#ShortTake: YouTube’s Podcast Chart, Boston Builds Creator Scene and B2B Influencer Campaigns

By Jeff Barrett  • Published May 27, 2025

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ShortTake is your weekly FYP from The Shorty Awards for quick, new and thought-challenging takes on culture, creativity and TLDR. Things that need a closer look and things that need a completely different perspective.

Live Nation & Jolene: Serving Coffee and Collaborations We Actually Want

Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis has launched Jolene, a canned cold brew brand that’s hitting Live Nation venues and festivals. This isn’t just …

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#ShortTake: AI Talent Agents, $400M Creator Moves & FTC v. Meta

By Jeff Barrett  • Published May 19, 2025

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ShortTake is your weekly FYP from The Shorty Awards for quick, new and thought-challenging takes on culture, creativity and TLDR. Things that need a closer look and things that need a completely different perspective.

Emma 

Meet Emma, the AI talent agent developed by Retrograde, now managing over 1,400 brand deals and connecting with 700+ brands. Emma offers creators 24/7 support, instant email responses, and data-driven matchmaking, challenging traditional talent …

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#ShortTake: LinkedIn’s Content Push, Tariff Impact on Ad Spend & Influencer Burnout

By Jeff Barrett  • Published May 12, 2025

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ShortTake is your weekly FYP from The Shorty Awards for quick, new and thought-challenging takes on culture, creativity and TLDR. Things that need a closer look and things that need a completely different perspective.

LinkedIn's Upfronts: Where B2B Meets Binge-Watching

LinkedIn is stepping into the spotlight with its own version of Upfronts, unveiling five new original video series featuring business luminaries like Steven Bartlett and Rebecca Minkoff. These shows …

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#ShortTake: Google Faces the DOJ, LinkedIn Doubles Down on Creators, and SixDegrees.org x Advertising Week

By Jeff Barrett  • Published May 5, 2025

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ShortTake is your weekly FYP from The Shorty Awards for quick, new and thought-challenging takes on culture, creativity and TLDR. Things that need a closer look and things that need a completely different perspective.

The Tech Intimacy Scale

In a recent episode of The AI Download with Shira Lazar, futurist Cathy Hackl introduced the "Tech Intimacy Scale," a framework assessing how technology influences human connection. The scale ranges from …

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#ShortTake: AI Is Changing Search, POSSIBLE 2025 Kicks Off, and Smarter Tools to Try

By Jeff Barrett  • Published April 28, 2025

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ShortTake is your weekly FYP from The Shorty Awards for quick, new and thought-challenging takes on culture, creativity and TLDR. Things that need a closer look and things that need a completely different perspective.

Is this the end of search as we know it?

ChatGPT + Shopify could be big, really big. It’s rare that we moments in which entire habits could be disrupted but if a simple prompt can …

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