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Apr 23, 2024
After more than three decades at the company, Jo Ann Ross is exiting Paramount. On Tuesday, Paramount announced that Ross, chairman of Paramount Advertising, is stepping down from the position at the end of the month. In a memo to staff, Paramount CEO Bob Bakish noted the timing worked for the decision, with Ross "having...
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Apr 23, 2024
As businesses attempt to navigate the incredibly complex, fragmented and increasingly regulated sustainability landscape, they all too often opt for a "leave no trace" approach. This is because the issue is all at once highly prioritized and also highly scrutinized, from consumers to C-suites. As a result, organizations often delegate it to the responsibility of...
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Apr 23, 2024
When it comes to maintaining good health and wellness, it can be expensive and challenging to track down the right products, particularly for women. Love Wellness was founded by The Hills star Lo Bosworth, who wanted to give consumers access to doctor-developed supplements and wellness products that work. Founded in 2016, Love Wellness is a...
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Apr 23, 2024
Delta Air Lines, a titan in the aviation industry, exemplifies how a powerful brand narrative can elevate customer experience and corporate identity. With a commitment to excellence and innovation, Delta has crafted a culture that deeply resonates with both its employees and passengers. Its culture is not just about air travel; it's about creating a...
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Apr 23, 2024
Perplexity, a generative AI startup developing a search engine to rival Google, has secured nearly $63 million in Series B funding. This investment has propelled the 55-person startup to double its valuation in three months, now exceeding $1 billion, with total fundraising reaching $165 million. The round was led by investor Daniel Gross with participation...
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Apr 23, 2024
In this episode of Brave Commerce, Luke Kigel, Kimberly-Clark's vp of digital marketing and consumer experience for North America, joins hosts Rachel Tipograph and Sarah Hofstetter to offer insights into the evolving landscape of marketing and consumer behavior within the CPG industry. Kigel reflects on his transition from the consumer side back to the brand...
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Apr 23, 2024
Studs, the edgy cool ear piercing studio and earrings brand, has been expanding rapidly since its launch in 2019. The startup now counts 22 stores across the U.S., with 10 more spaces in New York City alone planned for 2024. Offering Gen Z and millennial urbanites an alternative to mall piercers like Claire's, the brand...
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Apr 23, 2024
With a hub of companies based in the Silicon Valley, the plant-based meat industry has focused much of its marketing on its futuristic-sounding "food tech" origin story. But as it turns out, the positioning fell flat with consumers, contributing to a two-year decline in sales as recently reported in Good Food Institute's State of the...
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Apr 23, 2024
Flaky friends, gotta love 'em, are a menace to society. The missed reservations and leftover concert tickets alone can really build up over the years. If only there were some way to have a backup bestie available in the event of a last-minute cancellation. If only... Anticipating a flaky friend's last-minute change of plans is...
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Apr 23, 2024
When Josh Lane, co-founder and chief operating officer at the full-service independent agency FerebeeLane got an MBA in entrepreneurship, one of his venture capital professors told him, "You've got to realize that all money is not created equal. Even though they both may be $100 bills, the strings attached to them (or the people attached...
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Apr 23, 2024
Concerns about TikTok's uncertain future in the U.S. have once again sparked client concerns after the House's passing on Saturday of another divest-or-ban bill. The revised bill extends the timeline for ByteDance to complete the sale of TikTok from six months to a year to avoid the proposed ban. TikTok is expected to file a...
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Apr 22, 2024
There are countless videos across many online platforms catering to a wide range of interests. It's fascinating how certain videos go viral and become widely viewed by millions of people across the globe, but it's difficult to predict what makes a video successful. Creative company Viral Growth specializes in TikTok and has devised a formula...
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Apr 22, 2024
Stella Artois distributes custom glassware to bars to make pours of the Belgian pilsner more distinctive, but thousands of those chalices go missing every year. Rather than fighting the thefts, the AB InBev brand celebrates them in a playful campaign by agency David New York. "Missing Chalices" shows the branded glassware tucked into a kitchen...
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Apr 22, 2024
Sometimes good numbers alone can tell a great story. Below are six charts featured throughout ADWEEK's digital package exploring the relationship between marketing and sustainability. In 2018, just under half of all S&P 500 companies mentioned "climate change" as a possible risk or regulatory hurdle in their financial filings. In 2023, more than nine in...
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Apr 22, 2024
As rising global temperatures lead to less predictable weather patterns and more natural disasters, wildfires, droughts and floods, many people are looking for ways to shift to lower-carbon lifestyles. A major one, according to climate experts, is related to what we eat. Plant-based meats exploded onto the scene in a new way in 2020, with...
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Apr 22, 2024
In February, the Institute for Advertising Ethics (IAE) launched Green Shield, an online educational course that focuses on the concepts underpinning modern greenwashing. It's the industry's first comprehensive, social-science-guided effort to combat climate disinformation and greenwashing--two problems that scientists, researchers, journalists and lawmakers have been urging to proactively address for over a decade. Peer-reviewed studies,...
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Apr 22, 2024
On a summer's day, a backyard party is in full swing. But the afternoon takes an unexpected turn when someone pushes down a fence. Luckily the neighbors don't mind, welcoming the revelers into their yard. Their energy is contagious, and soon fences are collapsing all along the street. The day culminates with one giant party...
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Apr 22, 2024
Publishers have long had their revenue undercut by blocklists preventing ads from showing up on articles about politics, hard news or other content that makes brands squeamish. Now, some publishers are feeling a new threat: carbon filtering tools and blocklists from firms like Scope3 and Good-Loop that let ad buyers filter the lowest carbon-emitting publishers....
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Apr 22, 2024
The flurry of climate-related commitments following the 2015 Paris Agreement--laying out a plan for keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels--grew oddly quiet in 2023 as many brands dampened their sustainability communications. Despite climate change's continued threat, messaging around it has turned into a political and regulatory minefield. But it's not just...
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Apr 22, 2024
Between 2011 and 2019, 414 global companies appointed chief sustainability officers (CSOs), per PwC data. Now a second wave of CSO appointments is making headlines. Since the start of 2023, Lego, Caterpillar, PepsiCo, Autodesk and Delta have all enlisted CSOs to steer them through increasingly tight greenwashing regulations in a world where people expect brands...
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Apr 22, 2024
When the U.K. Advertising Standards Authority hit Coca-Cola-owned Innocent Drinks with an ad ban for "misleading" consumers about its sustainability practices, the brand used the moment to hit pause--an 18-month one at that--on its advertising. Innocent's CMO, Kirsty Hunter, told ADWEEK the business used its break from big budget advertising to take a "step back"...
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Apr 22, 2024
In a critical election year, the BBC has launched its first brand campaign outside the U.K. to position itself as a more trusted news source in the U.S. and international markets. "Made to Make You Think" is a milestone in the BBC's global expansion efforts and debuts in the U.S. following recent investment in North...
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Apr 19, 2024
Veteran marketer Kristin Harrer has been appointed to the post of senior vice president and chief brand officer of T-Mobile, the company confirmed to Adweek. In a LinkedIn post, T-Mobile's president of marketing, strategy and products Mike Katz lauded Harrer's "wealth of experience and a proven track record of building brand strength and leading revenue...
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Apr 19, 2024
We live in an attention economy. The ecommerce space is filled with companies not only competing for revenue but also consumer awareness. And ecommerce giant Temu is giving competitors a run for its advertising budget. Temu's strategic takeover of advertising space on Meta, Google and other platforms is impossible to ignore. Reports and industry pros...
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Apr 19, 2024
As a content creator, Jayde Powell has completely immersed herself in the creative world. In the process, the influencer-writer-speaker has picked up a breadth of expertise, which has led to recognition by trades like ADWEEK, Business Insider and Hashtag Paid. She's also built an engaged fanbase that not only understands her brand of humor, but...
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Apr 19, 2024
Both Draymond Green and AT&T know how much the Golden State Warriors defensive standout's on-court decisions affected his team this season--and they're not afraid to say it. Since coming to the Warriors from Michigan State in 2012, Green and longtime teammates Steph Curry and Klay Thompson have won four titles together. Green also has become...
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Apr 19, 2024
Caitlin Clark may soon receive an eight-figure payday from Nike. But brands have already known her value for some time. As initially reported by The Athletic earlier this week, Clark is likely to sign her first professional shoe deal with Nike--her name, image and likeness (NIL) rights partner during her years at the University of...
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Apr 19, 2024
On a recent sweat-soaked Sunday night at Coachella, Lupe Fiasco was headlining a raucous Heineken House show, proving there's plenty of appetite for rap at the festival best known for pop, indie and crossover genres. The hip-hop artist, after wading in on various high-profile public beefs, surprised the capacity crowd by inviting his friend Tyler,...
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Apr 18, 2024
Netflix is surprisingly upfront about its upfront plans. The company is set to make its second upfront presentation this May, and in an earnings call today, Netflix's leaders explained exactly what to expect. Typically, upfront week presenters are somewhat clandestine about the contents of their presentations ahead of the annual advertising event; however, Netflix co-CEO...
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Apr 18, 2024
If you caught my LinkedIn post, you know I've got some serious beef with the current ad agency model. I mean, let's call a spade a spade--it's broken. Outdated. And in desperate need of a shake-up. Apparently, I struck a nerve because that post blew up. We're talking over 800,000 impressions, 5,000 reactions and a...
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Apr 18, 2024
Heineken is the latest brand getting comfortable with generative AI chatbots. The brewer has integrated a gen AI chatbot into its cloud platform, KIM (Knowledge and Insights Management), letting Heineken's global workforce of 2,000 staffers query structured and unstructured data, including over 8,000 files of consumer information, interviews and reports, for real-time insights. Employees can...
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Apr 18, 2024
The creative leadership carousel continues to turn. David Lubars recently announced his retirement after four decades at BBDO. Chris Beresford-Hill, who had been at Ogilvy as president of advertising for North America, left there to replace Lubars at BBDO. Now, Dentsu Creative chief creative officer of U.S. and LATAM, Rafael Rizuto, has departed Dentsu to...
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Apr 18, 2024
On this week's episode of TechMagic, host Cathy Hackl and guest host Lee Kebler discuss AirChat, a new social audio app. AirChat uses voice transcription to turn your voice into a text note. Kebler describes AirChat as a walkie-talkie for people to discuss a specific subject and questions how the app received approval from the...
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Apr 18, 2024
Tropicana, known for its premium orange juice, stands as a beacon of leadership and innovation in the beverage industry. Balancing a rich heritage with modern consumer demands, Tropicana is dedicated to high-quality, great-tasting and sustainable products. This commitment ensures the brand not only preserves its legacy but also resonates with today's health-conscious consumers. For an...
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Apr 18, 2024
Welcome back to The Garage: Tools for Retail Media Innovation. Hosted by Evan Hovorka, vp of product and innovation, and Dan Massimino, director of marketing from Albertsons Media Collective, The Garage dives into the why, the how and the who cares of retail media innovation. On this week's episode, our hosts take a trip down...
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Apr 18, 2024
The U.S. Cannes Young Lions Competition has its newest set of winners hailing from TBWA\Chiat\Day LA, Weber Shandwick, Initiative and FCB New York. The 2024 winners will represent the U.S. in the global competition during the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity in June. The competition is growing in the U.S. with more 500 teams ultimately...
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Apr 18, 2024
Even by Southern California standards, the traffic jam created by motorists heading home from the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is notorious. In the hours after the annual concert's end, tens of thousands of revelers sit bumper to bumper on Interstate 10 as far as 60 miles west of the grounds. There's not much...
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Apr 18, 2024
If an NBA superstar has Cheetle all over his Cheetos-eating right hand, he might whiff a few lefty high-fives. But, aside from slight embarrassment of the missed connection, it's no big deal. It's a different matter entirely if a cosmetic surgeon has to do that same switch-up, or a police sketch artist or a commuter...
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Apr 18, 2024
If an NBA superstar has Cheetle all over his Cheetos-eating right hand, he might whiff a few lefty high-fives. But, aside from slight embarrassment of the missed connection, it's no big deal. It's a different matter entirely if a cosmetic surgeon has to do that same switch-up, or a police sketch artist or a commuter...
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Apr 18, 2024
Tipsy Scoop serves up sweet treats like spiked mint chip and vanilla bean bourbon that are meant to deliver a pleasant, light buzz similar to a dessert cocktail. But for years now, fans of the New York-based chain have been yearning for something that hits, well, a bit differently. Through a first-time collaboration with a...
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Apr 18, 2024
What do a feature on Taylor Swift, a profile of Sam Altman and a piece about the James Webb telescope all have in common? Last year, all three Time stories were deemed unsafe for brands to advertise against. The issues came from brand safety technology errantly flagging broad swaths of Time's reporting as unsuitable for...
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Apr 17, 2024
Several brands have made public commitments to shift their budgets to purpose-driven advertising and allocate spend to companies owned by and reaching underrepresented populations or focusing on industry causes. However, given the complexity of the digital media ecosystem, the actual shifting of dollars to purpose-owned or led organizations has proven elusive. The fact remains that...
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Apr 17, 2024
Generative artificial intelligence has already unlocked a host of new capabilities for marketers, particularly regarding ad creative. Still, the technology could soon transform the world of contextual advertising as well. Using gen AI, marketers can now scan the content of a series and gather more granular metadata, such as program details and closed captioning, to...
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Apr 17, 2024
When The Hershey Company used AI to drive its media placements in a recent campaign, it not only sold more candy but also gave the confectionary brand an advantage in its negotiations with retailers. Hershey's partnered with Chalice Custom Algorithms for a Halloween campaign, a make-or-break period for candy brands, that incorporated its sales data....
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Apr 17, 2024
To make an event truly spectacular, relying on a photo wall and good food is not enough. You need to ensure that attendees are engaged and talking about it afterward. That's how agency BMF creates its memorable events. BMF is a global creative marketing agency with a fully integrated service offering, including strategy, creative, experiential,...
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Apr 17, 2024
While buzzy AI startups like OpenAI and Stable Diffusion have caught marketers' attention, many lesser-known gen AI startups have secured investments and contracts with major brands such as L'Oreal, ESPN, Pepsi, and Garnier. AI funding in the U.S. grew by 14% year-over-year in 2023, (OpenAI released ChatGPT in Nov. 2022), raising $42.5 billion across 2,500...
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Apr 17, 2024
Season 3 of Shonda Rhimes' hit Netflix series Bridgerton focuses on the relationship between Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington, a pairing fans have dubbed "Polin." Inspired by the similarity to the word pollen, Shondaland's agency Creative Artists Agency reached out to GSK's Flonase to produce a campaign tied to both allergy season and the show's...
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Apr 17, 2024
At Milan Design Week, where the world's most innovative design is on display, one of the buzzworthy launches could be a throwback phone with basic features from the early 2000s. Heineken collaborated with streetwear retailer Bodega to create The Boring Phone, a device purposefully designed with reduced tech capabilities. Produced by Nokia manufacturer Human Mobile...
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Apr 16, 2024
The ecosystem of streaming television is going to continue its surge this year, with premium programmers like Max, Disney , Peacock, Amazon Prime Video and others collectively growing 13% to $10 billion in ad revenue, according to Interpublic Group's investment arm Magna. But while this creates a host of new advertising opportunities for marketers, dozens of...
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Apr 16, 2024
John Deere is running a celebrity-driven social media campaign for the first time in its 185-year history, as it kicks off a contest to recruit a "chief tractor officer" who will create TikTok content for the brand. San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy launches the search alongside fellow player Colton McKivitz. A promotional video for...
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Apr 16, 2024
Warner Bros. Discovery wants to be upfront about its data strategy. Top line Today, WBD announced that David Porter has been named head of ad sales research, data and insights. The company noted in a statement that the announcement comes ahead of its May 15 upfront presentation in New York City. Between the lines In...
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Apr 16, 2024
In this episode of Brave Commerce, Nathalie Gerschtein, president of consumer products at L'Oreal, joins hosts Rachel Tipograph and Sarah Hofstetter to share strategies for navigating the ever-evolving beauty industry landscape. Gerschtein attributes her long tenure with L'Oreal to the company's commitment to providing growth opportunities and a culture that encourages learning and innovation. She...
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Apr 16, 2024
After graduating from the historically Black university Morehouse, DeAndre Brown looked forward to entering the workplace and soon landed internships in both government and corporate settings. As the youngest employee, he quickly identified the antiquated norms in the workplace (see: bragging wars over long hours) and, as any good Gen Z-er, used the experience as...
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Apr 16, 2024
CTV is growing FAST amid the ad industry's record-setting results in 2023. Ahead of upcoming NewFronts events, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) released its annual Internet Advertising Report today, revealing that the ad industry hit new highs in 2023. According to the report conducted by PwC Advisory Services LLC, internet ad revenues reached a record...
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Apr 16, 2024
Add some NFL jerseys to the football memorabilia lining the walls at your local Applebee's. Today, the National Football League announced Applebee's Grill Bar as its "official grill bar" sponsor in a multiyear deal starting just in time for the upcoming NFL Draft. The more than 1,500-location casual dining chain has ensconced itself...
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Apr 16, 2024
It's no secret that Amazon has dominated retail media for most of the past decade. But there are several grocery and specialty retailer challengers outside of the e-commerce giant's shadow powering growth and speculation into how this ad category will transform the marketing ecosystem. Emarketer estimates global retail media ad spend will hit $54 billion...
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Apr 16, 2024
Chief marketing officers are moving in and out of the role at a faster pace than any time in the past decade. Last year, the average tenure of top marketers at the nation's 100 largest advertisers was around 37 months, according to search and advisory firm Spencer Stuart. That's down from 40 months in 2022....
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Apr 16, 2024
There's no one path to the chief marketing officer (CMO) seat, and Taco Bell's top U.S. marketer Taylor Montgomery is living proof. Having cut his teeth working on strategy for brands including Clairol and Always at Procter & Gamble (P&G), Montgomery joined Taco Bell in 2016 as senior manager of brand and marketing innovation. Now...
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Apr 15, 2024
Forget ChatGPT. The search engines of 2024 that don't use generative AI have become a puzzle for marketers to figure out. Ads are harder to control and more expensive, said Sweetgreen's director of media and growth Jeff Lin at the Possible Miami advertising conference in Florida. "Make sure that you're establishing the right success metrics,...
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Apr 15, 2024
You've aced the interview process and made the final shortlist. But there's one more step: Write a comprehensive test assignment (entirely for free) and hope you get the role. It requires days of work with no guarantee--and often, the job isn't even available. Employment scams vary, and there are times when companies seek your ideas...
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Apr 15, 2024
When sports marketing moves at the pace of the game, Coca-Cola can't keep its campaigns or creativity bottled up. At the beginning of this year's NCAA men's and women's March Madness basketball tournaments, The Coca-Cola Company and its partners at Cartwright Creative released a one-minute spot for Coke Zero Sugar, "Free Throw Madness." The spot...
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Apr 15, 2024
Red Lobster's Cheddar Bay Biscuits are one of its most beloved dishes, a craveable snack often spotlighted in the restaurant chain's social media activity. Fans have shared so many posts expressing their love for the fresh-baked bread course that Red Lobster had enough material to train an AI song generator to produce 30 new tunes...
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Apr 15, 2024
As brands, publishers, agencies and programmatic adtech firms work to make media plans that emit less carbon, new challenges emerge, from publishers needing more data to make their sites cleaner, to low adoption from the buy side. Current challenges were a key theme at the Green Media Summit in New York last week, where around...
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Apr 13, 2024
Heading into Monday's WNBA Draft, Ice Cube's offer to Caitlin Clark to play in his Big3 league still stands at $5 million for eight games. For Ice Cube and Big3 partner Jeff Kwatinetz--founder and CEO of production company/record label/management agency The Firm--the lucrative offer to join the Big3 next season isn't a marketing move. Much...
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Apr 12, 2024
The digital age has ushered a revolution in media consumption, with livestreaming becoming a pivotal battleground for audience attention. Amidst this shift, platforms that prioritize interactivity and community are emerging as leaders, reshaping entertainment, gaming and social communication. Ben Keighran's live sports broadcasting platform, Caffeine, epitomizes this transformation, offering a glimpse into the future of...
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Apr 12, 2024
In this week's episode, host Cathy Hackl returns from Summit at Sea where she shared a talk about spatial computing and wearables. The hosts discuss Apple discontinuing the Apple car. They discuss Apple and home-focused development like robots and security within the Apple ecosystem. Lee brings up the FCC to vote on restoring net neutrality...
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Apr 12, 2024
When AT&T Business teed up a brand campaign targeting mom-and-pop shops with a reunion of The Office cast, The Masters provided the perfect grounds for an opening drive. Actor Rainn Wilson (The Office's Dwight Schrute) joined AT&T and its partners on an integrated Omnicom team led by BBDO, teasing the latest installment of AT&T Business's...
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Apr 12, 2024
After its viral Super Bowl campaign featuring actor Michael Cera, skin care brand CeraVe is again blurring the lines between advertising and entertainment with a movie trailer for a romantic comedy. The trailer previews a fake film, The One Under the Sun, that has all the makings of a Netflix romcom sensation, with a woman...
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Apr 12, 2024
Time can seem to stand still in action movies when the star gives a big speech during a disaster or while a countdown ticks towards calamity. French broadcaster Canal pokes fun at this trope with an ad where the classic inspirational monologue doesn't go as planned. The nearly four-minute film starts with a frantic call...
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Apr 12, 2024
After debuting on the stock market with a pop in March, Reddit chief marketing officer Roxy Young joined ADWEEK's Social Media Week event in New York this week to bust some myths for advertisers still leery about appearing on the community-driven platform. Young outlined the platform's performance prowess and how the community appreciates conversations from...
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Apr 12, 2024
Quaker followed up the tear-jerking, decades-spanning film that introduced its "You've Got This" platform by tugging on heartstrings again. This time, "100 Reasons to Rise" documents people between the ages of one and 100 having breakfast before a big day. Academy Award nominee Misan Harriman and his close collaborator, Domizia Salusest, took black-and-white photographs of...
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Apr 11, 2024
In the flush of obituaries following the death of O.J. Simpson on Wednesday, media outlets have found themselves looking back on one man--and many careers. There's Simpson the Hall of Fame football star and the actor who popped up in films like The Naked Gun. There's Simpson the sportscaster, franchisee, real estate investor and--memorably--the face...
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Apr 11, 2024
Amazon is making a prime hire for its video ads team. Today, the company confirmed to ADWEEK that it is hiring former Comcast NBCUniversal executive Krishan Bhatia as vp of global video advertising. This is a new, global role, with Bhatia's duties spanning everything from strategy to go-to-market and sales. "We are delighted to welcome...
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Apr 11, 2024
After 44 years in the business, creating some of advertising's most iconic work, David Lubars deserves to do nothing for a while. Lubars is set to retire from his post as chairman and chief creative officer of BBDO Worldwide, and he told ADWEEK that as he starts his retirement, he's going to do nothing, "and...
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Apr 11, 2024
Last year, rapper Lil Yachty made the unusual move of adding his 11.3 million Instagram followers to his Close Friends list on the app. His fans were confused, wondering why a globally famous figure had invited them into an intimate circle. Lil Yachty posted on Instagram as if only his closest friends were watching, becoming...
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Apr 11, 2024
Paramount Global has hired the bank Oaklins DeSilva Phillips to explore the sale of VidCon, a live event franchise focused on the creator economy, according to a source familiar with the matter. The company is hoping to secure a strategic buyer for the experiential property rather than a private equity firm, according to the person. The...
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Apr 11, 2024
Megan Thee Stallion has always had a front-row seat to the evolution of content creation on social media. The rap superstar first started posting her freestyle videos on YouTube as early as the 2010s before her rap in a Houston artist cypher went viral on social media in 2016. The Grammy Award-winning artist's original content...
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Apr 11, 2024
Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles shocked fans and onlookers when she paused her celebrated gymnastics career and withdrew from the 2020 Tokyo Games, citing stress and burnout. Her decision was a significant moment that sparked a global conversation about mental health and athleticism. Now the world-renowned gymnast has returned to the sport, with her sights...
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Apr 11, 2024
Massachusetts-based cannabis conglomerate MariMed has broken ground in its home state--and for the industry broadly--by inking a deal as the exclusive weed sponsor at two popular Boston music venues. The alliance kicks off within one week and spans the 2024 calendar year, weaving MariMed product messages into the live experience at MGM Music Hall at...
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Apr 11, 2024
Every agency wants to be paid its worth for its services, and there are many compensation models that agencies and brands use for payment, but finding the right one that is equitable for both sides, and is easy to implement, is sometimes as clear as mud. A new paper--a collaboration between the American Association of...
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Apr 11, 2024
Puma wants to be known as the "fastest" sports brand in the world, and it's hoping the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics will help it cement that status. The German sportswear company has unveiled its first global brand campaign in a decade, "Forever Faster," highlighting its performance prowess and targeting everyone from athletes to your regular...
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Apr 10, 2024
Younger consumers put a lot of stock in the opinions of their favorite influencers. That's become increasingly evident in the era of social commerce, with 73% of Gen Z consumers and 68% of millennials saying they look to creators to inform their purchase decisions, according to a study by Northwestern University and commissioned by LTK....
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Apr 10, 2024
The role of the social media manager is not a quiet one. New platforms, changing behaviors and fast-moving cultural trends make it a tumultuous landscape. At ADWEEK's Social Media Week event, experts discussed the future of Instagram, the use of X and brands' involvement with community-driven platforms. Brand strategist and culture writer Peyton Dix; author...
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Apr 10, 2024
Businesses know they need to be on LinkedIn to find employees and interact with other companies. But it hasn't necessarily been a pillar of brand strategy - creating an identity and finding prospective audiences can sometimes feel challenging if some consider posting on LinkedIn "cringe." Melanie English, director of social marketing at LinkedIn, said on...
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Apr 10, 2024
Bravoholics, you might want to sit down. Top line NBCUniversal confirmed today that BravoCon is out for 2024, with the event not returning until 2025. Instead of the annual fan convention, NBCU will host a series of Watch Party by Bravo events this year. Between the lines The news of BravoCon's delay is somewhat surprising,...
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Apr 10, 2024
When Sponsorship Research International polled 7,000 consumers in 1995 to see how well they recognized brand logos, it found that the McDonald's logo trounced the Christian cross: 88% of consumers identified the golden arches, compared to 54% who could identify the religious symbol. In today's attention economy, the potency of logos is crucial, especially for...
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Apr 10, 2024
More than 50 million Americans have chronic sleep disorders, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, while as many as 84 million adults routinely miss out on the recommended amount of shut-eye. But the folks who star in the new Mattress Firm campaign are not among that crowd. In fact, they sleep like...
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Apr 10, 2024
"Some brands are blocking your website." A publisher received this news in February from one of its supply-side platforms, but neither the publisher nor the SSP knew why. After some digging, the block came from an adtech tool from DoubleVerify to help brands block made-for-advertising websites (MFA), a vogueish industry catch-all term for websites designed...
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Apr 10, 2024
A delicious smell can inspire cravings and lure passersby into a restaurant. McDonald's put that power to the test by deploying a series of billboards diffusing the scent of its bestselling french fries. Amsterdam-based agency TBWA\Neboko collaborated with Raul&Rigel, a production company specializing in fabricating unusual billboards, to produce a series of unbranded, blank red...
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Apr 10, 2024
No one appreciates an influencer more than I do. I've been a believer in real people sharing their points of view and building platforms long before Instagram existed--I touted the power of message forums, bloggers and YouTube haul videos (remember those?) back in the early days of social media. In 2010, I co-founded the first...
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Apr 09, 2024
When it comes to NCAA ratings for 2024, it's a whole new game. Sunday's 2024 NCAA women's championship between Iowa and South Carolina, a 3 p.m. ET tipoff airing on ABC and ESPN, scored an average of 18.9 million viewers, blowing by the men's championship game on Monday, which had 14.8 million (live same-day) across TBS,...
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Apr 09, 2024
The media industry is in a constant state of evolution and change, which has only accelerated in recent years. As each new generation comes of age, new ways of reaching and marketing to consumers are emerging. Croud is a full-service media agency that operates globally and specializes in driving growth for brands through reinvention. The...
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Apr 09, 2024
Banking giant Citigroup has appointed veteran financial services executive Alex Craddock as chief marketing and content officer in a newly created title, the company said. Craddock was most recently the CMO of BlackRock which, with some $10 trillion under management, is the largest global investment manager in the world. Craddock has also served as global...
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Apr 09, 2024
NBCUniversal is looking to set records with ad sales for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. With April 17 marking 100 days from the Games, NBC's president of ad sales and partnerships Dan Lovinger announced on Tuesday that the company has already netted $1.2 billion in commitments. According to Lovinger, that's on pace to pass...
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Apr 09, 2024
Bayer has hired Samantha Avivi as chief marketing officer of consumer health for its North America division. She will replace longtime marketer Jeff Jarrett, who is retiring in May. Avivi was most recently CMO at Advance Auto Parts, where she spent the past year overseeing the brand's omnichannel strategy and marketing operations. Before that, she...
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Apr 09, 2024
Since 2012, Instacart has revolutionized the way people shop for groceries by offering convenient delivery and pickup services from local stores. As the company continues to expand its market presence and innovate its offerings, CMO Laura Jones has been at the helm of crafting and executing Instacart's marketing strategy. In this week's episode of Marketing...
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Apr 09, 2024
As the economic landscape shifts, understanding money management is no longer just about saving for the future--it's also about conquering financial challenges and seizing today's opportunities. To learn more, we sat down with Nicole Lapin, a financial powerhouse who has turned her expertise into a crusade for financial literacy. In this episode of The Speed...
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Apr 09, 2024
Dating app Hinge has found plenty of creative ways to kill off its furry mascot in its "Designed to Be Deleted" campaign, which positions the brand as a way to find real love instead of temporary connections. The fifth iteration of the platform uses real dating success stories to show its mascot, Hingie, being rewarded...
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Apr 09, 2024
On this episode of Brave Commerce, Ajay Sharma, vice president of ecommerce and omnichannel at Bayer Consumer Health North America, joins hosts Rachel Tipograph and Sarah Hofstetter to offer a comprehensive overview of the evolving ecommerce landscape. Sharma emphasizes the importance of agility, innovation and strategic partnerships in driving success in the digital marketplace. Sharma...
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