No need to panic when Instagram is down, targeting and spam woes, and Cannes boiled down to one thing: drugs. Check out this week’s top industry tweets.
The days of yore
@badbanana, Tim Siedell, co-owner and creative director, Fuse Industries
Pro tip
@vikramsomaya, Vikram Somaya, vp of global operations and audience, Thomson Reuters
Taregting at its best
@benkunz, Ben Kunz,vp of strategic planning, Mediassociates
Spam overload
@arrington, Michael Arrington, founder, Techcrunch
Cannes is for coke
@aidenbordner, Aiden Bordner, director of experience design, Venables Bell & Partners
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