“We are running as fast as we can,” a Boston shop told customers who are clamoring for antiracism books that are soaring in popularity but hard to keep in stock.
Barstool Sports launched in 2003 as a newspaper about sports gambling and fantasy sports projections. In the later 2000s, it became a company known for raunchy blog posts and throwing paint parties for college students at bars. Fast-forward to 2020, and it’s one of the most popular and profitable digital media brands in America. Led…
More brands, including Ben & Jerry’s and Eddie Bauer, join the Facebook paid advertising boycott.
After years of inaction against the president’s tweets, which are often controversial, Twitter has started to take a more aggressive stance in recent weeks.
Eddie Bauer, Magnolia Pictures, Ben & Jerry’s and others have suspended campaigns over the platform’s content moderation practices.
An heir to a New York real estate fortune, he was involved in a number of popular films. A police official said he had jumped from a high-rise balcony.
Disney English, once envisioned as a 150-location chain, walked a fine line between language education and brand building.
This week, Adweek is introducing a new industry award recognizing LGBTQ talent: Adweek Pride Stars. The 15 leaders chosen for the inaugural Pride Stars honors are changemakers in advertising and marketing, brands, media, tech and culture. They go beyond being out and proud in the professional sphere; each blazes a trail for future generations through…
Twitter is making national election voting days paid days off for its workforce around the world. Senior communications manager Nick Pacilio said teams responsible for functions related to elections, such as security, will be on hand during elections, adding that the previous policy was to give employees two hours off of paid time to go…
Halo Top is encouraging customers to stop “shoulding” themselves and enjoy a pint. The light ice cream brand teamed up with Heat, Deloitte Digital’s agency, for the first time to produce a new campaign titled “Dance,” which takes Halo Top into a new era of body positivity branding. The 30-second spot features a woman dancing…
In an email to the cast, the filmmaker Billy Ray lamented ViacomCBS’s announcement that it would show his adaptation of James Comey’s tell-all in late November.
WW, formerly Weight Watchers, has tapped WPP to handle “upstream strategy and media planning and buying” in North America. It’s unclear which agencies will be working on the account. In a statement, the brand said WPP’s appointment is part of a broader “Team WW” structure for North America. “WW has designed a custom solution to…
Twitter sent emails to its business customers alerting them that information may have been compromised. The social network said in those emails that it initially learned of the problem May 20, adding that the bug, which has been resolved, caused business users’ billing information such as email addresses, phone numbers and the last four digits…
O Instagram anunciou nesta terça-feira (23) uma atualização dos seus Requisitos de Qualificação para o Comércio que impacta de maneira direta os criadores de conteúdo da plataforma. A partir do próximo dia 9 de julho, a companhia vai começar a aceitar que creators vendam produtos diretamente em seus perfis na rede social, não precisando de …
O post Instagram atualiza políticas e a partir de julho vai permitir que creators vendam produtos direto no app apareceu primeiro em B9.
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After its first-ever layoffs, YARD NYC learned what it’s team was made of.
The agency will now handle media for CBS, CBS Access and Showtime, taking the business from OMD. Horizon Media already handled media for Viacom brands.
Last week, Adweek brought together 50 top marketers for two CMO Symposiums. We called it The Great Marketing Reboot in an effort to find out what’s changed in the past three months, what’s changing in the next three months and what’s forever changed from what we once knew. We issued a quick survey developed in…
Instagram updated its commerce eligibility requirements to give more businesses, as well as creators, access to its shopping features. The new rules go into effect July 9 in all countries where Instagram shopping is currently supported. Once the rules are in place, businesses must tag products on Instagram from a single website that they own…
Publishing giant Cond? Nast is committed to championing more diverse voices, executives told potential advertisers today at the company’s virtual NewFronts presentation. The event comes two weeks after charges of racist and biased behavior toward former and current employees who were outspoken on social media. “As society is changing, Cond? Nast is changing,” said global…
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