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Facebook is nearing the end of its toughest year as a public company. Ahead of results on Tuesday, analysts are hoping the news can’t get any worse.

The social-media giant is expected to report third-quarter revenue of $13.8 billion, up 34 percent from a year earlier. Operating profit will be $5.79 billion, according to analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg.

Those cheery projections belie another quarter of turmoil that included executive departures, a huge privacy breach, threats of regulation and struggles to contain misinformation ahead of key elections in the U.S.

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John Carpenter has not only directed some of the most terrifying films ever–like 1978’s Halloween and 1982’s The Thing–but he was responsible for composing their creepy soundtracks as well. This fall, he’s at it again. After writing the score to this month’s blockbuster Halloween sequel with his son and godson, Carpenter has composed a new…

Retailer has agreed to sponsor ITV’s flagship show as part of its festive campaign.

German sportswear brand Puma has tapped Havas Media as its new global media agency for buying and planning following a review.

Ad Age first reported the news of the review earlier this year. Publicis Media-owned Blue 449 is the incumbent. U.K.-based media consulting company ID Comms handled the review.

The assignment is effective January 2019.

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MADE IN PRISON is a tailor-training initiative by Turtle Fashion, one of the leading menswear brand in India in association with the Presidency Correctional Home and the Department of Correctional Administration, Government of West Bengal, India. A special set up has been created within the premises where these inmates are being trained how to sew and embroider, and create handwoven shirts, ready to be displayed at the stores as an exclusive line. These three animated films aimed to highlight the effort of rehabilitating these inmates and bring them from darkness to light.

Advertising Agency:JWT, Kolkata, India
Chief Creative Director:Senthil Kumar
Executive Creative Director:Arjun Mukherjee
Director:Arjun Mukherjee
Art Director:Diptanshu Roy
Animator:Saptarshi Dey
Copywriters:Arjun Mukherjee, Anurag Acharya
Music:Prabuddha Banerjee
Account Management:Ayan Chakraborty, Soumya Chowdhury, Urmi Roy

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BMW

Never be late again.

We wanted to promote the new BMW Connected App that helps keep you on time. So we thought: “What would have happened if we had been late to the most iconic events in history?” Clearly, time matters.

Advertising Agency:Chimney, Berlin, Germany
Creative Director:Florian Weitzel
Art Director:Claudio Castagnola
Copywriter:Paula Gete-Alonso

Just in time for Halloween, The New Yorker is out with a playful trick-or-treat-themed coverwith a political edge. The work of illustrator Mark Ulriksen, a longtime contributor to the magazine, it shows President Donald Trump striking fear into the hearts of trick-or-treaters. Trump looks entirely self-satisfied as he totes two overstuffed jack-o’-lantern candy bucketspresumably a nod to Trump’s documented personal treat-related priorities (see “Trump gets 2 scoops of ice cream, everyone else gets 1and other top lines from his Time interview,” via CNN in May 2017) and, well, his approach to fiscal policy (“The Trump Tax Cuts Did One Thing: Give Rich People More Money,” per New York Magazine’s Jonathan Chait last month).

In a brisk interview with Ulriksen conducted by New Yorker Art Editor Franoise Mouly, he mostly talks about his family Halloween traditions, but he does briefly address the political subtext of the Nov. 5 cover:

Mouly: Your previous Halloween covers have featured a haunted version of the Capitol and some colorful characters in Congress. We’re sensing a theme.

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