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February 22, 2024
Odds well that ends well
Featuring the future of sports media, a New York Fashion Week meta-boot, and social media’s new favorite savant
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January 9, 2024
It’s giving gas station sushi
Featuring Temu, Spotify Wrapped, and the joyous sacrifice of a life-sized Pop-Tart. Disclaimer: Rivers Agency does not claim endorsement from Disney
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November 28, 2023
Introducing Upstream
Upstream is a labor of love from the Rivers Agency research team that chronicles and contextualizes news in advertising, design, media, and society. Its ambition, now and always, is to share the most relevant stories that you don’t see on your own news feeds. This is not your morning news. It’s definitely not your Top-10-Marketing-Tips-For-2023 listicle. It’s a peer-to-peer, on-the-low update about the stuff we actually care about, and consequently, we’ll always keep it lighthearted and conversational.
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In contrast, our clients’ time and attention are two things we take very seriously. You can count on the latest issue of Upstream once a fortnight, no more. This newsletter won’t hit your inbox until we are absolutely, positively, 100% certain that reading it will leave you intrigued, inspired, impassioned, or all of the above.