Twitter Has Permanently Suspended 1.2 Million Accounts for Terrorism Since...
Twitter announced that it permanently suspended 274,460 accounts for violations related to the promotion of terrorism between July 1 and Dec. 31, 2017, bringing its total from Aug. 1, 2015, through...
View ArticleWith $2 Million Ad Push, Cannabis Retailer MadMen Hopes to Finally Ditch the...
Just in time for 4/20, the largest marijuana retailer in Southern California is launching its most significant marketing push to date with a campaign aimed at busting 1970s-era, Cheech-and-Chong...
View ArticleHow Twitter Handled Tweets About the Shooting at YouTube HQ
Twitter provided some insight as to how it handles tweets related to breaking events, describing its actions during the fatal shooting at YouTube's headquarters earlier this week. Vice president of...
View ArticleFacebook Really Wants People to Use Stories
Facebook is testing out three ways to encourage users to embrace its Stories feature. The tweaks being experimented with are: Making "Your Story" the default option when users begin creating posts. If...
View ArticleDavid & Goliath Founder Talks Life After Hyundai’s Innocean Bought His Shop
Speaking to Adweek at the 4A's Accelerate conference in Miami, David & Goliath founder and chairman David Angelo discussed life at the creative shop after Innocean Worldwide, the Hyundai Motor...
View ArticleAs Broadcast Companies Like Sinclair Get Bigger, ‘We Keep Losing Editorial...
The corporate-mandated "fake stories" promo that recently aired across most of Sinclair Broadcasting's 193 stations has sparked a conversation about what an increasingly consolidated news media means...
View ArticleSapientRazorfish Exec Explains Why Publicis Is Pushing Toward Consulting Work
While introducing his "2020: Sprint to the Future" plan, Publicis Groupe CEO and chairman Arthur Sadoun explained one of the key areas for growth for the holding company will be in consulting work. The...
View ArticleWhat’s Facebook Doing at a Broadcasting Conference?
Beth Loyd, who runs Facebook's broadcast news partnerships, and Josh Mabry, who oversees the Journalism Project's local news initiatives, explained to a roomful of digital media publishers gathered at...
View ArticleChairman of House Committee Looking Into Facebook Wants ‘Facts First,’ Not...
Rep. Greg Walden, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, called Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg "an incredible innovator." "He's changed the world," Walden said during a keynote discussion...
View ArticlePapa Murphy’s Sends $30 Million Creative Account to Mekanism
Take-and-bake pizza chain Papa Murphy's selected San Francisco-based agency Mekanism as its agency of record, following a review. Seattle-based agency Wongdoody formerly served as Papa Murphy's agency...
View ArticleThe Ad-Tech Industry’s Looming Shakeout Could Finally Happen
Every couple of years, marketing observers play a parlor game called "The Ad Tech Shakeout Cometh," in which they pontificate about the impending decimation of the ad-tech industry. The invisible hand...
View ArticleHow Headspace Struck Content Gold With Soothing Animations, Voiced by Its...
Andy Puddicombe's voiceovers for Headspace, the guided meditation platform he cofounded eight years ago, aim to put users in a thoughtful, receptive state of mind. Last year, to make its programs more...
View Article4chan-Backed Slogan Finds Its Way Into Diapers Sold at Target
Target is investigating how laminated cards advocating for white supremacist groups ended up in boxes of diapers it sold. In a blog post, the Anti-Defamation League said it has received at least two...
View ArticleAs Corporate Agencies Clamp Down on Drinking, Mother USA Asks Job Seekers to...
For those who've gotten a memo at work telling them that office drinking is going the way of Don Draper, independent agency Mother USA has its own message: Maybe it's time for a new job. Responding to...
View ArticleOnline Community Experience Drove This Independent Agency From the Start
Independent agency The Social Element may be based in London, but the world--and the internet--is its office. Founder and CEO Tamara Littleton worked on online communities with the BBC before starting...
View ArticleSuper Troopers Star Paul Soter Is a Nimbly-Bimbly Adman
You may know Paul Soter as the cop in cult-comedy classic Super Troopers who says "meow" 10 times during a routine highway stop, but the writer, actor and director has spent the past five years as...
View ArticleWhy In-house Publishers Are Becoming Attractive Alternatives for Advertisers...
Once seen more as an added-value proposition for media placements, publishers' branded-content labs have expanded to meet growing client demand. Publishing studios increasingly have become an appealing...
View ArticleHow One Location-Based Data Firm Is Preparing for GDPR
With the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR) going into place on May 25, ad-tech companies are busily assembling teams to handle privacy and set up new processes to avoid...
View ArticleIn Industry First, UM Appoints Brand Safety Officer to Lead New Advertiser...
IPG Mediabrands' UM Worldwide is the first to appoint an executive to the 4A's Advertiser Protection Bureau, a new collective committee aimed at addressing the ever-pressing issue of brand safety that...
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