Hasta La Creative!

The week after Cannes typically involves recovering from too much ros, following up on some great meetings and for a lucky few, perhaps an extended holiday. A worldwide cyberattack was not part of the agenda for folks across adland. It’s a sobering reality that most brands and agencies are not prepared for.

This is an industry wake-up call.

Cybersecurity is a $445 billion problem, and some predict that figure could rise to $6 trillion by 2021. CEO and boards are rightfully worried about the risks to their business: A March 2017 report by executive search firm SpencerStuart found that 39% of board directors said they discuss cybersecurity at every meeting and that 40% of respondents reported their board has at least one director with cyber expertise. An additional 7% who are in the process of recruiting one.

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(TrendHunter.com) Los Angeles-based architecture firm Johnson Fain recently erected ‘Wall House,’ and award-winning family home in the town of Ojai, California. The secluded bungalow has all the…

Pinterest has held the Pinnacle Awards for the first time, celebrating the most creative and effective uses of its commercial format, Promoted Pins.

Creativity can be found anywhere. Nowhere was this better punctuated than at Cannes Lions this year, where a music video won Film Craft, a branded film won in Titanium, and an internal creative team took the Film Grand Prix. To illustrate this point in the world we actually live in, Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam launched…

Will TV viewers pay more for commercial-free TV? AMC Networks Inc. and Comcast Corp. believe they will.

AMC, home of the hit zombie show “The Walking Dead” as well as other original series including “Preacher” and “Better Call Saul,” has introduced a commercial-free service for avid fans who are Comcast subscribers. The service, called AMC Premiere, costs $4.99 a month and for now is only available to Comcast’s 22.5 million video subscribers.

The unusual deal reflects the growing competition among TV distributors, as well as viewers’ habits. As new online entrants like Sling TV crowd into the TV landscape, cable providers are cutting exclusive deals with programmers to make their services stand out. In April, AMC announced it will make shows exclusively for Charter Communications Inc., the second-largest U.S. cable provider behind Comcast.

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Digital agency space150 welcomed Chris Cobb to its New York office as creative director.

Cobb joins space150 after over three years as a creative director with SapientNitro’s Second Story Interactive Studios in New York, “a network of design studios focusing on responsive environments, story-driven experiences, and experience innovation.” Prior to that he spent over six years at SapientNitro’s Atlanta office, serving as a senior art director, associate creative director and creative director, while working clients including Carter’s, AT&T, Chrysler, MetLife, Levi’s, Avon and New Balance. Before joining SapientNitro, Cobb spent two years as an art director with Three, also in Atlanta.

“Chris is a veteran of some of the nation’s top digital and experiential agencies, and his body of work has enabled some of the world’s premier brands to tap into new and innovative potential,” space50 chief creative officer Brock Davis said in a statement. “Combining a strong design sense and inventive approach, Chris connects with space150’s vision. I’m excited to work with Chris and look forward to his immediate impact on our teams and work.”

Cobb’s hiring follows the promotion of Dutch Thalhuber to president in April and the arrival of Char Roseblade as senior vice president, account services last October.