The Weather Channel Is 'Branding' Storms Now
As we walked through the light (so far) snow on our way to the office this morning, we wondered: who named this supposed superstorm “Nemo” in the first place? Of course we all know that hurricanes have names, but winter blizzards?
Thanks to the sharp folks at Mental Floss, we have our answer: It’s all part of a slick branding scheme by The Weather Channel. Last November, the channel announced its plan to name winter storms in order to “raise awareness”, “[make] it much easier to follow a weather system’s progress” on social media…and create hashtag alerts that all lead back to The Weather Channel’s own content.
Smart,
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