On the Adweek Podcast: Celebrating the Most Powerful Women in Sports
This week, Adweek is honoring the most badass women in sports, including alpine racing superstar Mikaela Shiffrin, Adidas vp Alegra O'Hare and Lara Price, COO of the Philadelphia 76ers. Check out our...
View ArticleJet.com Is Appealing to New Yorkers With Pizza and Ice Cream
Ecommerce company Jet.com is opening a fulfillment center in the Bronx borough of New York in the fall. The center will reportedly enable deliveries of groceries and other items within the Bronx, as...
View ArticleOgilvy Fires Worldwide CCO Tham Khai Meng After Internal Investigation
Ogilvy terminated its longtime global creative leader Tham Khai Meng today after employees complained about unspecified violations of company policy, according to an internal memo from CEO John...
View ArticleThese Brilliant German Ads About Remarkable Women Are Getting Global Praise...
For most ad campaigns, winning gold at the Cannes Lions is the ultimate goal, often capping many months of industry acclaim and passaround. But here's a good example of an advertising effort for which...
View ArticlePapa John’s Founder Allegedly Uses N-Word in an Exercise to Prevent PR Snafus
The Papa John's public relations team has probably glued their palms to their faces at this point. According to Forbes, founder and former CEO John Schnatter was today accused of using the N-word and...
View ArticleThe First Batch of Facebook-Funded News Shows for Watch Is Debuting Monday
Facebook announced last month that it was funding an initiative to create news shows from 10 to 12 U.S. publishers for its Facebook Watch video platform, and the first slate of those shows will begin...
View ArticleMcCann Health Fires Global CCO Jeremy Perrott ‘Following an Investigation’
McCann Health global CCO Jeremy Perrott has become the second major creative leader in two days to be abruptly fired for unspecified behavioral violations. Less than 24 hours after Ogilvy terminated...
View ArticleBMB Completes Management Overhaul With Arrival of New CEO
Cheil Worldwide agency BMB has hired Jason Cobbold as its new CEO. Cobbold will begin the role in October, leading BMB's management team and working to rejuvenate the agency's offering across its...
View ArticleNetflix Ends HBO’s 17-Year Emmys Streak as the Most-Nominated Network
Netflix continued its ascension to the top of the television industry today as the 70th Emmy Awards nominations were announced. The streaming service ended up with 112 nominations, edging out HBO's...
View Article3 Ways Creative Agencies Can Take Innovation a Step Further
Over the past decade, we've witnessed an explosion of new channels. Brands have more opportunities for engagement than ever. The tools for content creation have grown more powerful and yet also more...
View ArticleFrom Solemn and Lovely to Silly and Hilarious, Here Are the 5 Ads Up for an...
While certainly best known as a celebration of television's biggest hits and stars, the Emmy Awards also bestow a trophy to one advertisement each year. So among this morning's slew of Emmy nominations...
View ArticleCan a Little Spike Lee (and a Lot of Brooklyn) Save Uber From Its Troubled...
It's a few minutes before the house lights come down at the Brooklyn Academy of Music for the premiere of Spike Lee's new "joint," Da Republic of Brooklyn. Standing off to the side--largely...
View ArticleAerie Continues Its ‘Real’ Streak, Casting Models With Illnesses and...
Aerie's imagery just keeps getting more and more real. The lingerie retailer has been receiving kudos on social media this week for its latest round of images, which feature women with various medical...
View ArticleBustle Founder Wins Out in Bid for Gawker
A holding company led by Bryan Goldberg, the founder of Bleacher Report and Bustle, has won a bankruptcy auction for Gawker.com and its assets with up to a $1.5 million bid, according to reports. It's...
View ArticleNetflix Is Already This Year’s Big Emmy Winner, and What Else We Learned From...
Game of Thrones, Saturday Night Live and Westworld topped this morning's Emmy nominations tally, but that barely scratches the surface when it comes to analyzing this year's crop of TV nominees. From...
View ArticleThis Year’s 5 Most Outrageous Emmy Omissions
There was a lot to love about this year's Emmy nominations, including a strong showing from this year's sophomore class--but as usual, voters made some egregious oversights when filling out their...
View ArticleMichelob Ultra Chronicles What It Takes to Ride 205 Miles in a Day
Though Portland and Seattle have a Pacific Northwest rivalry, the cities can agree on cycling. Both often appear on lists of the most bike-friendly places in America due to the number of bike paths and...
View ArticleThe Martin Agency Creates Talent and Culture Unit Led by Former Obama...
IPG's The Martin Agency has created a new Talent and Culture department aimed at driving change and progress among its staff seven months after the ouster of longtime chief creative officer Joe...
View ArticleSarah Palin and Roy Moore Are Unwittingly Doing a Masterful Job Marketing...
Showtime has two politicians to thank for spearheading what has become a huge marketing campaign for its new satirical show Who Is America? The series, hosted by Sacha Baron Cohen, will apparently...
View ArticleThink Print Is Dying? Just Look to Vinyl for Evidence to the Contrary
They say print is dead. They gave their eulogies and laid it to rest. But I wouldn't say my goodbyes so soon. Consider vinyl. Records were supposed to die at least three deaths: at the hands of the...
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