Here’s What Happens When World Soccer Stars Have Too Much Time On Their Hands
Is there life after soccer, and what do the world's elite footballers do if they're not at the World Cup? They create their own topiaries, throw massive pool parties, style their friend's hair and...
View Article5 Cannes Topic Predictions and What They Mean for Advertising
For decades, the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity has attracted advertising creatives to the French Riviera to celebrate, well, creativity. Eventually, brands (read: clients) followed. As media...
View ArticleOf Course Obsessed World Cup Fans Don’t Have Time to Cook
McDonald's knows that cooking dinner is probably the last thing fans around the world are thinking of while tuning in to the World Cup. That's the theme of a new campaign from Leo Burnett London,...
View ArticleHere’s the Data Behind IHOb’s Seemingly Stupid Name Change
IHOP has a had a rough past few years. Their sales have fallen, their brand awareness has declined and ever-changing diet trends are threatening IHOP's core offering. They needed to do something to get...
View ArticleComedy Central Cancels The Opposition, Will Air New Jordan Klepper Weekly...
Comedy Central is heading back to the drawing board again as it searches for an 11:30 p.m. ET companion to The Daily Show With Trevor Noah. The network has canceled The Opposition With Jordan Klepper,...
View Article3 Ways Brands Can Market to Their LGBTQ Consumers Year Round
As another Pride season gets underway, we see a variety of brands creating compelling LGBTQ-themed campaigns: Soul Cycle, Wells Fargo, Tiffany & Co, Doritos, Google, Hilton Hotels. Different...
View ArticleDroga5 Goes Through Its Third Round of Layoffs This Year
Droga5 went through its third round of layoffs this year. An agency representative confirmed the staffing reductions but declined to elaborate. Around two dozen employees were affected, according to a...
View ArticleWhy Airline Social Media Strategies Are Shifting to Private Interactions
Commercial airlines have used social media semi-successfully for many years, but many brands are shifting to private messaging. In other words, instead of broadcasting updates, responding to user...
View ArticleFeel the Frenetic Fun and Passion of Pan-Asian Hip-Hop
File-sharing service WeTransfer explores pan-Asian hip-hop in the second episode of its "Work in Progress" video series that celebrates creative collaboration. The seven-minute clip, produced with Pi...
View ArticleThis Study Shows Which Creative Agencies Won What U.S. Business in the First...
In a study released to Adweek measuring U.S. creative agencies' new business activity in the first quarter of 2018, COMvergence highlighted Leo Burnett as the leader of the pack with the Publicis...
View ArticleResident Evil and Sony Led E3 Conversations on Facebook
The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place this week in Los Angeles. Now that the conference is over, Facebook revealed the most discussed games and publishers on Facebook and Instagram from...
View ArticleFeel Your Blood Pressure Rise as Oxygen Gears Up for a ‘Cruel Summer’
Under a brilliant sky, the yards are tidy, the pools are crystal clear and the suburbanites are puttering and partying. All is right, perfect even, in these summer scenarios. Or is it? That overturned...
View ArticleDeloitte, American Express and More Activate at the U.S. Open With VR and...
Golf may be the name of the game at the 2018 U.S. Open, but brands are getting a piece of the action off the green. The U.S. Open boasts several official brand partners for this year's event, which is...
View ArticleThursday Night Football Helps Power Fox’s CPM Upfront Gains
As Comcast and Disney battle over who will purchase its parent company, Fox Networks Group stuck to its "business as usual" mantra by putting the finishing touches on its upfront negotiations, almost...
View ArticleWhat Generation Z’s Migration Away From Social Means for Marketers
For Generation Z, swiping, tapping and scrolling are about as second nature as breathing. For those born after 1997, life without the internet is a foreign concept. 85 percent of Gen Zers use social...
View ArticleCBS Finishes Upfront Sales With Double-Digit CPM Increases
CBS wasn't the first broadcast network to cross the upfront finish line this year, but the network still wrapped up its business a week ahead of 2016's negotiations with a strong showing in all...
View ArticleAlly Financial Hands Media Account to MediaCom as It Closes in on Creative,...
Ally Financial, the digital banking company that focuses on auto lending, has selected WPP's MediaCom as its new media agency of record following a review that started in April. Ally chief marketing...
View ArticleThese 6 Campaigns From Australia and New Zealand Could Rise to the Top at Cannes
Going through the list of Cannes Lions winners from Australia and New Zealand is a veritable buffet of genius with both countries claiming their stake as one of the world's bastions of creativity....
View Article9 Brands That Are Having Some Fun With Father’s Day
Father's Day is just around the corner and, as usual, brands are pulling out all the stops. We've already told you what dads don't want this year, but what is it they do want? Here's what just a few...
View ArticleCall Me By Your Name Gets a Peach-Scented Vinyl Soundtrack
The film "Call Me By Your Name" was an indie-drama that garnered critical acclaim for its lead actors Timothee Chalamet and Armie Hammer, and as much for its eclectic soundtrack. The film's soundtrack...
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