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Women's Sports Bars Settle In for the Long Pour
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Women's Sports Bars Settle In for the Long Pour

There was a time, not so long ago, when a bar that showed only women's sports was the kind of idea that got polite nods at cocktail parties and little else.

Netflix Brings an American Ritual to London, With Ambitions to Match
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Netflix Brings an American Ritual to London, With Ambitions to Match

The Upfront presentation, that annual rite of the American television business in which networks gather media buyers in theaters and hotel ballrooms to preview their fall schedules and accept their advertising commitments, has crossed the Atlantic.

Jeep Wraps Itself in the Flag, Carefully
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Jeep Wraps Itself in the Flag, Carefully

There is something almost quaint about an automobile company deciding, in the year 2025, that its best path forward is to remind Americans that it once built vehicles for the Army.

D&AD Hands Out Its Rarest Honor, and a Cryptocurrency Company Takes Two
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D&AD Hands Out Its Rarest Honor, and a Cryptocurrency Company Takes Two

The Black Pencil, which the Design and Art Direction organization awards only to work it considers "truly groundbreaking," is the advertising industry's equivalent of a no-hitter: it does not happen every year, and when it does, people tend to remember.