Technology
Pivot MIA: How Vox Media Turned its Podcast Into a Futuristic Tech Conference in Miami
Life-sized 4K holograms are on display. NFT “digital employees” are up for grabs. Long, rectangular dinner tables set the dystopian tone. Welcome to the “museum of the future.” In actuality, it was a forward-thinking dinner, gallery and performance experience activated by Hygienic Dress League (HDL) during Vox Media’s inaugural Pivot MIA conference, an event based...
Targeting Die-hard Fans, Yahoo Sports hosts an NBA All-Star Tribute Experience
Yahoo Sports gathered basketball fans on the court for “The First Bounce” retrospective experience highlighting heroes over four decades, from the ’60s to the ’90s. The program took place at NBA Crossover, a tentpole fan event highlighting the intersection of the NBA, pop culture and technology that attracted an array of sponsors as part of...
Director’s Cut: Why Acura is Committed to its Long-standing Sundance Partnership
After the Sundance Film Festival took an all-digital format in 2021, 12-year sponsor Acura approached this year’s festival with a hybrid strategy aimed at reaching new audiences online while reviving its programming on the ground in Park City, UT. Then the Omicron variant came knocking, and Sundance, this year Jan. 20-30, once again went virtual....
Revolt TV’s Annual Summit Returns to in-Person with a Hyper-local Program
The Revolt Summit x AT&T, an annual conference produced by Black-owned and operated multimedia platform, Revolt TV, which was founded by music icon Sean “Diddy” Combs, returned to in-person after a two-year hiatus, Nov. 11-13, with an array of hyper-local cultural touchpoints for the Atlanta-based audience. The three-day experience, which offered workshops, panels, networking opportunities,...