Creativity

If the Area 51 raid happens, Bud Light promises to be its official beer

Of course, Bud Light needs 51,000 retweets first, thus proving that absolutely anything is a brand opportunity.

Ilhan Omar’s social media is the classiest response I can imagine to MAGA bigotry

She’s at the center of racist attacks from the president and his supporters, but by the looks of her Twitter accounts Representative Ilhan Omar is not sweating it.

Hiiiiii! THIS is how texting has changed grammar & the way we communicate

A close analysis of why typing in lower case and other rogue linguistic habits have reached critical mass.

Busch beer’s pop-up shop is so exclusive, it’s hiding in the middle of a forest

Netflix’s subscriber growth stalled—and it’s bad news for Disney, HBO, and everyone else

Three reasons why Netflix’s second-quarter earnings report is more problematic for its rivals than for the streaming giant.

Imagine loving Tupac so much you get fired for it, like this 66-year-old man

Late-night TV exhumes the racist bones in Trump’s body

Nothing unites late-night talk-show hosts like the president being racist as hell.

Everyone at this new advertising agency has served time in prison

ConCreates is a creative agency staffed entirely by those who have been—or are currently—incarcerated.

Our favorite Twitter reactions from this year’s Emmy nominees

This year’s Emmy nominations have just been announced, and the nominees had many different ways of reacting to the news online.

I’m at the T-Mobile. I’m at the Taco Bell. I’m at the combination T-Mobile and Taco Bell

What happens when you cross T-Mobile with a Taco Bell? NYC, L.A., and Chicago are about to find out when pop-up “T-MoBell” stores open their doors.

This new podcast studio wants to put modern L.A. stories in your ears

Southern California Public Radio’s new LAist audio boutique relies on TV talent to produce quintessentially Los Angeles narratives for the world.

Offset, DJ Khaled, Russell Westbrook, and the brave new world of celebrity digital avatars

In a world of proliferating digital representations, how many avatars will each person have—and who will control them?

Amazon Prime Day is a cheap knockoff of Alibaba’s Singles Day

One is all about a brand people tolerate. The other is about brands people love.

These two comedians are DESTROYING internet culture—and it’s hilarious

Nick Ciarelli and Brad Evans are writer-performers whose comedy dissects and satirizes digital culture. Now they’re moving beyond internet videos to make their comedy go viral offline.

This is the funniest animated short about a dead bird you’ll ever see

The best and worst ads that celebrated the Apollo 11 Moon landing

The advertisements honoring the Moon landing in 1969 were the Super Bowl ads of their day.

I watched Amazon’s Prime Day concert—and it made me want to shop for a new planet

Amazon brought in big-name talent like Taylor Swift and SZA for a Prime Day concert, which sent one Fast Company reporter into an existential consumerist tailspin.

Why we need creative spaces—and what we lose when their impresarios are gone

This week Michael Seidenberg, a secret connector in New York literary circles, passed away, leaving a void in a culture that needs more places that encourage risk-taking.

The NBA just invested in this hot AI startup to train and find its next crop of global superstars

The app, backed by the likes of Steve Nash, Jeremy Lin, and Joe Harris, as well as Alibaba, Mark Cuban, and more, just got drafted to the pros.