Layoffs Likely to Continue in This ‘Wrenching’ Period for Media Industry
It's been a little over three weeks into the year, and hundreds of journalists are either already without jobs or are on the cusp of losing them. Verizon Media, formerly known as Oath, will lay off 7...
View ArticleYellow Tail Hops Back Into Super Bowl With Third-Consecutive Regional Ad
The Super Bowl might not seem like a natural fit for a wine brand, but Yellow Tail is returning for its third consecutive regional campaign. AB InBev, of course, has exclusive advertising rights for...
View ArticleFacebook’s Stand-Alone Moments App Will Experience Its Final Moments Feb. 25
Take a moment to bid farewell to Facebook's Moments stand-alone application, as the social network confirmed that it will be shuttered Feb. 25. Facebook introduced Moments in June 2015 as a way for...
View ArticleFrank’s RedHot Is Asking People to Put a Chili Pepper Emoji in Tweets During...
Frank's RedHot is the latest brand to circumvent spending over $5 million to air a Super Bowl spot. Instead, the brand will offer prizes to people who tweet about other brands' ads during the Big Game....
View ArticleTwitter Looks Back at the Patriots’ and Rams’ Seasons Prior to Their Meeting...
The National Football League season reaches its end with Super Bowl LIII Feb. 3, and Twitter shared some data about the two teams who will be facing off: The New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams....
View ArticleVideo Creation Platform VidMob Is Using Amazon Image Recognition Software to...
Video creation platform VidMob is tapping Amazon's object recognition and sentiment analysis software to give brands a better sense of which creative elements resonate with ad viewers. The company's...
View ArticleFacebook Added a View Counter to Ticketing Pages for Events
Facebook rolled out a small tweak to its events feature for events where people can purchase tickets without leaving its platform. The Select Tickets on that screen now includes a counter revealing how...
View ArticleTropicana, Oscar Mayer, H&M and More Partner With Kraft to Provide Donations...
As the federal government shutdown stretches on, Kraft is partnering with several brands to provide food and clothing to furloughed federal workers. Kraft opened Kraft Now Pay Later, a pop-up grocery...
View ArticleLucky Generals Hires Former Y&R London Managing Director Katie Lee as Its...
London's Lucky Generals, a division of TBWA, has appointed its first CEO: Katie Lee, who most recently served as managing director of Y&R London before the WPP agency merged with VML to become...
View ArticleHere’s What Happens When Gen Z Founders Meet Big Brand CMOs
This week Adweek brought together some of the biggest brand CMOs--from the leaders of Target and Hilton to GE and The New York Times--to talk about the challenges and solutions facing brand marketers...
View ArticleFacebook Expanded the Targeting Options for Auto Dealers on Its Platform
Car dealerships already had the ability to retarget visitors to their websites or applications via automotive inventory ads on Facebook and, starting Friday, those ads can do a lot more. Automotive...
View ArticleFacebook Confirms Plans to Integrate Messaging Services on Facebook,...
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has plans to connect the messaging services of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, a massive technical undertaking that could also have security implications for...
View ArticleQ&A: Dirty Lemon’s Founder and CEO on the Future of The Drug Store
With a wellness-themed lineup of matcha, rose, turmeric and charcoal-flavored beverages, Instagram star and millennial cult favorite Dirty Lemon has sold more than 2 million bottles in three years and...
View ArticleYouTube Is Taking Another Step to Clean Up Its Recommendations
YouTube is tweaking its recommendations to reduce exposure to videos on what it called "borderline content and content that could misinform users in harmful ways." Over 200 million videos are...
View ArticleCourt Overturns Decision in Illinois’ Landmark Biometric Privacy Case
The Illinois State Supreme Court has reversed a decision in the case brought by a mother against Six Flags after the amusement park captured her son's thumbprint without written permission, as required...
View ArticleAmazon Returns to the Super Bowl With Teasers Starring Harrison Ford, Forest...
A report in the National Enquirer indicated Amazon's Super Bowl plans this year might include Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and founder Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company Blue Origin. Instead, it...
View ArticleCasper’s Newest Product Release Is a Smartphone-Enabled Bedtime Light
Casper may have started as a mattress company, but since then, it's expanded into other areas of the sleep realm: bedding, bedroom furniture, pillows and even dog beds. But its latest product release...
View ArticleQ&A: Happy Employees Are the Best Brand Advocates, According to Kimpton’s...
Chefs at Kimpton's boutique hotels are happy to say goodbye to edible dirt, molecular food and activated charcoal. Deconstructed dishes? So 2018. And bartenders at the chain plan to bust out the celery...
View ArticleOn the Adweek Podcast: Super Bowl Preview
Can you believe the Super Bowl is this weekend? Here at Adweek we've been busy prepping for the Big Game, mostly by watching (and, let's be honest, judging) all the ads that have come out so far. On...
View ArticleVideo: Lime Hosts an Electric Scooter Pop-Up to Show New Yorkers What They’re...
Whether New Yorkers are ready for them or not, e-scooters may be coming to the streets of the Big Apple. That's why Lime, an e-scooter and e-bike company, hosted a two-day pop-up event in New York on...
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