BeanCast 652: Meta Wouldn't Do That

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Panel

Saul Colt, Founder, The Idea Integration Co.

Michelle Excell, Founder, The Antipodean

Jonathan Sackett, Chief Brand & Marketing Officer, GRK Fresh Greek

Bob Knorpp, Host, The BeanCast

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TOPICS

All About Meta

Sources: Morning Brew reports, Adweek reports, NYT analysis, Adweek opinion, The Drum with industry reaction, Stratechery with a Zuckerberg interview, CNET interviews their head of Metaverse, Twitter reactions, MarketWatch on the internal effort

VR Brand Opportunities

Sources: VB looks at brand opportunities, IGN on the gaming worlds, Adweek on the IRL value

PayPal Not Buying Pinterest

Sources: Adweek reports

Why Chico’s is Hot Now

Sources: Adweek reports

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FAIR/FAIL/FOUL

FAIR: Oumph! launches Human Meat promotion and Progressive offers a Dr. Rick book

FAIL: Dabur forced to pull same-sex ad

FOUL: Facebook continues to grow and use deactivated profiles

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SPONSORS

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