To Avoid Angering Olympics Viewers, NBC Won’t Air A.P. Bio Until After the Closing Ceremony
Posted in: UncategorizedDuring its many years broadcasting the Olympics, NBC has learned the hard way what its viewers will and won’t tolerate when it comes to offering sneak previews of its entertainment shows during Olympics coverage. In 2012, the network aired the premiere of short-lived sitcom Animal Practice in the middle of London’s closing ceremony, which “pissed…
Award Shows and Cable News Fueled a 7.1% Increase in January’s National TV Ad Revenue
Posted in: UncategorizedLinear ratings have continued to fall this season, but ad revenue is on the rise. The national TV advertising spend in January increased 7.1 percent year over year, according to new data from Standard Media Index. That January boost includes a 11.1 percent lift in cable ad revenue and a 2.7 percent jump in broadcast…
Snap perde U$ 1,5 bilhão após Kylie Jenner declarar morte do Snapchat no Twitter
Posted in: UncategorizedEmpresária diz para 24,5 milhões de seguidores que não usa mais a ferramenta
> LEIA MAIS: Snap perde U$ 1,5 bilhão após Kylie Jenner declarar morte do Snapchat no Twitter
Friday Wake-Up Call: KFC Gets Apology Right, Jenner Tweet Decimates Snapchat and More
Posted in: UncategorizedWelcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital-related news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device. Search for “Ad Age” under “Skills” in the Alexa app.
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Amid its ongoing chicken crisis in the U.K., KFC took out a full-page ad Friday morning featuring a KFC bucket with the letters rearranged to form “FCK.” The ad, created by Mother London, is running in two tabloid U.K. papers, the “Sun” and “Metro.” Copy below the bucket begins “A chicken restaurant without any chicken. It’s not ideal,” and goes on to apologize to customers.
L'Oreal to set up pop-up offering Paris Fashion Week hairstyles
Posted in: UncategorizedL’Oreal Paris is offering people the chance to recreate Paris Fashion Week runway hairstyles.
Nick Bell departs Fallon as ECD
Posted in: UncategorizedNick Bell has left Fallon London after three years as executive creative director, following the agency’s realignment into Leo Burnett Group, and will not be replaced.
Reinventing adland for a programmatic age
Posted in: UncategorizedAs niche consultancies make big bucks selling their data talent, adland still appears to be holding firm to the idea that ‘creativity’ sits at the heart of its grand narrative.
21 Dessert Dip Innovations – From Herbal Dessert Hummus to Chocolatey Cookie Spreads (TOPLIST)
Posted in: UncategorizedCalling all female rising creative stars
Posted in: UncategorizedCreative Equals and Campaign are calling for female creatives to become a future leader.
What trends should marketers watch out for at Mobile World Congress?
Posted in: UncategorizedWe asked the industry for key trends to watch out for at Mobile World Congress before it kicks off on Monday in Barcelona.
Snap's shares plummet after Kylie Jenner tweet
Posted in: UncategorizedIn the latest round of Snap’s ongoing battle with its users over the new format update, its shares plunged by 6% after Kylie Jenner tweeted that she’s stopped using it.
P&G will slash agency and production costs by another $400m
Posted in: UncategorizedProcter & Gamble aims to cut another $400m (£286m) in advertising costs by June 2021, chairman and chief executive David Taylor has said.
Carlsberg calls time on England sponsorship after 22 years
Posted in: UncategorizedCarlsberg will end its sponsorship of the England football team following this summer’s World Cup in Russia.
KFC says 'We're sorry' for chicken shortage in blunt newspaper ad
Posted in: UncategorizedKFC has launched a print ad that apologises to customers for a chicken supply shortage that shut down stores across the UK this week.
32 Entertaining AI Innovations – From Comedy Content Bots to AI-Powered Dating Apps (TOPLIST)
Posted in: UncategorizedSaatchis' Huntington rails against orthodoxy in fiery Thinkbox speech
Posted in: UncategorizedThe marketing industries must go to war against the “four horsemen of the marketing apocalypse” Saatchi & Saatchi’s chairman and chief strategy officer Richard Huntington has said.
Generation Z is about to join your workforce – are you ready?
Posted in: UncategorizedSean Talbot, head of audience and content at GradTouch and a member of Media Week’s 30 Under 30 2017, shares his lessons from the ladder.
Twitter begins bot purge
Posted in: UncategorizedTwitter has enforced a swift crackdown against fake followers and accounts, angering some influencers while taking the industry closer to a world without vanity metrics.