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2026

• MAKE: Magazine: Maker Highlights from the Biggest Tech Show on Earth

• The Shorty Awards: CES + 1B. Two deserts. Two futures. One reality check. 

• WCCO Radio/Podcast: Greg Explains the Internet – Robots Doing Your Laundry at CES 2026?

• Marketing Brew: Viva las CES: What marketers are betting on at CES 2026

2025

• WCCO Radio/Podcast: Greg Explains the Internet – Waymo and the Future of Self-Driving Cars

• The Shorty Awards It’s No Fluke Podcast: Greg Swan – Don’t Forget the Human Stuff

• WCCO Radio/Podcast: Greg Explains the Internet – What is 6-7 & the history of viral sayings from our childhood

• Digiday: The creator is splintering as AI forces a new reckoning

• WCCO Radio/Podcast: Greg Explains the Internet – Would you pay a monthly fee for Instagram and Facebook?

• FOX TV: The TikTok sale explained

• Cybernews: Will doom scrolling give you that warm fuzzy feeling when it’s gone?

• Digiday: Marketers on the first 100 days of President Trump’s policies

• WCCO Radio/Podcast: Greg Explains the Internet – “Finding Friends, Dodging TikTok Bans, and the Rise of Dark Social”

• Digiday: How marketers feel about experiential at SXSW

• WCCO Radio/Podcast: Greg Explains the Internet – The “Free” TV

• Digiday: As SXSW kicks off, marketers embrace it as an ‘accessible’ conference for content, connection

• AdAge: Top Ad Trends to Watch in 2025

• Ragan Communications/PR Daily: What to do if TikTok is banned

• PRovoke: Marketers Bracing For The Unpredictable As US TikTok Ban Looms

• Ragan Communications/PR Daily: Supreme Court decision seems to spell the end of TikTok

• Digiday: CES 2025 showcases more AI for TVs, wearables and advertisers

• Pioneer Press: Minnesota’s Greg Swan visits CES every year and has grown skillful in sussing out the tech trends

• WCCO Radio/Podcast: Live from the CES 2025 Showfloor with Greg Swan 

2024

• PR Week: How to Connect with Your Cyborg Audience in 2025

• The Drum: OpenAI is eyeing ads – but getting it right will be a tricky balancing act, experts say

• Ragan Communications/PR Daily: Own the customer journey to help prove PR’s role in driving sales

• WCCO Radio/Podcast: The effect of social memes on political campaigns

• Digiday: Why Toys”R”Us used OpenAI’s Sora to create an AI-generated video.

• Business Insider: PR firms are running execs’ LinkedIn profiles — and turning ghostwriting into big business 

• AdAge: Apple Vision Pro vs Meta Quest – How Marketers View The Competing Headsets

• WCCO Radio/Podcast: Greg Swan LIVE from CES in Las Vegas

2023

• Digiday: As regulatory pressure mounts for artificial intelligence, new lawsuits want to take OpenAI to court

• WCCO Radio/Podcast: Will “Threads” really become a Twitter-killer?

• Digiday: ‘No other platform will be Twitter’: Marketers aren’t sold on Twitter alternatives just yet

• WCCO Radio/Podcast: CES kicks off in Las Vegas, highlighting new tech, including automated snow blowers and robots 

2022

• The New York Times/Pioneer Press: How is everyone making those A.I. selfies?

• Star Tribune: 6 cool things in music

• Digiday: Why Shutterstock is betting on generative AI for the future of stock images

• The Drum: Which ad agencies are advising clients to evacuate Twitter? 

• Digiday: How Pinterest hopes to catch up to the e-commerce boom

• MediaPost: 3 Ways To Invest In Web3 That Won’t Break the Bank

• Twin Cities Business: You don’t have to be a fan of NFTs to see the value in bringing Web3 trailblazers to Minnesota

• CBS-TV MN: Which Super Bowl Commercials Reigned Supreme?

• MSP Business Journal: The Social Lights names Stephanie Schafer COO; hires Greg Swan for chief creative role

• Minneapolis Egotist: The Social Lights Bolsters C-Suite with Two Agency Veterans in Strategic Growth Move

2021

• The Business Conversation Podcast: Forecasting 2022 with Greg Swan

• Mixing Board Studio Session: Digital Culture Expert Greg Swan on the Future of Creativity

• Adweek: Greg Swan named Fallon’s Head of Creative Innovation 

• Axios: The case of the $5 mystery safe

• Cities 97: The Story Of The $5 Mystery Safe In Chaska

• Shots: The Most Successful Social Media Ads Will be in Augmented Reality

• Forbes: At CES And Beyond, CMOs See Potential With New Kinds Of Virtual Events 

2020

• PR Week: A Vacation During a Pandemic?

• Elemental: Boredom is Spreading the Coronavirus

• Twin Cities Business: How to Make the Most of LinkedIn 

• Chaska Herald/Pioneer Press: Navigating the New World of Working at Home

• Minneapolis Institute of Art: Critical Thinking in Critical Times

• Twin Cities Business: Zoom Hacks

• Forbes: As Super Bowl Advertisers Flock To TikTok, CMOs Are Cautiously Curious

2019

• CMS Wire: 2019 Internet Trends Report: 8 Takeaways for Marketers

• The Schmidt List: Social Disruption with Greg Swan

• MIMA: Member Spotlight on Greg Swan

• Buzzfeed: Freezing Our Pants Off

2018

• MIMA: Super Bowl 2018 – How’d We Score with Greg Swan

• CBS News TV: Messaging apps embrace the “dark social” Web

• Digiday: Inherently Thumb-Stopping

• Adweek: How to Market a Seemingly Boring Industry in a Unique Way That Results in Page Views

2017

• The New York Times: Is a Trivia App the Answer to Questions About Live Streaming?

2016

• Sports Illustrated: MN Wild Become First to Use Snapchat Spectacles (

• Pioneer Press: Travel Toy Photography is a Thing

• Star Tribune: Companies catching digital fever around the Super Bowl

• Pioneer Press: The Wild are wild for new, camera-equipped Snapchat Spectacles

• CBS-TV MN: Why Is It So Hard To Quit Social Media? 

• Campaign US: The five most creative strategies for recruiting agency interns

• Pioneer Press: Twin Cities businesses embrace the Pokémon Go craze

• Digiday: Marketers Like What They See in Snapchat Spectacles

2015

• Twin Cities Business: 5 Online Best Practices for Business

• Verizon News Center: Evolution of the Music Listening Experience

• Pioneer Press: Apple Watch is coming, but not all tech fans are sold yet

2014

• PR Week: Content Has a New Voice

• MSP Magazine: Social Status: Influential Minnesotans on Social Media

• NBC-TV MN: Google Glass: Hot or Not?

2013

• Pioneer Press: Remember those helpful humanoids from ‘Minority Report’? They’re almost here

• MN Blogger Conference: Q&A with Keynote Speaker Greg Swan

• Star Tribune: Funky photo fads flourish thanks to social media 

• Pioneer Press: Google Glass — Half empty or half full?

• Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication: Interview with Greg Swan

• PR News: 3 Crucial Communication Skills to Master Today

• CBS-TV MN: Keep Up With Your Kids on Social Media

• Star Tribune: As popular as ever, selfies are changing the way we communicate

• PR News: 5 Key Tips for PR Pros to Avoid Burnout and Stay Motivated 

• CBS-TV MN: Beware: Your Reputation is Being Googled

2012

• Pioneer Press: Apple’s new Maps app earning jeers, cheers

• Mashable: Groundhog Phil says “WTF” to Groundhog Day 

• NPR Radio: Art Hounds

• Social Media Examiner: How the US Army is Using Bloggers

2011

• MSP Business Journal: Greg Swan wins PR Week 40 Under 40

• PR Week: 40 Under 40 Ones to Watch

• Pioneer Press: Social media overload? You’re not alone. How experts manage

• NBC-TV MN: Top Tweeps of the Twin Cities

• FOX-TV MN: Is Formspring a New Forum for Bullying?

• Chaska Herald/Pioneer Press: Punxsutawney Phil’s Chaska connection is Greg Swan

2010

• Conversation Agent: What’s so great about this blogging thing?

• Minnesota Business: Digital Domain

• Twin Cities Business: Greg Swan named Twin Cities Social Media Titan

2009

• Sky News: Getting a Job via Twitter?

• Pioneer Press: Twitter’s tweet connections bring job-seekers, employers together

• MinnPost: Minnesotans dive in big time at SXSW Interactive 

• CNN: I found my job on Twitter

2008

• MSP Business Journal: Social Media is not Just for Personal Connections Anymore 

• Star Tribune: Keeping It Short and Tweet

• MinnPost: New Media Means New Market Strategies

• Pioneer Press: RIP HD-DVD, Here Comes Streaming