The Week of March 17, 2023 Marketing and Business News: TikTok Adds a Dedicated Feed for STEM Content

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• Small Talk
  • St. Patrick’s Day and getting tanned (00:47)
  • 5 ways GPT-4 outsmarts ChatGPT (04:21)
    https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/14/5-ways-gpt-4-outsmarts-chatgpt/
  • When Silicon Valley Bank collapsed on Friday, it created the second-largest bank failure in US history. (08:59)
    https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/banking/ask-a-nerd-how-does-svbs-closure-affect-me
    https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2023/03/13/graphics-bank-collapse-silicon-valley/11466073002/
     
• Holidays (13:36)
  • St. Patricks Day!
  • MARCH MADNESS
     
• Radnews:
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• Social Media News
  • TikTok is adding a dedicated feed for STEM content (17:53)
    https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/14/tiktok-is-adding-a-dedicated-feed-for-stem-content/
  • Influencers have greatest impact on consumer sustainability choices (20:10)
    https://www.marketingdive.com/news/influencers-impact-sustainability-marketing-unilever/644478/
     
• Sponsor (22:38)
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  • Branded Bills
     
• Marketing News
  • Marketing March Madness: 20 years of the corporate champions program and counting (24:18)
    https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Journal/Issues/2023/03/06/In-Depth/march-madness-sponsorship.aspx
  • Magic Johnson takes Coke Zero Sugar from Lil Dicky and Travis Bennett (25:56)
    https://www.thedrum.com/news/2023/02/23/us-ad-the-day-magic-johnson-takes-coke-zero-sugar-lil-dicky-and-travis-bennett
  • Jacob Toppin, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander team up in AT&T's March Madness commercial (28:30)
    https://www.on3.com/teams/kentucky-wildcats/news/watch-jacob-toppin-shai-gilgeous-alexander-team-up-att-march-madness-commercial/
  • Waze is making it easier for EV owners to find compatible charging points (29:50)
    https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/15/waze-is-making-it-easier-for-ev-owners-to-find-compatible-charging-points/
  • Ryan Reynolds’ Mint Mobile scooped up by T-Mobile in $1.35B deal (31:40)
    https://nypost.com/2023/03/15/ryan-reynolds-mint-mobile-scooped-up-by-t-mobile-in-1-35b-deal/

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