Your Social Media Data May Be Around for Much Longer Than You Think
It's no secret that people are becoming increasingly disillusioned with Facebook. It's clunky and obsolete. The advertising is creepily targeted. The news it promotes is of questionable legitimacy. It...
View ArticleIt’s Time for Cannes to Shift Its Finale Focus Away From Film
Perusing the work at the Palais des Festivals last week, I was once again struck by the breadth and sophistication of our industry's creative output. The product innovation, design, experiential and so...
View ArticleFacebook Just Reopened the Door for Cryptocurrency Ads From Pre-Approved Brands
The blanket ban on cryptocurrency ads that Facebook announced in late January is no longer in effect, but that doesn't mean every company with "coin" at the end of its name can flood the social network...
View ArticlePizza Hut Sends $227 Million Creative Account to GSD&M
Pizza Hut selected GSD&M as its creative agency of record, following a review launched in March that saw the brand part ways with incumbent Droga5. The brand informed GSD&M of its decision...
View ArticleThe ‘Period Sex Blanket’ From Thinx Continues the Battle Against Menstruation...
When the #BloodNormal campaign by Bodyform, advocating for more frank discussion of periods, won two top prizes at the Cannes Lions last week, it seemed to mark a cultural turning point in terms of the...
View ArticleVideo Chat Comes to Instagram Direct
Three Instagram features that were announced at Facebook's F8 annual developer conference in May--video chat in Instagram Direct, the addition of topic channels to the Explore tab and new camera...
View ArticleDonald Glover Narrates This Simple, Illustrated PSA About Sexual Harassment...
If you're still on the fence about what sexual harassment in the workplace looks like (or sounds like), let Donald Glover break it down for you. The multi-talented Glover has lent his voice to an...
View ArticleIntel’s Fleet of Drones Is Back. This Time, They’re Celebrating Pride
With 300 drones, Intel lit up the sky to celebrate Pride month and to also show an ode to one of its LGBTQ employees. Intel's infamous drone light shows, which have taken over skies for the Super Bowl,...
View ArticleFox Enters the Wrestling Ring, Picking Up WWE’s SmackDown Live Starting in...
21st Century Fox still doesn't know whether Disney or Comcast will be its new parent company, but Fox Broadcasting's sports-heavy future has been solidified with a new five-year deal to bring WWE's...
View ArticleActors Grudgingly Entered a Stereotypical Casting Call, Then Learned Why They...
Fresh off the Cannes Lions, where a significant portion of awarded work either broke stigmas or illustrated greater representation, the Unstereotype Alliance in partnership with the United Nations...
View ArticleFacebook Is Testing a Way for Users to Hit the Snooze Button on Specific...
Spoiler alert: Facebook just began testing a feature that can help you avoid spoilers or, basically, any topic you don't want to see in your News Feed. News Feed product manager Shruthi Muraleedharan...
View ArticleThere’s a Reason You Want Subway, But Can’t Figure Out Why
You're hungry. Then, all of a sudden, there's a hankering for Subway but, for the life of you, you can't figure out why. A new campaign for the brand, leveraging some clever stealth techniques, might...
View ArticleTwitter Says It’s Identifying and Suspending More Bots and Spam Accounts
Twitter announced several updates in its efforts to thwart "inauthentic accounts, spam and malicious automation," highlighted by requiring email addresses or phone numbers when new accounts are...
View ArticleFacebook’s Largest Fundraiser to Date Inspires 2 New Features
Reunite an immigrant parent with their child: Fundraiser for RAICES has become Facebook's largest fundraiser to date, and it spurred the social network to add two new features to its fundraisers tool....
View ArticleOn the Adweek Podcast: What Happened at Cannes
Cannes Lions has come to an end, which means the traveling Adweek team are back and ready to recap everything that went down in the South of France. This week on Adweek's podcast Yeah, That's Probably...
View Article‘You Want Me to Write FCK on a Bucket?’ How KFC’s PR Crisis Became a Print Ad...
CANNES, France--Few things in life feel better than a perfectly timed obscenity. And luckily for KFC U.K. and Ireland, the brand found exactly that. When the chain faced widespread store closures due...
View ArticleFiat Chrysler Launches Major, Music-Filled Summer Campaign Across 5 Brands...
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is ready to cruise into the summer months with a major new marketing campaign that's all about music. Today, the company dropped new creative across five brands (including...
View ArticleIs Every Food Influencer Screaming About Ghee? Thanks to Organic Valley’s Ad...
Even a fairly proficient home cooks can get stumped by ingredients they're not familiar with. Ghee? What the hell is ghee? And how do I use it? It's basically clarified butter--mystery solved!--and all...
View ArticleFacebook Updates Its Test of Subscriptions in Instant Articles
Facebook began testing subscriptions in Instant Articles with 10 publisher partners last October, and Wednesday, the social network provided an update, as well as a look at what's ahead. Head of news...
View ArticleAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez Went DIY on Her Campaign Ad, and It’s a Runaway Hit
On Tuesday, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shocked the system and the nation by handily defeating 10-term incumbent Democrat Joe Crowley in New York's 14th congressional district, an area that represents...
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