JWT and WPP Reach Settlement in Erin Johnson, Gustavo Martinez Sexual...
The sexual harassment lawsuit pitting J. Walter Thompson global chief communications officer Erin Johnson against her employer and its former CEO Gustavo Martinez has come to an end almost exactly two...
View ArticleHP’s New Program Will Help Develop Talent and Send More Diverse Creatives to...
HP is taking 15 diverse creatives to the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity this year as part of the company's ongoing push to promote diversity in the advertising industry. The...
View ArticleHow Overenthusiasm for Tech Led to an Era of Oversharing and Data Scandals
As an industry, we are at an important inflection point. We've lost trust in the technologies that promised to improve the way we communicate with each other. We took mottos like Google's "Don't Be...
View ArticleFacebook Fired Another Shot at Russia’s Internet Research Agency
Russia's Internet Research Agency has not been completely eliminated on Facebook, but the social network announced some progress in its efforts against the entity that sought to influence the 2016 U.S....
View ArticleMountain Dew’s April Fools’ Gag Was Really Just a Tease for the Return of...
On April Fools' Day, inspired by its Baja Blast flavor, Mountain Dew offered up a vacation stay at a Baja Bungalow with, among other oddities, a "187,000,000,000,000,000,000-gallon saltwater tank...
View ArticleParents and Families Are the Biggest Supporters of Voice
While it's no surprise that voice continues to grow (just over one in five American households now has a smart speaker, according to eMarketer), brands are still figuring out the implications of the...
View ArticleFacebook Is Rolling Out Its Article Context Features in News Feed Throughout...
Facebook announced that it is expanding the article context features in News Feed that it began testing last October to all U.S. users, along with two new feature updates. Users will see an "i" button...
View Article360-Degree Photos and HD-Quality Video Can Now Be Shared via Facebook Messenger
Facebook Messenger became a lot more visual with this week's announcement that it can now handle 360-degree photos and HD-quality 720p videos. Product managers for Messenger Sean Kelly and Hagen Green...
View ArticleThe Fallout Continues Over Those ‘Egregious’ Sinclair Promos
Actress and comedian Amy Schumer canceled an interview scheduled for a local, Sinclair-owned TV station. And a slew of Democrats running for office have vowed not to have their commercials air on...
View ArticleHow to Find the Corporate Partnership That Works Best With Your Brand
Sponsorships, discounts and donations. What has historically been a safe ground to build goodwill for your brand has suddenly turned into a reputational minefield. The social, political, environmental...
View ArticleJohn Oliver, Samantha Bee Throw Support Behind Unionizing The Onion
More than 150 writers and comedians are supportive of staff at The Onion unionizing, including Samantha Bee, John Oliver and Chris Gethard, who signed a statement of support. More than 90 percent of...
View ArticleNetflix May Spend $300 Million to Buy a Billboard Company
Brands have a wide variety of ways in which they promote their products. Print media, digital and linear television are considered mainstream marketing channels. But another method of advertising that...
View ArticleAgency Insiders Debate Whether the Erin Johnson Harassment Settlement Will...
The two-year legal battle former J. Walter Thompson global chief communications officer Erin Johnson waged against her employer and its onetime CEO Gustavo Martinez came to an end earlier this week,...
View ArticleCharles Schwab Places Its $100 Million-Plus Media Account in Review
San Francisco-based bank and brokerage firm Charles Schwab has issued an RFI for its U.S. media business. This marks the company's first formal media review since 2009, which saw UM San Francisco beat...
View ArticleTwitter Has Permanently Suspended 1.2 Million Accounts for Terrorism Since...
Twitter announced that it permanently suspended 274,460 accounts for violations related to the promotion of terrorism between July 1 and Dec. 31, 2017, bringing its total from Aug. 1, 2015, through...
View ArticleWith $2 Million Ad Push, Cannabis Retailer MedMen Hopes to Finally Ditch the...
Just in time for 4/20, the largest marijuana retailer in Southern California is launching its most significant marketing push to date with a campaign aimed at busting 1970s-era, Cheech-and-Chong...
View ArticleHow Twitter Handled Tweets About the Shooting at YouTube HQ
Twitter provided some insight as to how it handles tweets related to breaking events, describing its actions during the fatal shooting at YouTube's headquarters earlier this week. Vice president of...
View ArticleFacebook Really Wants People to Use Stories
Facebook is testing out three ways to encourage users to embrace its Stories feature. The tweaks being experimented with are: Making "Your Story" the default option when users begin creating posts. If...
View ArticleDavid & Goliath Founder Talks Life After Hyundai’s Innocean Bought His Shop
Speaking to Adweek at the 4A's Accelerate conference in Miami, David & Goliath founder and chairman David Angelo discussed life at the creative shop after Innocean Worldwide, the Hyundai Motor...
View ArticleAs Broadcast Companies Like Sinclair Get Bigger, ‘We Keep Losing Editorial...
The corporate-mandated "fake stories" promo that recently aired across most of Sinclair Broadcasting's 193 stations has sparked a conversation about what an increasingly consolidated news media means...
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