The Grammy Awards are often maligned for being out of touch with mainstream culture. But the 2022 Grammys proved its cultural relevance by giving three awards to Olivia Rodrigo, including Best New Artist, Best Pop Solo Performance, and Best Pop Vocal Album for her breakout album Sour. Along with Billie…

The Oscars are dying because Old Hollywood is dying. TV ratings for the Academy Awards have declined since 2000. So have ticket sales for motion pictures shown in theaters. This has been happening since before Covid-19 shuttered movie theaters. The Oscars honor movies that are produced and distributed the Old…

Will the Great Reshuffle make the voice of the employee more powerful? That’s a question many are asking as corporations react to vocal employees in the wake of current events. …

Elvis is ready for another comeback. Over the years, he’s been accused of a host of sins, including racism and cultural appropriation. …

The NFL Super Bowl Halftime Show always tries to play it safe, but the NFL does not always succeed, as we saw in 2016 when Beyoncé delivered a politically charged performance of “Formation.” Super Bowl LVI was no exception. For the first time, the show featured an all hip-hop line-up…

Did you catch that knee-slapper ad about climate change? Mixing humor and current events in an ad is risky. But the Super Bowl — oops, Big Game — is a safe space for advertisers to (try to) be funny. If the spot works, the advertiser enjoys mega impressions, engagement, and…

Doing the right thing and the smart thing: Dollywood Parks and Resorts, Dolly Parton’s theme park, will pay 100 percent of the tuition costs, fees, and books for employees who pursue higher education. The perk is available to employees starting on their first day of work and will be available…

Why did Amazon soar and Meta get pummeled after they reported quarterly earnings this week? There are many factors at play, but one big one: Amazon has more control over its advertising destiny than Facebook does. Meta’s ad business is vulnerable to Apple’s consumer privacy controls. …

Beware false narratives. A false narrative is an unsubstantiated conclusion that snowballs (usually online). There might be kernels of truth in the narrative, but the viral nature of a false narrative makes the facts irrelevant. Case in point: Spotify’s financial performance. During the week of January 24, Spotify’s stock value…