Deadspin Staffers Who Quit Start Defector
Posted in: UncategorizedThe journalists who took part in a staff rebellion last year are starting Defector Media, a company with a podcast and a website dedicated to sports and culture.
The journalists who took part in a staff rebellion last year are starting Defector Media, a company with a podcast and a website dedicated to sports and culture.
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Team Epiphany founder Coltrane Curtis says Black leaders who exude energy are seen as “aggressive,” while non-Black leaders are seen as “passionate” or “spirited.”
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In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, businesses and brands owned by Black founders saw a surge in financial support in June and July. But while individual companies reported upticks in profits, investments and web views, it can be challenging to quantify a “gold rush” to Black-owned brands overall. That’s why Kezia Williams…
People tend to drink coffee where they are, which lately hasn’t been on campus, in the office or meeting friends at local cafes. They’ve been home. This shift in location has brought about a change in how consumers get their daily dose of caffeine. Dunkin’s and Starbucks’ physical stores have suffered, but their lines of…
Washington, D.C.-based attorney Khadijah Robinson spent much of 2019 preparing to launch her passion project, an ecommerce marketplace called Nile that puts “Black women and Black-owned businesses” at the forefront. When she launched Nile in March, she never could have predicted that a pandemic would create a surge in the ecommerce sector; she definitely couldn’t…
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Omnicom has released the makeup of its workforce in the U.S. as part of a broader plan to achieve “systemic equity” at the holding company. In a staff memo, Omnicom CEO John Wren shared its U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) data, which is broken into three categories: executive managers, mid-level managers and professionals. According…
Software giant SAP has selected Omnicom Media Group as its global media agency of record. Omnicom will service the client through a dedicated North Star unit comprising resources across multiple media agencies. Omnicom Media Group’s PHD was the incumbent agency and will continue servicing the account for an interim period. Some talent from PHD will…
When the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law in 1990, it provided the first-ever federal equal rights protections for people with disabilities. That meant that a disability could no longer be used as an excuse not to hire an otherwise qualified employee; it also meant that workplaces had to become fully accessible to…