Video: Adweek Mashes Up the Best Ads of 2018
We're nearing the end of 2018, and thousands if not millions of ads have crossed your eyes over the past 12 months. Most were forgettable, but some had big impacts on our conversations and even our...
View ArticlePostmates Is Getting Ready to Roll Out Autonomous Delivery Robots
The on-demand delivery company Postmates is ready to move beyond bicycles, motorcycle and cars and into the realm of self-driving robots. On Thursday, the company debuted its own robot that it hopes...
View ArticleAdvertising’s Glory Days Have Not Yet Ceased to Exist, and 2019 Will Continue...
As 2018 draws to a close, those who have been preaching the end of advertising probably have more than a little justification for a victory dance. With the merger of JWT, an industry giant that once...
View ArticleNew Yorkers Turn to Twitter to Protest Amazon’s Impending Move to Long Island...
New Yorkers are still not happy that Amazon is moving in and, much like observants of Festivus, they are airing their grievances. According to data from social media monitoring firm Brandwatch, this...
View ArticleFormer ABC President Channing Dungey Follows Shonda Rhimes and Kenya Barris...
Not too long ago, the most coveted TV jobs were in broadcasting. Now they increasingly seem to be at streaming services--specifically, at Netflix. Former ABC president Channing Dungey is the latest to...
View ArticleWhich Publishers Are Getting Innovation Funding From Google News Initiative?
Google revealed the recipients of innovation funding from its Google News Initiative, saying that the money will go to 87 news projects from 23 countries. Google News Initiative announced the...
View ArticleShort and Lovely, These Holiday Tales Promote Lifetime’s Catalog of Christmas...
Scoff if you must, but holiday movies are a comfort food that many enjoy consuming each Christmas season. And we're not just talking about enduring favorites like Home Alone and Die Hard; the full...
View ArticleRoseanne Was 2018’s Most-Watched TV Series, Averaging 20 Million Viewers
Roseanne's brief, controversial return to the airwaves this spring ended in disaster, but not before making enough of a splash that the revived sitcom turned out to be 2018's most-watched series in...
View ArticleFacebook Pages That Repurpose Videos From Other Sources Cannot Be Monetized
Facebook is taking aim at pages that post repurposed video clips from other sources, without any editorial input of their own. The social network revealed in an update to an April blog post that pages...
View ArticleLil Jon and Kool-Aid Man Dropped a Christmas Track That’s Insane, Amazing and...
Move over, Lil Yachty and Donny Osmond, because the world of branded hip-hop just got a new unexpected duet: Lil Jon and Kool-Aid Man. With their catchphrases being "Yeah!" and "Oh yeah!" respectively,...
View ArticleRussian Trolls Used ‘Digital Marketing Best Practices’ to Sow Discord, Senate...
The Russian troll farm responsible for running disinformation campaigns intended to influence the 2016 presidential election reached more people on Instagram than on Facebook, and...
View ArticleLes Moonves Fired For Cause By CBS, Won’t Receive $120M Severance
Former CBS chairman and CEO Les Moonves will depart the company without his $120 million payout, the CBS board of directors said Monday night. Moonves, who had led CBS since 2007, left the company in...
View ArticleReebok Is Seeking a New Global Creative Agency of Record
Reebok has launched a global creative agency review in its latest effort to shake up its marketing around the world. The company will end its relationship with Venables Bell & Partners, which has...
View ArticleDentsu Aegis Network Acquires Digital Marketing and Commerce Agency Digital...
Dentsu Aegis Network has acquired digital marketing and commerce agency Digital Evolution Group (DEG). DEG will partner with Isobar to become DEG, Linked by Isobar. The new offering is designed to help...
View ArticleIt’s Official: Die Hard Is ‘The Greatest Christmas Story Ever Told’ in Fun...
We all know Die Hard is a Christmas movie. We. All. Know. This. But just to make it absolutely clear, Fox Home Entertainment has rolled out a festive edit of the action classic's trailer, this time...
View ArticleBlippar, a Pioneer of Augmented Reality, Is Going Out of Business
One of the pioneers of augmented reality is going out of business. Blippar, a London-based AR firm, has entered into administration--the British equivalent of filing for bankruptcy in the U.S.--and...
View ArticleFacebook Detailed the Results of a Civil Rights Audit Led by Laura Murphy
On the same day that the NAACP kicked off a seven-day boycott of Facebook and Instagram due to its data and privacy issues and their impact on African Americans, the social network released the results...
View ArticleLaverne & Shirley Star and Director Penny Marshall Dies at 75
Penny Marshall, whose successful Hollywood career took her from hit sitcom star to a director of blockbuster films, has died at 75. Marshall died Monday night from diabetes-related complications. She...
View ArticleSheryl Sandberg Says Facebook Needs to Do More to Protect Civil Rights
A day after the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released two reports showing how Russian trolls targeted black Americans on Facebook and Instagram, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg released an...
View ArticleTwitter, The Football Association Created a DM Bot to Deliver Emirates FA Cup...
Twitter teamed up with The Football Association in the U.K. to create a direct message bot that will deliver video highlights to fans outside of the U.K. during the Emirates FA Cup soccer tournament....
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