Ryan Reynolds Apologizes to David Beckham in New Trailer for Deadpool 2
20th Century Fox's new trailer for the May 18 release of Deadpool 2 opens with David Beckham watching Ryan Reynolds' character cracking a joke about his voice in the original Deadpool film. The rest of...
View ArticleContests Require Careful Strategy or Risk Being Dismissed by Audiences
Giveaways are dime a dozen across social media. Effective, legal, responsible and on-brand competitions, however--not so much. Cluttering up your newsfeed, thanks to shares and tagging, and popping up...
View ArticleFox Revives Tim Allen’s Last Man Standing One Year After ABC Canceled It
One more sitcom revival is coming to TV next season--but unlike Roseanne, Will & Grace, The X-Files and the upcoming Murphy Brown, this returning series isn't a '90s hit. Next season, Fox is...
View ArticleNBC Rescues Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Just One Day After Fox Canceled It
Step aside, Last Man Standing: yet another canceled broadcast sitcom has come back from the dead. NBC has picked up Brooklyn Nine-Nine for a sixth season, the network announced late Friday night. The...
View ArticleA Baby Brand Has Created ‘The World’s First Team of Pregnant Superheroes’
Our society is superhero-obsessed at the moment, but one superpower has largely been overlooked: being a mom. To that end, baby products brand Summer Infant has decided the time has come to deliver the...
View ArticleNBC Moves Its Three Chicago Dramas to Wednesday, While SVU Shifts to Thursday
After several years of sprinkling its Chicago dramas throughout its schedule, NBC will have the Dick Wolf-produced shows join forces on Wednesdays this fall, creating an all-Chicago lineup. In other...
View ArticleThis Agency’s Gun Share Program Imagines a World Where AR-15s Are Rented Like...
Imagine this scene: you're on your way to work, bleary-eyed, and you approach a bike-sharing station. But, in lieu of bikes, you're confronted with a row of 10 replica AR-15 rifles. It's a jarring...
View ArticleNBCUniversal Takes Aim at C3 and ‘Social Media Guys’ During This Year’s Upfront
It wouldn't be an NBCUniversal combined upfront without ad sales chief Linda Yaccarino taking aim at legacy metrics and the Facebooks and Googles of the world. While it took a little longer than usual...
View ArticleHere’s How the Cast of Brooklyn Nine-Nine Reacted to Being Canceled—and Then...
Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Season 5 finale airs Sunday on Fox, but fans will have to watch Season 6 on NBC. On Thursday, Fox canceled the show, only to have NBC pick the ensemble comedy up the next day. It...
View ArticleWunderman Appoints New President of Its New York Office
Global digital agency Wunderman today announced the appointment of Helder Santo as president of its flagship New York office. Santo makes the move from R/GA where he most recently served as VP, group...
View ArticleFacebook Messenger Users Can Now Report Violations Without Leaving the App
Facebook Messenger users can finally report other users who violate the social network's community standards without leaving the application. Product manager Hadi Michel revealed in a Newsroom post...
View ArticleThe Athletic Built Its Company Without Ads, and It Doesn’t Plan to Change...
Digital disruption is infiltrating the local sports page thanks to a new publication that opened its doors with something many newspapers have fought for years: a paywall. The Athletic, a...
View ArticleQ&A: IAB’s CEO on the Need for Brands to Connect Directly With Consumers
At February's Interactive Advertising Bureau annual Leadership Meeting, the trade organization's CEO, Randall Rothenberg, opened the three-day event by walking the audience through the history of...
View ArticleCan Anyone Compete With Facebook and Google for Small-Business Advertisers?
The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, a small performance venue in New York, needed a better way than print to advertise its shows. Daniel Gallant, the cafe's executive director, said he was spending too much...
View ArticleWith Faster Speeds and Connections, Brands Are Planning for 5G-Fueled Marketing
Kevin Crull, chief operating officer at Sprint, envisions a world in the coming years where his phone is able to automatically book an Uber ride from an airport based on a calendar reminder that he...
View ArticleLong-Form Brand Films Embrace the Art of Dance to Connect With Consumers
In early February, clothing brand Rag & Bone released an epic, five-minute film starring Kate Mara and Ansel Elgort. Rather than tapping the superstars for their respective acting prowess, Rag...
View ArticleJudge Sides With Redstones In Round One of CBS Lawsuit
A Delaware judge has denied CBS Corp.'s bid for a temporary restraining order as part of a lawsuit the network filed against controlling owner National Amusements Inc. (NAI) and its owners, Sumner...
View ArticleHow 3 of the Darkest, Most Unexpected Ads Challenged Creatives to Step Up...
Even when sitting in the sun, David Kolbusz is a man who appreciates darkness. Adweek sat down with the CCO of Droga5 London to talk about his favorite ads of all time, and Kolbusz was quick to name...
View Article4 Steps That Will Make Your Company’s Customers Into Superfans
Every business has the potential to create high-value superfan customers, but few take the time to employ the smart tactics necessary to do so. A superfan is a consumer who over-indexes in his or her...
View ArticleBloomberg’s Cover Features a Portrait Created by AI, and … It’s Something
The portrait on the new cover of Bloomberg Businessweek was created using artificial intelligence. Truly. Robbie Barrat taught computers how to paint and has been experimenting with different types of...
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