The Week of June 02, 2023 Marketing and Business News: Sorry, Alexa Can No Longer Talk Like Samuel L. Jackson

Welcome to this week's edition of The Radcast! It's June 2, 2023 and we've got the latest scoop on marketing, business news, and entertainment.

Happy June, everyone! And in honor of National Donut Day, we've got a sweet lineup for you. Ryan and Christina dish about their Memorial Day weekend and share fascinating stories about Amazon discontinuing celebrity voices - including Samuel L. Jackson, Shaquille O'Neal, and Melissa McCarthy! You won't want to miss it!

Plus, stick around to hear about Smoothie King's newest venture: the release of a paperback romance novel written with the aid of ChatGPT, and more juicy tidbits from the world of social media and marketing, and a lot more that will surely boost your intellectual powers!

Don't miss out on all the fun this summertime - school's out, kids are home, and we're ready to bring you the rad and the best in business news and entertainment. Let's go! Tune in now!

• Small Talk:
  • Memorial Day Celebration (01:48)
  • Sorry, but Alexa can no longer talk like Samuel L. Jackson (02:46)
    https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/30/amazon-shuts-down-alexa-celebrity-voice-feature/
  • Smoothie King pens paperback romance novel with aid of ChatGPT (04:08)
    https://www.marketingdive.com/news/smoothie-king-chatgpt-romance-novel/651253/
     
• Radnews
  • Last week: Sun Yi -  The Power of Great Storytelling in Social Media and Branding | Founder of Night Owl's, an award-winning digital agency in NYC, TEDx speaker, and marketer (06:48)
  • Next week: The Best of Motivational Business Stories - Michael Bayer, Bobby Maximus, William King Hollis, and Cody Byrns (07:11)
     
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• Social Media News
  • Twitter launches Community Notes for images (11:21)
    https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/31/twitter-launches-community-notes-for-images/
  • LinkedIn emphasizes the power of networking in global push (12:37)
    https://www.marketingdive.com/news/linkedin-networking-droga5-find-your-in/651506/
• Marketing News
  • Frito-Lay makes largest-ever investment in women’s sports for World Cup (16:33)
    https://www.marketingdive.com/news/frito-lays-fifa-womens-world-cup/651602/
  • Apple Music Classical is now available on Android (17:33)
    https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/30/apple-music-classical-is-now-available-on-android/
  • Kroger brings digital smart screens to 500 locations (19:35)
    https://www.marketingdive.com/news/kroger-expands-digital-smart-screens-coolers/651261/
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