The FDA Is Cracking Down on Vaping Products That Look Like Children’s Snacks
If vaping has reached epidemic levels among teenagers, as public health officials have declared, it's not too tough to see where the roots of the problem may lie, the FDA said this week in yet another...
View ArticleDeadpool Shows Off His Tiny New Package in This Trolli Crossover Campaign
Deadpool 2 opens in just over one week, and its titular smartass anti-hero is already inescapable. In the last couple of weeks alone, he could be seen starring in odd Celine Dion music videos and...
View ArticleFallon CCO Jeff Kling Resigns to Move to NYC and ‘Take Some Chances...
Today Jeff Kling, chief creative officer at Fallon, announced his resignation after nearly 6 years. The award-winning co-creator of Dos Equis' The Most Interesting Man in the World campaign joined the...
View ArticleHow a Former Track and Field Star Became One of the Most Important Figures in...
It's lucky that Megan Clarken has always thought globally. A native New Zealander, Clarken spent years going back and forth between the U.S. and Australia for Nielsen, analyzing audiences from all...
View ArticleRethinking Out of Home: Why Digitally Native Brands Are Flocking to the Medium
In late April, Postmates became the latest digitally native brand to go big with an out-of-home campaign in New York. The first effort, from 180LA, used poppy, bright colors with clever lines tailored...
View ArticleThis Dynamic Duo Found Success by Bucking Ad Industry Norms
Terri Meyer fondly recalls the time she called up the executive creative director at D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles and laid down the law. "Are you getting me that birthday present I want?" she...
View ArticleConversational Commerce Is on the Rise, and It’s Perfect for Mother’s Day
With Mother's Day right around the corner, many consumers are frantically Googling "2018 Mother's Day gifts" to come up with last-minute ideas, often needing to sift through pages of search results to...
View ArticleDisruptors 2018 Interview: Alma Har’el’s Free the Bid Is Creating a...
Director Alma Har'el, one of the 39 women Adweek selected for our second annual Disruptors list, founded the non-profit Free the Bid in 2016 to push for more diversity behind the camera when it comes...
View ArticleGoogle Bans Bail Bond Services From Advertising on Its Platform
In a blog post on Monday, Google took a bite out of bail bond services. The company announced that starting in July, it will prohibiting ads from bail bond service companies across all of its...
View ArticleLinkedIn: Here’s How to Save Articles and Read Them Later
Did you know LinkedIn allows you to save articles and read them at a later time? Our guide will show you how this feature works. Note: These screenshots were captured in the LinkedIn application on...
View ArticleHow Agencies Can Benefit From the Gig Economy While Providing Much-Desired...
The age of impermanence is here. As the North American head of a small creative agency, I'm seeing several trends that tell me this is so. First of all, the brand and agency models are shifting;...
View ArticleA Lovably Ineffective Beer-Delivery Drone Stars in Budweiser’s Big World Cup...
Carrying a single beer from St. Louis to Moscow, while ideally keeping it nice and cold, would be a tough mission for a human. And apparently, it's even a struggle for the occasional drone designed...
View ArticleThis Account Director Splits Her Time Between Helping Clients and Saving...
The practice of rhino poaching has increased 9,300 percent since 2007. Three rhinos are killed for their horns every day--and if something isn't done to help save them, the endangered species is...
View ArticleFormer ESPN Chief John Skipper Joins Streaming Sports Media Company Perform...
Former ESPN president John Skipper is back in the sports media game after a stunning exit from The Walt Disney Company last December. The sports television veteran has been named executive chairman of...
View ArticleQuartz Joins Digital Ad Marketplace Concert to Reach Top Execs
The news website Quartz has signed on to Concert, a digital ad marketplace created by Vox Media and NBCUniversal, the companies announced today. The new partnership allows for a vertical on Concert...
View ArticleThis Agency Is Partnering With a Former Neo-Nazi to Combat Violent Extremism...
With increased ease of access to potential members and the ability to easily indoctrinate vulnerable individuals with misinformation, it's now easier than ever for hate groups to recruit new members...
View ArticleHarrowing PSA Depicts Life With ALS More Effectively Than Any Ice Bucket...
Do you remember a viral craze called "the ice bucket challenge?" It was truly a charity campaign for the social media age. Every celebrity, semi-celebrity and wannabe celebrity participated (including...
View ArticleHere’s a Quick Look at the Major Changes From Facebook’s Massive Reorganization
Facebook internally announced a massive reorganization this week, creating three groups and shifting several key executives into new roles with new responsibilities. The three new groups are Family of...
View ArticleBeer Delivery Drones, Noise-Activated Cups and Dozens of Countries: It’s...
If you thought live sporting events couldn't get any more frenetic, Budweiser's poised to raise the bar this year. As the FIFA World Cup's official beer for over 25 years, Budweiser is taking advantage...
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