Canadian Paralympic Committee: #GreatnessIsRare Para alpine skiing with Mac Marcoux

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Canadian Paralympic Committee: #GreatnessIsRare Para Ice Hockey with Greg Westlake

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Canadian Paralympic Committee: Greatness Deserves to Be Seen – Broadcast It

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Moneysupermarket.com's woes are not with its advertising – they are of its own making

The Moneysupermarket.com review and Marc Pritchard’s intervention at ISBA Conference shows how blaming agencies is always the easy option.

Purely Abstract Chair Designs – WoongKi Ryu Strongly References Russian Art Through Furniture (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) WoongKi Ryu’s abstract chair design draws cues from Wassily Kandinsky—a 20th century Russian painter and art theorist who largely experimented with purely abstruse compositions. Featuring a…

Facebook Messenger: Here’s How to Mute a Single Conversation

In addition to allowing users to temporarily turn off notifications for all of their conversations at once, did you know that Facebook Messenger also allows users to mute individual conversations temporarily, or even indefinitely? When a user mutes a conversation, they won’t be notified when they receive new messages. Our guide will show you how…

How Social Metrics Can Lure Brands Into a Repetitive Rut

With the help of a squadron of digital tools, brands are chasing their tails. Like people in your Facebook feed, brands respond to positive feedback. Likes, clicks and other shallow metrics drive the content brands create each month. They’re easier to access, easier to understand and easier to act on. Success with your Instagram picture…

Video Chat Comes to Facebook’s Messenger Lite

Messenger Lite, the slimmed-down Android version of Facebook’s messaging application for emerging markets and areas with poor internet connectivity, now offers video chat. The social network said in a Newsroom post that there were 17 billion video chats on Messenger in 2017, double the previous year’s total. Users with the latest version of Messenger Lite…

Here’s How Kids Respond When Introduced to the Gender Pay Gap

The pay gap between women and men, especially in high-profile industries like finance, continues to be a lightning rod in the debate around workplace inequality. Critics dismiss the pay gap as a myth that doesn’t factor in enough social variables, but comprehensive data from groups like the World Economic Forum has proven that the global…

Let's Try to See Clearly on Blockchain for Advertising


The release of the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s Blockchain for Video Advertising white paper has the digital ad industry abuzz. The emerging technology, best known for powering cryptocurrencies, is apparently coming to save us! Forget that much of the conversation last year revolved around AI as the solution to our transparency and fraud woes. Now, we see a raft of claims that it’s blockchain, with decentralized power and public ledgers, that will reinvent financial systems and disrupt every industry, including advertising.

Much like the talk of AI, today’s conversation around blockchain includes a good amount of hyperbole. Still, today’s wishful thinking is driving tomorrow’s solutions, so it’s worth toning down the enthusiasm to see where the real potential of blockchain for advertising lies.

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McGarryBowen Brings on Translation's Pat Lafferty as President


McGarryBowen has named Pat Lafferty its U.S. president. Lafferty, the president at Translation since the fall of 2016, assumes the responsibilities that had been handled by former CEO Simon Pearce, who recently joined JWT in the newly created role of North American CEO. Lafferty’s appointment is effective around June 1.

“It’s a great opportunity and I’ll have the ability to have greater impact with McGarryBowen’s three offices and its recent acquisition of [digital shop] Swirl,” says Lafferty.

The shop suffered a rough 2015, including the loss of its two largest accountsJPMorgan Chase and Verizon Retailas well as executive departures. But McGarryBowen turned itself around in 2016, earning the title of Ad Age’s 2017 Comeback Agency of the Year and appearing on Ad Age’s 2018 Agencies to Watch list. It grew revenue 5% last year to $158 million and won business with Planters, Burt’s Bees and Subway plus assignments from longtime clients Crayola and Kraft Heinz. The shop also picked up a major account last year, the creative and strategy duties for American Express’ new global brand platform.

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Tommy Bahama: Long Live the Island Life

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Dare Cold Pressed: You've Got Hipsters

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Dare Cold Pressed: Callum Murray

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Kohler: Factory

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Creative Equals feminises brand logos for equality push

Creative Equals, the non-profit organisation that champions diversity in the creative industries, has launched a campaign for International Women’s Day that reimagines brand logos through the lens of gender equality.

Publicis Media's Sue Frogley to chair Media 360

Sue Frogley, the UK chief executive of Publicis Media, is to chair this year’s Media 360.

Montadoras brasileiras criam canais em plataforma de GIFs

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#RespeitaasMinas: Corinthians adiciona frase no uniforme em homenagem ao Dia Internacional da Mulher

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Ação ainda contempla camiseta com a frase “Não é Não” para a equipe feminina

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Porsche garante que está estudando criação de carros voadores

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Segundo a montadora, modelo não exigiria licença especial de piloto

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