Digital Advertising Has Neglected Audiences. Now We’re Paying the Price
Digital advertising is broken. Despite significant evolution and development over the last two decades, participants are unhappy and performance continues to deteriorate. I feel the core of this is...
View ArticleFacebook Hopes the Oculus Go Headset That It’s Releasing Today Will Make VR...
Facebook is ready to try and push virtual reality more mainstream. At its annual F8 developer conference today in California, the company announced its Oculus Go VR headset is finally for sale. The...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg Reveals That Facebook Is Building a ‘Clear History’ Feature
Facebook's latest olive branch to rekindle some goodwill on the privacy front is modeled after a feature found in web browsers. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post Tuesday that he would...
View ArticleGeorge Washington’s Recipe for Beer Inspired Budweiser’s Latest Patriotic...
Budweiser is using another old recipe to create a new brew. Like the Budweiser 1933 Repeal Reserve, the company has unearthed a historic recipe from 1757--this time it's one from George Washington--to...
View ArticleThis Agency Recreated Pulp Fiction’s Notorious Gimp Scene to Promote...
Love it or hate it, Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction is now part of the contemporary film cannon--and few scenes inspire more fear and loathing than "bring out the Gimp." Two Australian agency...
View ArticleMarketers Won’t Become Obsolete Due to Bots—Just More Strategic
Recent advancements in machine learning are significantly changing the advertising landscape. Over the past year, improvements in the technology have enabled marketers to start measuring real net...
View ArticleNielsen Social Content Ratings, Week of April 23: The NFL Draft Was the Top Pick
The first round of the 2018 National Football League Draft--broadcast by ESPN, ESPN Deportes, Fox and NFL Network--was the No. 1 pick of the Nielsen Social Content Ratings for the week of April 23....
View ArticleThis New Agency Created by RAPP Vets Caters to Clients ‘Paying Too Much Money...
After decades in the ad industry, former RAPP Los Angeles and RAPP London executive creative director Nick Platt decided to create his own agency. "For years, I carried a notebook where I would write...
View ArticleStudio71 Focuses on Talent and Brand Safety at NewFronts
Media company and content studio Studio71 unveiled its 2018 lineup at its NewFront, which includes new partnerships, as well as an expansion of what it called its most engaging and culturally relevant...
View ArticleWant Trump to Melt Away? This Ad Agency Created the Perfect Candle for You
The creative minds at Los Angeles-based multicultural boutique o1 Agency have built a great, beautiful candle--and they want you to pay for it. Beautiful is, of course, a matter of opinion when...
View ArticleIn-App Purchases Are Coming to Facebook Instant Games for Android, Web
In-application purchases are coming to Facebook's Instant Games platform for Android and Facebook.com starting May 7. The social network rolled out Instant Games in closed beta in 30 countries in...
View ArticleNike Is Trying to Build a Culture That Is ‘Truly Inclusive, Respectful’ After...
Nike is working to address its cultural problem. In recent weeks top executives, including marketing veteran Trevor Edwards, have left the company amid reports of "behavior that is inconsistent with...
View ArticleKing’s Hawaiian Created a Pineapple-Inspired Logo as It Expands Into New...
Anyone who's visited Hawaii (and probably many who haven't) knows that the islands are famed for their hospitality and, of course, the sort of turquoise water and white-sand beaches that fill the...
View ArticleTrump Names NBCU’s Linda Yaccarino to the President’s Council on Sports,...
Just a week and a half before she'll kickoff broadcast upfront week with NBCUniversal's annual event at Radio City Music Hall, the company's ad sales chief Linda Yaccarino just added a presidential...
View ArticleAwesomenessTV Goes After Brand Partnerships With the Help of Teen Chef Flynn...
Flynn McGarry, 19, is the chef-owner of one of New York's hottest new restaurants, Gem. But on Wednesday night, he closed the restaurant--where his prepared menu will set you back $155--and instead...
View ArticleHazy Mills, Creators of Grimm, Dig Their Werewolf Claws Into Advertising for...
It's tough to shock pest control pros, who are accustomed to spending most days up to their elbows in creepy crawlies. But trot out a hungry werewolf raiding a fridge, a ghost squatting in a man cave...
View ArticleMDC Partners Names First Managing Director, Healthcare
MDC Partners has hired Ned Russell in the newly-created role of managing director, healthcare, effective immediately. In the role, he will be tasked with working alongside agency partners to drive...
View ArticleApplebee’s 60-Minute ASMR Grilling Video Lets the Sizzle Sooth
Last summer, Ikea took advantage of the growing fan base for ASMR, or autonomous sensory meridian response, videos on YouTube with a 25-minute video of a woman smoothing sheets and whispering about...
View ArticleDigitas Urged Brands to Take a Stand and #Boycott Its Own NewFront Event This...
Digitas, the founding agency of the Digital Content NewFronts, chose to ruffle some feathers with a bold, cause-based stance at its showcase this year. Armed with a string of influential speakers, the...
View ArticleHow Univision Is ‘Reimagining’ Its Future During Its Business Review
Univision chief revenue officer Tonia O'Connor began this morning's pre-upfront press breakfast acknowledging "the elephant in the room." "Yes, we are going through a business review. And, yes, we are...
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