The NFL Heated Up Facebook in January, While Instagrammers Talked Golden...
The National Football League was a red-hot Hot Topic on Facebook in January, while Instagrammers focused a bit more on the Golden Globe Awards, according to Facebook IQ. The social network's research...
View ArticleMeet DrainerBot, the Ad-Fraud Operation That Could Be Stealing Your Mobile Data
Oracle has lifted the lid on a major ad-fraud operation that can secretly consume up to 10 gigabytes of data from unwitting mobile users each month, potentially costing them hundreds of dollars per...
View Article91st Academy Awards: Black Panther Has Been the Most-Tweeted Best Picture...
The 91st Academy Awards won't be given out until Sunday night, but if social media popularity determined the winners, Black Panther would be a shoo-in for Best Picture. Twitter shared data on nominees...
View ArticlePepsiCo Moves Gatorade Digital Marketing to TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles
PepsiCo has shifted responsibility for digital work on its Gatorade brand to longtime creative agency partner TBWA\Chiat\Day, a spokesperson for the beverage giant confirmed today. "Chiat will continue...
View ArticleASMR Marketing Is Officially Dead After This Soothing 4-Minute Clip About...
"Remember, no two balls are the same." Such lines, whispered ASMR-style by a nerdy dude in a shower, punctuate 72andSunny Amsterdam's surprisingly entertaining and even vaguely safe-for-work...
View ArticleTwitter Is Seeking Users’ Help as It Tweaks Its Conversation Process
Twitter needs help making conversations on its platform easier to follow, and it is turning to its users. CEO Jack Dorsey conducted an interview on Twitter with Recode editor at large Kara Swisher last...
View ArticleBiddable Ads Are Coming to TikTok, Opening Up the Popular Platform to More...
TikTok has told agency partners in the U.S. that it is working on a biddable advertising option on the platform, signaling it is looking to further open up to advertisers and their digital dollars. Two...
View ArticleAs the AI Revolution Reshapes the Job Market, a Robot Very Well Could Take...
As retailers like Walmart, Target, Kroger and Giant Food Stores bring in robots to scan shelves and floors and to automate order fulfillment, there's a popular refrain: "These robots won't take jobs...
View ArticleQ&A: Comscore’s President on Tackling the Hurdle That Is Cross-Channel...
With media companies urgently seeking more accurate methods of measurement across all platforms, Sarah Hofstetter clearly has her work cut out for her. The Comscore president oversees commercial...
View ArticleBud Light Says Trolling Competitors Increased Transparency and Interest in...
Bud Light had a big Super Bowl this year, running four spots, including one epic ad with HBO's Game of Thrones. While the brand's surprising partnership won the night, Bud Light says its trolling...
View ArticleAmid Declining Sales, Victoria’s Secret Is Bringing Back a Once-Sure Thing:...
Less than three years after shuttering its swimsuit business, Victoria's Secret is bringing the category back to its stores. Today, Victoria's Secret announced the return of its its swimwear line, a...
View ArticleKids Groups Are Urging the FTC to Investigate Facebook Over In-Game Purchases
Facebook is already under a great deal of heat from the Federal Trade Commission, and more could be on its way. A group of 17 children's advocacy organizations sent a letter (embedded below) to the FTC...
View ArticleCannabisMD Brings an Educational and Informational Approach to Its Central Topic
It took a unique idea to attract cable TV vet Michael Klein to the cannabis industry. Having held senior-level positions at cable networks Travel Channel, SundanceTV and MTV, Klein is also no stranger...
View ArticleFacebook Let Advertisers Target Users Interested in Nazis, According to Report
Facebook is allowing advertisers to target users based on their perceived interest in neo-Nazi terminology, musicians and Holocaust perpetrators, the Los Angeles Times reported today. According to the...
View ArticleDon’t Look Now, but 146-Year-Old Levi’s Just Hired an Artificial Intelligence...
One factor Levi's has over all other jeans brands is heritage. Buy a pair of 501s, and you're essentially getting the rugged style first made for California gold-rush prospectors in 1873 and faithfully...
View ArticleThe Latest Tweets Option Is Now Here for Twitter Lite, Twitter for Windows...
Twitter extended the ability to toggle between top tweets and latest tweets to its slimmed-down Twitter Lite Android application, as well as Twitter for Windows and its mobile site. The social network...
View ArticleNike and Serena Williams Redefine What It Means to a Call a Female Athlete Crazy
When Nike kicked off its celebration of the 30th anniversary of its iconic "Just Do It" campaign with a two-minute spot featuring Colin Kaepernick, the brand spurred a conversation about the NFL, brand...
View ArticleAlaska Airlines Goes Back to Its Quirky Roots in New Campaign
For years, under the stewardship of WongDoody, Alaska Airlines' advertising built a reputation of being just a bit off the center line. From chickens randomly picking fares to smiling customer service...
View ArticleWhy 2018 Was Such a Banner Year for Essence, Adweek’s Breakthrough Media...
It takes a special kind of agency, one year after its founding, to win business for a mega tech company like Google and retain that partnership for 13 years. It takes that same kind of agency to then...
View ArticleHow Global Media Agency of the Year OMD Clawed Its Way Back to the Top After...
PlayStation. Walgreens. Lowe's. Carlsberg. Coach. Sony. Groupe PSA. From 2016 through late 2017, several of OMD's most valuable accounts fell like dominos as the industry-wide string of big-budget...
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