🛑 Molson Coors is the latest to pump the brakes on DEI efforts.

🍊 LOL: Capri Sun responds to panic over new bottles with $250 pallets of juice pouches.

😰 Canva is planning to hike subscription prices by up to 300%.

💬 You can now comment on Instagram Stories.

👋 Snapchat is going to put ads next to messages from friends.

🔥 These are Spotify’s 2024 Global Songs of Summer, and the magic behind them.

😅 NYTs launches Connections Bot to give you a personalized analysis of your daily Connections frustrations.

🦠 The most experimental logo of the year was grown from live bacteria.

😍 Snapchat brings back retro social trends in a new update.

Tuesday: Tubular Labs’ “The State of Social H2 2024” report highlights several key trends in social video content, including data that suggests that our attention spans may be getting longer.

• That said, our own poll revealed that 50% of respondents note a decrease in engagement on longer video content in 2024, which might come down to ever-shifting algorithms.

Wednesday: Thanks to an update, you can now compare your GA4 performance across key metrics with industry peers. Here’s how.

• With over a year of GA4 behind us, 50% of our subscribers report that they feel “not confident at all” in their GA4 skills. 29% feel “somewhat confident,” 19% feel “confident,” 2% feel “very confident,” and not one of us feels “extremely confident.” Hope this helps.

Thursday: If you haven’t read Breakthrough Advertising by iconic copywriter Eugene Schwartz, you totally should. He famously had a winning-ad rate of 85 percent. But for now, here is some of his wisdom distilled, including why you should set your writing timer for 33.33 minutes.

• 45.5% of poll respondents say they’re writing style is defined less by timed bursts than by procrastinating until pressure is high. So, if you’re avoiding a draft right now, you’re not alone.

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Nora posted: “I’m new to the influencer marketing world and could use some recommendations. What are your favorite influencer search tools and why?”

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An anonymous Carney posted: “We just noticed that some of our marketing emails went out with broken unsubscribe and preference center links. Is there anything we need to do to remedy this situation besides fixing in future emails?”

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Ingredients

• ¾ oz Barrell Armida
• ¾ oz Amaro Nonino
• ¾ oz Aperol
• ¾ oz fresh lemon juice
• Strip of grapefruit zest, for garnish

Steps

1. Combine all ingredients in a shaker tin. Add ice and shake vigorously for about 10 seconds.
2. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass, and garnish with a grapefruit peel.

Recipe by Barrell Craft Spirits

Answer: Britney Spears, Beyonce, and Pink.

Surely, you remember these ironclad pop stars performing the Queen classic in the Colosseum, for whatever reason? The early aughts were odd times.

You might be surprised to know the original never aired during the 2004 Super Bowl, instead making the rounds online.

The epic concept has been resurrected for 2024 ahead of the release of Gladiator II, with appearances by Megan Thee Stallion, Travis Kelce, and others.