Open Tabs

We’re back with another edition of Open Tabs, our weekly Substack live where we talk about the news and cultural moments that have been taking up space in our brains and Google tabs.

Here are the topics we covered today:

* TikTok is rolling out a Shared Feeds feature [0:00]. In the coming months, TikTok will be rolling out Shared Feeds, allowing users to create custom, shared For You Feeds with their friends. Additionally, TikTok is also launching Shared Collections, a new way for users to share and organize TikTok content in one place with friends or...

Duration: 00:41:28

Happy Friday 👋

Serving up this week’s Open Tabs conversation, diving into the top news and cultural moments that have caught our attention.

Here are the topics that we covered this week:

* Spotify Wrapped is here [0.00]. In case you missed it, Spotify released their annual Wrapped recap on Wednesday, giving users a gamified overview of the content they consumed over the past year. And this year’s was was big - within the first ~24 hours, Wrapped 2025 had over 200 million engaged users, a 19% increase YOY. We share our thoughts on this year’s execution and explo...

Duration: 00:31:26

Happy Friday 👋

We’re back with another edition of Open Tabs, our weekly Substack live where we talk about the news and cultural moments that have been taking up space in our brains and Google tabs.

We’ll be off next week for the holiday but we’ll be back the first week of December. In the meantime, let us know if there’s anything in your Open Tabs that we should talk about 👇

Here are the topics we covered this week:

* Celebrities are flocking to Substack [0:00]. In the past week, charli xcx, Do...

Duration: 00:45:36

Happy Friday 👋

Welcome to this week’s episode of Open Tabs [like the new name?] where we talk about the news and cultural moments that have been taking up real estate in our Google tabs and brains.

If you’re looking for a fun, slightly meandering conversation with real digital strategy takeaways to listen to while you work, you’ve come to the right place.

Tune in for our next Substack live conversation next week. In the meantime, let us know if there’s anything in your Open Tabs that we should talk about 👇

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Duration: 00:32:17

On Wednesday the #ForYou team hopped back on Substack live to talk about the cultural moments and news that caught our eye throughout the week and the takeaways for brands, creators, and marketers.

We’ll be back on Substack live next Wednesday, 11/5, at 3:15p ET / 12:15p PT! In the meantime, drop a comment if there are any specific topics you want us to discuss 👇

Here are the topics we dive into:

* Justin Bieber is officially a Twitch streamer now [00:15]. Justin has promised to livestream “pretty much every day” leading up to his headlining performan...

Duration: 00:25:06

In case you missed it, we took our Culture Chats series to Substack live this past Friday! 🎉

For those who may not know: every week, the M.T. Deco team dives into the cultural trends and moments that are catching our eye for a free-flowing conversation—usually over Google Meet. Now, we’re bringing those weekly chats to Substack Live.

While our Substack live conversations will always be free for anyone to tune in, on-demand access to these conversations and transcripts are exclusive for paid members.

Here are the topics we dive into:

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Duration: 00:42:23