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Culture & Media

Digital Rewilding

In a post-algorithm world, personal curiosity leads and crowdsourced tastes and preferences are beginning to step back.

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Technology

Web Summit 2024: Podcasts in 2025, the power of Swifties and AI vs IP

As Web Summit 2024 wrapped up its third and final day, attendees gathered on the central stage to hear key speakers such as Vinted’s CEO Thomas Plantenga, social media personality Loren Gray and renowned footballer Rúben Dias. Here are three insights curated by our team of analysts in attendance.

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Culture & Media

Stat: People trust social media, but hesitate to pay for news, study shows

A study from Morning Consult showed social media has become a dominant news source, with nearly 40% of US adults turning to these platforms multiple times a day for updates.

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Marketing & Branding

Cultural Curation in the UAE

With the ambition to become the Dazed of the Middle East, new lifestyle publication The Sandy Times talks to LS:N Global about the local cultural boom, empowering Emirati talents and edu-taining Western readers.

Gucci and The North Face with Highsnobiety, Photography by Ronan Gallagher
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Marketing & Branding

Why TikTok sleuths are luxury’s most valuable asset

Leaning into pop culture and relinquishing brand control can help luxury companies transform trending topics into viral marketing moments.

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Technology

Artist LaTurbo Avedon exists solely on the internet

The avatar and artist discusses her digital identity and explains why tech companies could become transhumanitarian.

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Marketing & Branding

Influencer instinct

UK – Cosmopolitan has collaborated with Millennial influencers to launch the Cosmopolitan Influencer Network.

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Culture & Media

Curating conversations

Global – Facebook has developed a new platform that aims to create a healthy news eco-system.

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Technology

Lisbon Web Summit

Moving to the Portuguese capital from Dublin this year, the event had nearly doubled in size to host more than 53,000 attendees and focused on far-reaching questions about the future role of technology in society.