Q&A: How an Artist Turned a Lifetime of E-Waste Into a Stunning Celebration...
At South by Southwest in 2017, photographer Benjamin Von Wong learned that Dell was working with artists to raise awareness of the computer giant's electronics recycling program, and he decided he...
View ArticleTwitter Gets Into the MLB Livestreaming Ballgame for 2018
Major League Baseball's package of 25 weekday-afternoon games available exclusively via Facebook Watch starts Wednesday afternoon (weather permitting, as always) with the Philadelphia Phillies visiting...
View ArticleJWT 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 ArticleNike Golf Welcomes Tiger Woods Back to the Masters, But Will He Live Up to...
It's been five years since Tiger Woods won a PGA Tour event and a decade since he won a major. For the past two years, he didn't even compete in the Masters. But now he's back, and all eyes are on the...
View ArticlePinterest Propel Spurred a 50 Percent Rise in Small Business Advertisers in...
Pinterest celebrated the one-year anniversary of the debut of its Pinterest Propel program for businesses and agencies that are new to its network by announcing the hire of a new global head of small...
View ArticleGannett Veteran Maribel Perez Wadsworth Named Publisher of USA Today
Gannett has named Maribel Perez Wadsworth its new publisher of USA Today, replacing retiring publisher John Zidich, who had held the job since 2015. Wadsworth worked her way up at Gannett, starting...
View ArticleHow Brands Are Getting More Sophisticated at Using Location Data
Location data is powering ad targeting, customer insights, user engagement and campaign measurement and has established equal footing with traditional assets like purchase histories, digital...
View ArticleDentsu Aegis Network Acquires Digital Agency M8
Dentsu Aegis Network announced the acquisition of Miami-based digital and performance marketing agency M8. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. M8 has an office in Cordoba, Argentina as well...
View ArticleMedia Rating Council Gives Facebook Accreditation for Ad Impressions
After a yearlong audit, the Media Rating Council has given Facebook accreditation of its ad impressions on Facebook and Instagram. Today, MRC released the results of the audits from January through...
View ArticleDesign Army Gives Back to D.C. With a Creative Space Everyone Can Use
Design Army has made the chicken. Now it's going back to the egg. The Washington, D.C., agency, perhaps best known for its gorgeously crafted ads for Georgetown Optician, is planning to open a new...
View ArticleJordan Peele Will Helm Amazon Prime’s Lorena Bobbitt Docuseries
A four-part documentary series on the case of John Wayne Bobbitt and Lorena Bobbitt is coming to Amazon Prime with Jordan Peele as the executive producer, the company announced today. The series,...
View ArticleAdweek’s Yeah, That’s Probably an Ad Podcast Wins Folio: Award
Adweek's weekly podcast, Yeah, That's Probably an Ad, took home the 2018 Folio: Digital Award for best podcast. Adweek creative director Ron Goodman accepted the award at a luncheon Thursday at the...
View ArticleHow Men’s Wearhouse Became a Bright Spot in the Declining Retail Space
Hundreds of traditional small and big-name retailers filed for bankruptcy last year, including Toys 'R' Us, Wet Seal, Payless ShoeSource and The Limited. As of Dec. 22, store closures in the U.S....
View ArticleIt’s Time to Ditch the RFPs and Work With Agencies on Trial Projects Instead
The last nine days of March sounded two alarms on the agency selection process. First, several agencies contending for the BMW business learned they'd lost from a press alert. Then came the news of yet...
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