Ian Schafer
@ischafer
Building the future of branded entertainment w/@IssaRae at @followensemble | Founder & Chairman Emeritus @deepfocus | @AAFNational Hall of Achievement Inductee
Honor of a lifetime to be working w/@IssaRae on Ensemble (@followensemble). So excited to make 🔥 content w/the creators & brands we love. Culture always benefits from curation, & the creator economy has an even greater mandate to be equitable because it's made of PEOPLE. LFG! 🍾
Exclus: the prolific @IssaRae has another venture to her credit - a new creator marketing company that aims to close the pay equity gap. W/industry bigs like @ischafer and Montrel McKay, & @pepsi and @Popeyes on board businessinsider.com/issa-rae-launc…
Chadenfreude
Coldplay’s Streams Surge After Viral Concert Kiss-Cam Moment hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-new…
Adding a little context 1. Wanted some variety (maybe “Over the Mountain”)2. Facing Larry (aka Chipper) in Atlanta five times never was a good thing (conflated the two). 3.Few would disagree it is a bit overplayed compared to his other songs.. RIP Ozzy.
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I think they are saying New Era gave them my design and told them to make the hat, AND that other companies can do so also!
I can't even begin to process this. Hat Club stole @athletelogos designs, left his logo on them, and when caught, simply said, "congratulations"? FOH
A response from the Hat Club “Design Director”. What the actual F?!
RIP to a real one. I'll never forget @heif bringing him to the i-traffic office.
via Rochester, N.Y.’s WROC — Chuck Mangione, trumpet player and Rochester native known for hit song “Feels So Good,” dies at 84. #RIP rochesterfirst.com/entertainment-…
Well now we know what Trey and Matt were up to the last few months with Deep Voodoo
Black and Hispanic teens exert huge influence over American culture despite efforts to tell you otherwise.
% of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 who say they visit or use the following apps or sites almost constantly, per PEW:
censorship
Trump on getting Colbert, Kimmel, and Fallon fired: "It's really good to see them go, and I hope I played a major part in it!"
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New: Palantir's CTO and several early employees are raising money to launch Founders Films, a film and TV production studio that aims to "say yes to projects about American exceptionalism, name America’s enemies, back artists unconditionally, take risk on novel IP.”
What a 🔥 weekend at WNBA All-Star. Huge thanks to @followensemble's friends and partners at Deep Blue Sports + Entertainment, @DoorDash, @iHeartRadio, @Patron, @viaraewines, and @ES_sportsnews for making it one to remember.
why does this guy look like hes about to open a shop in my town that sells items that fulfill the townspeoples deepest darkest desires, but come at a terrible cost?
why does this guy look like hes about to open a shop in my town that sells items that fulfill the townspeoples deepest darkest desires, but come at a terrible cost?
I honestly can’t believe Chevrolet’s new tag line is “together let’s drive”. What do you do with that. Where does that extend. How does the at differentiate you from your competition? How does that inspire your customers or attract the ones you don’t have yet? The golden age of…
WNBA All Star is turning into a main event and I encourage every brand marketer to see it first-hand. The fan energy and passion is bigger than you can possibly imagine.
If advertisers boycotting publishers is a first amendment violation then so is this, yeah?
Stephen Colbert’s rival had an instant, furious reaction to the bombshell news. trib.al/Y8OVdgf
In the air to Indy. Let’s goooooooo
The All-Stars take the carpet TONIGHT ✨ Tune in to WNBA Orange Carpet Live presented by @bumble at 6:30pm/ET with hosts Jordan Robinson and Ari Chambers! Streaming on the WNBA App & YouTube.
Treasure
this guy spent 21 years building a miniature version of nyc consisting of almost a million buildings, the full model is 50 feet long and 30 feet wide, and he first announced it on tiktok like this:
viberegulating
Makary: "We have a lot of data and it may not necessarily be the traditional 50 year randomized control trial follow up. It's data from families that say their kids have been acting with bad behavior ... and they eliminate the petroleum-based food dyes and the behavior improves.…
I cherish Push for how he gives our age bracket these easter eggs.. "ran off on the plug 2 like Trugoy," the BDP scratched chorus on Nosetalgia..
Malice is ALL OF US catching Pusha’s Ecstasy/Whodini line for the 1st time 🤯
