How Brands Can Use Platforms to Innovate and Drive Growth
At Cannes Lions, BBH founder Sir John Hegarty noted that the festival had lost its creative North Star. "I keep hearing conversations about platforms--I don't need to catch a train. Can we talk about...
View ArticleMark Penn’s Stagwell Group Secures $260 Million From Private Equity Firm
Mark Penn's Stagwell Group, a portfolio of self-described digital-centric marketing and research companies, announced today the completion of a $260 million capital raise from investment funds managed...
View ArticleThese Bud Light Fridges Will Unlock Once the Cleveland Browns Finally Win a Game
If you're a Cleveland Browns fans, or just a football fan in general, you'll know that it's been a rough couple of seasons for the Browns franchise and fans. In the last two seasons, the NFL team has...
View ArticleNew Study Emphasizes 3 Areas Retailers Should Focus on for the Holidays—and...
Salesforce really wants brands to strategize for the most wonderful time of the year all year long. In a new report, titled Shopper-First Retailing, the CRM powerhouse, along with Publicis.Sapient,...
View ArticleWPP’s Burson Cohn & Wolfe Acquires Creative Shop HZ
Burson Cohn & Wolfe (BCW), a WPP-owned communications agency formed via the merger of PR firms Burson-Marsteller and Cohn & Wolfe, announced the acquisition of HZ, an independent, integrated...
View Article3 Ways Virtual Assistants Can Overcome Road Blocks and Stand Apart From...
Nowhere is artificial intelligence evolving as quickly as with the virtual assistant "wars" playing out. Siri, Alexa, Cortana, Google Assistant and the entry-level players are locked in an innovation...
View ArticleSofa Startup Burrow Knows You Would Rather Be Doing Absolutely Nothing Right Now
A quick scroll through the old Instagram feed on any given day might lead you to conclude that there's just not enough going on in your life. For example, have you spent every weekend this summer...
View ArticleAdidas and Twitter Are Teaming Up to Livestream High School Football
Adidas and Twitter are teaming up on Friday Night Stripes, a slate of eight livestreamed high-school-football games featuring nationally ranked teams. The games will be available to logged-in and...
View ArticleActivision Consolidates $100 Million Global Media Account With OMD
About a month after retaining 72andSunny as its creative agency of record, Activision, the video game giant behinds such franchises as Call of Duty and Destiny, has consolidated its global media...
View ArticleVerizon Partners With Apple and Google for 5G Streaming
Verizon selected Apple and Google as its initial video streaming partners for its residential 5G rollout, the company confirmed on Tuesday. Bloomberg initially reported the rumors. The long-anticipated...
View ArticleNorthwestern Mutual Sends Media Account to Horizon Next
Northwestern Mutual has chosen Horizon Next, the direct marketing arm spun off from Horizon Media as a stand-alone entity last year, as its agency of record following a review. Horizon Media declined...
View ArticleRyan Reynolds’ Snarky Out-of-Office Emails Are So Popular, They Melted His...
Ryan Reynolds doesn't mind telling you his email address. In fact, he just shared it on national television. There's just one problem if you're trying to reach the actor turned owner of Aviation Gin:...
View ArticleDennis Quaid Gets Super Meta About Insurance in Esurance’s Clever New Spot
Introducing your new favorite brand spokesperson: Dennis Quaid for Esurance. The actor stars in a new spot for the brand as part of Esurance's new brand platform, created by Leo Burnett Chicago. While...
View Article3 Ways for Marketers to Integrate Automation Into Marketing Strategies
Over the past few years, we've seen Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple doubling down on machine learning and automation. With both maturing quickly and more platforms following suit, we're beginning to...
View ArticleOlay Celebrates the Fearless Women Who Are Tired of Being Told They’re ‘Too’...
If you've ever been called "too" something--too much, too ambitious, too emotional, whatever--you know it can be a gutting experience. The insult is apparently so common, women told Olay, they're tired...
View ArticleInstagram Reacted to the Hack That Locked Users Out of Their Accounts
Amid widespread reports of a hack locking Instagram users out of their accounts, the Facebook-owned photo- and video-sharing network shared steps victims should take to restore their accounts, as well...
View ArticleFacebook Birthday Fundraisers Have Raised Over $300 Million in Their First Year
Facebook celebrated the first birthday of its birthday fundraisers by announcing that more than $300 million has been raised for nonprofits through the feature. Head of product, social good Asha Sharma...
View ArticleSteve Stoute’s Translation to Part With Chief Creative Officer John Norman
Translation, the independent agency led by media mogul and industry outsider Steve Stoute, confirmed today that it has agreed to part ways with CCO John Norman. The arrangement has reportedly been in...
View ArticleYou Now Have a Chance to Help Run an Old Spice Marketing Meeting
If you've ever had a hankering to join Old Spice's marketing team to chip in on the myriad wacky ideas that make their way to the consumer universe, now is the time to rejoice. The brand is hosting the...
View ArticleU.S. Army Review Delayed for Another 90 Days Following McCann Protest
The U.S. Army delayed its already contentious agency review yet again this month after incumbent McCann Worldgroup filed a bid protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO). According to...
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