Dec
06
A New Editor, and a New Start, for Troubled Billboard Magazine
Posted in: UncategorizedHannah Karp steps in as the newsroom boss after the resignation of a chief executive and questions concerning the publication’s editorial integrity.
Dec
06
Golden Globe Nominations: Complete List
Posted in: UncategorizedA complete list of the nominees for the 2019 Golden Globe awards.
Dec
06
Best ads in 50 years: Harvey Nichols impressed juries and depressed rivals
Posted in: UncategorizedAs part of Campaign’s 50th anniversary, we asked the industry to look back on the best ads of the past 50 years. We are revealing one a day for your viewing pleasure…
Dec
06
Marketing mishaps of 2018: Ryanair racism fiasco
Posted in: UncategorizedThe lesson from the incident is that, when it comes to brands dealing with racism, good intentions are not enough.
Dec
06
Watershed year forces change
Posted in: UncategorizedIt has been a year of extraordinary consolidation and welcome collaboration.
Dec
06
Hot in 2018: Swift change, slow progress
Posted in: UncategorizedThe past 12 months have revealed an industry in transition, battling to stay relevant in a changing commercial and creative climate against the backdrop of volatile economic and political conditions, client rumblings, vanishing agencies and leadership culls.
Dec
06
Girls just want to have fun
Posted in: UncategorizedHow Ann Summers engaged with an untapped market.
Dec
06
Hot in 2018: Top 15 film ads
Posted in: UncategorizedThroughout December, we are revealing the best of our industry in 2018.
Dec
06
'When you don't think like other people, you make other people think'
Posted in: UncategorizedLessons for adland about the importance of neurodiversity.
Dec
06
Pitch Update: Lidl, Just Eat, AG Barr, AA and more
Posted in: UncategorizedIt’s a busy end to 2018 for a select few ad agencies that are chasing two of the biggest accounts of the year.
Dec
06
Turkey of the Week: BT drains the joy out of Christmas
Posted in: UncategorizedAt least Ebenezer Scrooge had a strong point of view.
Dec
06
Pick of the Week: BBC's 'Wonderland' captures true festive feeling
Posted in: UncategorizedBBC’s film strips away the usual sugariness of Christmas advertising.
Dec
06
Facebook favoured brands with data access and obstructed rivals, internal emails show
Posted in: UncategorizedInternal Facebook emails were published last night as part of a UK parliamentary inquiry into online misinformation.
Dec
06
2019 will be the year influencer marketing shifts from who to how
Posted in: UncategorizedThis year was all about brands learning who to work with, but in 2019 the focus will be on how to activate them.
Dec
06
Jon Sharpe leaving VMLY&R is unsatisfactory all round
Posted in: UncategorizedSharpe is leaving VMLY&R in the midst of an investigation. It didn’t have to be this way.
Dec
06
How to solve a problem like unconscious bias
Posted in: UncategorizedThe Dots is launching a ‘bias blocker’ for the creative industries to tackle this problem.
Dec
06
Pantone's color of the year, Google's yellow mistake, and a trove of Facebook emails: Thursday Wake-Up Call
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Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device. Search for “Ad Age” under “Skills” in the Alexa app.
What people are talking about today
Pantone’s color of the year is a pinkish orange (or maybe it’s an orange-y pink?). Officially, it’s called “living coral,” and Pantone describes it as “animating and life-affirming.” The trend forecasters at Pantone, who have been announcing a zeitgeist-y color of the year for 20 years, apparently see the vibrancy of coral as an antidote to the soulless tech age. “In reaction to the onslaught of digital technology and social media increasingly embedding into daily life, we are seeking authentic and immersive experiences that enable connection and intimacy,” Pantone says in its announcement. Anyway, millennial pink is definitely over now.
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