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Paramount, Warner, and the Price of Consolidation

Inclusive Sans expands upon Penguin’s history with playfulness and curiosity

The result was looking past glyphs as pure aesthetics but symbols of curiosity and boldness. Rounding the forms of the ‘a’ and ‘g’, Olivia and her team designed the typeface to be friendly and approachable, echoing the accessible nature of Penguin’s books. Subtle flicks in other letters add a sense of movement and liveliness, meanwhile,

Google Says AI Won’t Replace The Need For SEO

Google’s John Mueller and Martin Splitt discussed the question of whether AI will replace the need for SEO. Mueller expressed a common-sense opinion about the reality of the web ecosystem and AI chatbots as they exist today. Context Of Discussion The context of the discussion was about SEO basics that a business needs to know.

Why Mel Robbins’ ‘Let Them’ theory is the mindset marketers need now

Mel Robbins is a New York Times bestselling author, former CNN legal analyst, and a globally recognized expert in personal development. Her “Let Them Theory” offers a simple but powerful mindset: when others doubt, criticize or question you, let them. It’s not about giving up — it’s about staying focused on what matters. In the

‘How my life shaped my sculpting’: meet Simon Lee, the artist who turns experience into art

Simon Lee is an educator and creature art director for feature films and games who has lectured all over the world and taught professional artists for over a decade. Here tells us how becoming a father at 38 moved him to become a professional artist, and how his art career has shaped his evolution as

Meta Follows YouTube In Crackdown On Unoriginal Content

Meta announced that it will implement stronger measures against accounts sharing “unoriginal” content on Facebook. This marks the second major platform policy update in days following YouTube’s similar announcement about mass-produced and repetitive content. Meta revealed it has removed approximately 10 million profiles impersonating large content creators, and taken action against 500,000 accounts involved in

WPP picks its new CEO but has a struggling business to shore up

Last week may have ushered in the first moments of a shift in balance among the holding companies. WPP named its new CEO — breaking barriers along the way by naming the first female holdco CEO ever in Microsoft executive Cindy Rose — just a day after revealing that its first half 2025 earnings are

“I think a lot of the issues in the industry stem from ‘bad managers’”

When progression means managing a team you never wanted, what are your options? Katie Cadwell looks at leadership, agency culture and how to carve your own path in this week’s Creative Career Conundrums.

Nearly 8 In 10 Americans Use ChatGPT For Search, Adobe Finds

A new report from Adobe states that 77% of Americans who use ChatGPT treat it as a search engine. Among those surveyed, nearly one in four prefer ChatGPT over Google for discovery, indicating a potential shift in user behavior. Adobe surveyed 800 consumers and 200 marketers or small business owners in the U.S. All participants

Newsers Pay Respect to Former CNN Political Analyst David Gergen

The political and media worlds are mourning the loss of David Gergen, who died on Friday at the age of 83 due to Lewy body dementia. Gergen, who served in various capacities during both Republican and Democratic administrations between the 1970s and 1990s, was more well-known for his role in TV punditry, especially at CNN, where

Kris Laudien Gone from CBS Detroit After Two Years

Anchor Kris Laudien is out at Detroit CBS owned station WWJ. A CBS spokesperson told TVSpy, “Kris Laudien is no longer with CBS Detroit. We wish him the very best.” […]

Stacey Solomon recommends the Cricut Joy Xtra for organising – but you can get a label maker for a lot less

TV personality Stacey Solomon has a very tidy home (as she shares with her millions of followers on social media), and it was recently discovered that she relies on one of the best Cricut machines to achieve her clutter-free cupboards. Organising a home can be difficult when there are multiple people and pets to manage,

Where do the popular LLMs find their information?

MarTechCharts regularly highlights data of interest to marketers and marketing operations professionals. Popular LLMs like Google Gemini and ChatGPT have to get their information from somewhere. There’s a vast amount of information available online, and each LLM uses its own methods to find what it needs to answer the questions user asks in a prompt.

Bambu Lab offers record-low prices on 3D printers in anniversary sale

There’s a lot of buzz around Amazon Prime Day at the moment, as retailers get prepped for one of the biggest sales events of the year. We’ve already started tracking the best Prime Day 3D printer offers, but actually, I think Bambu Lab’s 3rd Anniversary Sale is a much bigger deal (with up to 40%

Fifty shades of typeface, a London dominatrix gets her own brand identity

The brand’s distinctive asset is “binds”, strips of their bespoke typeface distorted to appear like ropes or leather, adding a subtly erotic edge to the campaign without nudity. The ability to suggest and entice is key in WMH&I’s arsenal of text based playfulness. “The ‘binds’ are a visual representation of Jane Grey’s psychological control,” says

After three weeks of testing, here’s why the Wacom Intuos Pro (2025) has won me over

Why you can trust Creative Bloq Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you. Find out more about how we test. Despite reviewing and testing drawing tablets all the time, there’s something uniquely exciting about getting my hands on the latest from Wacom, and

eufyMake E1 UV Printer review: lets you print on (almost) anything

Why you can trust Creative Bloq Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you. Find out more about how we test. Printers get a lot of the spotlight and rightly so. 2D printers have been around for so long that not much has moved

Early Concord concept art shows the game could have looked very different

Ah, Concord. Sony‘s $100m PS5 flop was one of the biggest calamities in recent gaming history – some say the worst since Atari’s E.T. in 1982. The game was taken offline in September after just two weeks due to poor sales. A lot of blame was put on Concord’s character design (I thought the problem

How the Lilo & Stitch Marketing Team Avoided an Ugly Sonic Glitch

Sorry, Ugly Sonic—you’re not going to have an Ugly Stitch to add to your friend group. Back in 2019, Paramount learned the perils of building a major movie marketing campaign around the reveal of a “live-action” version of a beloved animated character—in that case, Sonic the Hedgehog. When fans got a look at the film’s

Canva Websites review: build a website, using the same platform you use for graphic design

Why you can trust Creative Bloq Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you. Find out more about how we test. Canva has established itself as the go-to design platform for non-designers and design newbies, and Canva Websites brings that same user-friendly approach to

Battle of the label makers: did Brother, Niimbot or MUNBYN come out on top?

I will fully admit that I love labelling things. What could be more satisfying than sorting through your spices and giving them all labels or organising all your artwork with prices, ready to sell at a market? You could just buy a bunch of labels and create your own hand-drawn labels, but having one of

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