Starbucks, Diageo Join Facebook Ad Boycott, But Analysts Split On Financial Impact

NEW YORK -- Christopher Dickey, a veteran foreign correspondent and author who was a Paris-based editor for The Daily Beast, has died. The Daily Beast reports that he died Thursday at 68.

[email protected] event is less than two weeks away and, as of Sunday, its full schedule has been set with a full lineup of almost-entirely-prerecorded panels.HBO has set presentations for “His Dark Materials” and “Lovecraft Country” and Amazon Prime Video is bringing “The Boys,” “Upload,” “Truth Seekers” and “Utopia,” and also sponsoring its own Amazon Virtual-Con hub within the official [email protected] site.

The Walking Dead will get a confirmed release date at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.The episode, pushed back multiple times due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis, was promised for later this year.

drinksproducers has just announced that it has created the 'world’s first ever 100% plastic free spirits bottle' - made entirely from wood.Diageo stated that its Johnnie Walker whisky brand will be the first to use the innovative and sustainably-sourced packaging in 2021.The drinks giant, which also owns brands like Smirnoff, Captain Morgan and Guinness, said the new bottles are a result of a desire to lead the way in sustainable packaging.Expected to be fully recyclable, the bottle is made from

[email protected] event is taking shape with the schedule for the lineup of almost-entirely-prerecorded panels rolling out this week.HBO has set presentations for “His Dark Materials” and “Lovecraft Country” and Amazon Prime Video is bringing “The Boys,” “Upload,” “Truth Seekers” and “Utopia,” and also sponsoring its own Amazon Virtual-Con hub within the official [email protected] site.

Cravings author Chrissy Teigen and more celebrities. “FUUUUUUUCK,” tweeted on July 10.

[email protected] And even though there won’t be 6,500 fans screaming at the top of their lungs in Hall H, Comic-Con organizers are planning an event befitting its lofty stature that will take place two weeks from now, just when the in-person con would have been held.“Everybody is committed to trying to make something the fans can enjoy and can interact with and have that community feeling, even though it will be not in person,” Comic-Con International spokesperson David Glanzer told TheWrap.

[email protected] event is starting to take shape, with several studios and networks jumping in to bring their shows and movies into fans’ living rooms with almost entirely prerecorded panels.AMC is hosting presentations for its “Walking Dead” universe and “NOS4A2,” while Disney is prepping 11 different panels, including a career retrospective on Nathan Fillion, who stars on ABC’s “The Rookie.” And Disney+ will make its Comic-Con debut with three virtual Q&As, including one for Nat Geo’s “The

[email protected], will be almost entirely prerecorded, TheWrap has learned exclusively.SDCC expects to run 300 to 400 online panels between July 23-26 and almost all of them will be pre-recorded by studios and networks and submitted in advance, a spokesperson for Comic-Con International told TheWrap Monday.According to the representative, the organization does not currently “anticipate anything live” for [email protected], but it is possible there will be “live elements to some

Sofia Richie raised some questions on Monday, July 6, after posing in a piece of clothing from ex Scott Disick’s Talentless line.The 21-year-old model specifically posed in the line’s Women’s Premium Tie Dye Hoodie ($140).

Mama June Shannon, 40, and her boyfriend Geno Doak, 44, hit the beach in Florida ahead of the Fourth of July. The troubled reality TV star showed off her curves in a barely-there leopard print bikini, while her embattled beau fed her a corn dog. The pair were snapped on July 3 sitting on blue and red camping chairs, soaking up the sun on the long weekend.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOn Friday, Boygenius — consisting of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus — and Father John Misty are both dropping benefit releases exclusively on Bandcamp, which — for the fourth time since the coronavirus pandemic set in — is waiving its sales fee for the day, meaning that all proceeds go to the artist, and in the case of these two releases, the charities to which the artists are donating their proceeds.Boygenius will make three demos from their 2018

American corporate giants Ford, Pepsi and Microsoft are the latest blue-chip companies to join the growing advertising boycott of Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram over its failure to deal with hate speech and misinformation on its platform. “We are pausing all national social media advertising for the next 30 days to re-evaluate our presence on these platforms,” Ford said in a statement to Ad Age.

Stop Hate for Profit campaign, People reports, which calls on businesses to stop advertising on Facebook to protest its failure to deplatform racist hate speech. Facebook was recently condemned for its refusal to remove Donald Trump's post inciting violence against Black Lives Matter protestors—"when the looting starts the shooting starts," Trump wrote on both Facebook and Twitter—and has long been criticized for enabling the spread of hate speech and misinformation.

People. "Over the past few weeks, in particular, this issue has become even more vital and they have been working to encourage global CEOs to stand in solidarity with a coalition of civil and racial justice groups like the NAACP, Color of Change, and the Anti-Defamation League, which are calling for structural changes to our online world."Derrick Johnson, President of the NAACP, praised Meghan and Harry's support of the Stop Hate for Profit campaign on Twitter.

Starbucks, Levi's and global alcoholic drinks giant Diageo are the latest blue-chip companies to join the growing advertising boycott of Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram over the social media giant's handling of racism, violence and misinformation on its platform. CNBC reports that Starbucks will pause advertising on "all social media platforms," but continue to post without paid promotion.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are doing what they feel like they can do right now to make a difference!