When brands have a crisis, they call the Winston Wolfe of public relations, Harlan Loeb. Loeb, who runs Edelman’s crisis and risk mitigation practice, didn’t grow up in the PR business. A lawyer by background, he found himself in the crisis management world after serving as the Midwest counsel for the Anti-Defamation League working on…
Though it’s only Monday morning, much South by Southwest madness has already transpired: We’ve traversed miles outside town to HBO’s legendary West World activation (video to come on that), faked a ride on a private jet at Bravo’s “InstaCON” activation for its show “Imposters” and sat in on Uber chief brand officer Bozoma Saint John’s chat on Sunday (we also spoke to Michael Barbaro, host of the popular New York Times poidcast, “The Daily”).
Read below for that, and more, then keep checking in here today for SXSW updates throughout the day.
Monday, 5 p.m.
-72andSunny New York hypes the upcoming MLB season with a “Claim the Crown” spot for New Era (video above).
-Innocean placed CCO Eric Springer on leave in the wake of a sexual harassment lawsuit, brought in an external investigator.
-180 Female agency leaders launched Time’s Up Advertising to tackle the industry’s problems with sexual harassment and gender inequality.
-Speaking of, several U.K. agencies admitted to departing executives sending “Top 5” and “Bottom 5” lists ranking the attractiveness of female coworkers.
-Arnold welcomed Frad Saldanha as executive creative director, Icaro Doria first key hire since arriving as CCO last summer.
-The Drum asks if brand safety officer will dethrone chief media officer as the next big agency hire.
-Y&R New Zealand hired Kim Pick as executive creative director.
If you’ve been in downtown Austin, Texas, this weekend, and especially if you’ve been near South by Southwest, you might have head a loud, hearty laugh coming from a pedicab. That laugh belongs to Roseanne Barr and became iconic when it was used in the credits of her ABC show, Roseanne, which the network revived…
The 167-year-old New York Times has a boringly simple strategy when it comes to generating revenue in the digital era: Report news worth reading and grow paid digital subscriptions. That game plan has paid off in spades, as revenue from subscriptions yielded more than $1 billion in 2017, a first for the publication. For the past year, however, the Times has also been reaping dividends from The Daily, a podcast that aims to make the news worth hearing.
And while publishers such as Vox Media are building sophisticated ad-tech platforms to generate revenue, The Times is offering The Daily for free, largely as a gateway to new audiences, with just one ad per episode to underwrite nearly a dozen staffers. It’s already generating a profit anyway.
“The Daily is the best billboard the New York Times has ever had,” Sam Dolnick, assistant managing editor at the Times, says in this episode of Remotely Entertaining from SXSW. “If you think you are not interested in the news, or The New York Times is boring, then listen to The Daily.”
Hyundai’s ad agency Innocean has put chief creative officer Eric Springer on leave amid sexual harassment allegations, the latest case of a prominent ad executive being accused of impropriety.
Victoria Guenier, who until early last year worked for Innocean as an executive producer, alleges in a lawsuit that Springer employed a “bullying and harassing management style” against female employees. The lawsuitwhich alleges that the agency’s HR department failed to actwas filed in California state court on Jan. 11. The suit names Springer and Innocean as defendants. Adweek first reported the lawsuit last week.
Innocean, in a statement issued Monday, said Springer “has been put on a leave of absence while an ongoing investigation is conducted into the allegations made in a lawsuit by a former freelance employee. We want to reiterate to all of our employees, clients, vendors and other partners, that Innocean USA is committed to providing a safe and positive work environment, free from any form of harassment, bullying or discrimination, and one that encourages collaboration and creativity among all employees.”
Unveiled Journey. Saudi women story of progression.
The Saudi women existed, and she has been fighting for her rights, progressing silently over time. What we are witnessing today is not just a bubble of news, it is the accumulative efforts that women contributed to in a way or another.
The unveiled journey is shedding light on the true story of the Saudi women across history until today.
The story conveys the message and shows her contribution that remained shadowed across the time. Whether it was direct or indirect to the society, her participation shaped present Saudi Arabia is witnessing today.
BACKGROUND
As many as 70 000 children in Finland grow up in a family burdened by alcohol. For these children even moderate consumption may feel uncomfortable.
CHALLENGE
When Alcohol is a real problem at home, we have to make sure that at least children´s hobbies are always alcohol-free time.
IDEA
We wanted adults to realize that alcohol and children’s hobbies should never be combined, because children have the right to enjoy their hobbies without the burden of drinking adults. We should give children as much free time from alcohol as possible.
EXECUTION
We created a film that shows how a child can be continuously confronted with alcohol in everyday life.
In the game of chess, the queen is the most powerful piece. But today in Indian society the queens are the least powerful. Not only are they violated in the name of religion or gender but many times even their basic rights of education, health and safety are not with them.
To change this and throw light on how a society fails if the queen is powerless, WAT Consult in association with Nanhi Kali has created a chess game wherein one player’s queen cannot move at all, rendering it powerless while the other player’s queen would have all her powers.
Tania Sachdev, Chess Grandmaster was brought upon to deliver this message via the campaign video. She is seen challenging people to play the digital version of the chess game by taking the Powerless Queen Challenge on the website – www.powerlessqueen.com
When it comes to professional sports, your input might count for more than you think.
When it comes to professional sports, your input might count for more than you think.
When it comes to professional sports, your input might count for more than you think.
Nowadays people live in a busy noisy world, and it is hard to find a quiet place to focus on your work or just think about your lives. Bose offers the best noise canceling headphone on our world. Therefore, this campaign aims at showing the fantastic power of Bose noise canceling headphone: the power that enables people to find and enter the peaceful quiet world.
Nowadays people live in a busy noisy world, and it is hard to find a quiet place to focus on your work or just think about your lives. Bose offers the best noise canceling headphone on our world. Therefore, this campaign aims at showing the fantastic power of Bose noise canceling headphone: the power that enables people to find and enter the peaceful quiet world.
Nowadays people live in a busy noisy world, and it is hard to find a quiet place to focus on your work or just think about your lives. Bose offers the best noise canceling headphone on our world. Therefore, this campaign aims at showing the fantastic power of Bose noise canceling headphone: the power that enables people to find and enter the peaceful quiet world.
Sadiq Khan warned of tougher online regulations if companies like Facebook and Twitter can’t forge a relationship with governments.
The new KeMar kitchen blender is so frightening powerful, it gives you terrible nightmares the first three nights.
O SXSW 2018 ainda tem mais três dias por vir, mas pra mim uma coisa já está mais do que clara: neste ano, o meu festival finalmente teve claro protagonismo feminino. E falo do meu porque aqui cada um escolhe o que vai ver, certo? Estou dizendo que antes as mulheres não falavam por aqui? …
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Hoje foi um dia que encontrei mais histórias inspiradoras que tecnologias na SXSW. Minha primeira escolha foi a palestra “How can sustainability coexist with consumerism?” (“Como a sustentabilidade pode coexistir com o consumismo”, em português) com Jim Walsh, fundador do Instituto do Sistema de Energia Humano (HESA). No evento, ele deixou claro que a sustentabilidade tem que ser …
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Com uma concorridíssima sessão surpresa neste domingo, o CEO da Tesla e da Space X apareceu novamente no SXSW. Desta vez, foi para responder algumas perguntas da plateia lotada do Moody Theater, localizado no centro de Austin. Despretensioso e com muita calma em sua fala – fiquei imaginando o que se passa na mente de alguém …
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