co-Founder and CEO of Code and Theory and Rich Goodstone, Co-Founder of Superfly. To watch the show live, sign...

Social Media Weeks' monthlong virtual event, #SMWOne is here! From now until the end of May we will be you bringing interviews from the newly launch web show called The #SMWONE Show hosted by #5Things contributor Toby Daniels. In this episode we'll hear from Katie Perry , VP of Marketing, at Public.com. Plus, a Q&A with Katie Perry, Raashi Rosenberger and Kenny Gold. To watch the show live, si...

Social Media Weeks' monthlong virtual event, #SMWOne begins today! From now until the end of May we will be bringing you interviews from the newly launch web show called The #SMWONE Show hosted by #5Things contributor Toby Daniels. This week Toby chats with Raashi Rosenberger, Brand Marketing, Consumer Apps, at Google, and our very own Kenny Gold, Director, Social Media, at Grey. To watch the show...

Social Media Weeks' monthlong virtual event is almost here! From now until the end of May we will be bringing interviews from the newly launch web show called The #SMWONE Show hosted by #5Things contributor Toby Daniels. We'll hear from Neil Waller, CEO of Whalar. He will discuss how he is prioritizing objectives for himself and his team, what he calls "conscience consumerism" , and you'll hear hi...

Social Media Weeks' monthlong virtual event is almost here! From now until the end of May we will be bringing you interviews from the newly launched web show called The #SMWONE Show hosted by #5Things contributor Toby Daniels. This week Toby chats with Mathew Sweezey , Director of Market Strategy at Salesforce about authenticity for brands, his quarantine habits, and his new book. Want to watch th...