The 10 biggest brand advertisers on TV in 2021

Liberty Mutual, Geico and Domino’s lead the list.

Carolyn Everson on leaving Facebook and her new role at Instacart

Facebook’s former global business group head discusses her old company, the metaverse and the future of shopping.

How New York City agencies are reacting to the city's new vaccination mandate

Ad Age spoke to 11 shops and two holding companies about the new rules that will affect private businesses at the end of this month.

How marketers should adapt to rising inflation

Walmart, Dollar Shave Club, Chipotle and McDonald’s all provide lessons about thriving amid rising prices.

Ford’s Underwater Dance Is a Surprisingly Elegant Ad for a Pickup Truck

This is not your typical pickup truck commercial, with its clich?d shots of outdoorsy male drivers manoeuvring their vehicles through rugged deserts and mountain vistas. Instead, Ford’s European campaign for its Ranger pickup truck features breathtaking scenes of people swimming underwater at night. They at first appear to be in a pool, but as they…

Here Are the Surreal Retro Ads That Ran During the Diff’rent Strokes, Facts of Life Reboot

If you were excited to watch ABC’s live reboot of Diff’rent Strokes and The Facts of Life, you were probably just as excited to see the ad breaks were also infused with intense retro vibes. Maximum Effort, the creative agency run by Ryan Reynolds and longtime collaborator George Dewey, created no less than seven spots,…

Watch 6 throwback ads from '80s-themed Jimmy Kimmel special

Whachu talkin bout? ’80s ad spoofs from the latest ABC installment of “Live in Front of a Studio Audience.”

Will: Will From Home

To help beat the working from home blues this holiday season, we’ve launched Will From HomeTM — an exciting new initiative that lets you bring the magic of the office to your home office by renting all your favourite co-workers.

Happy Holidays from everyone at Will!

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Doja Cat’s New Collaborator? Girls Who Code

Gender disparity in computing is an ongoing conversation, with daunting statistics showing that women in STEM are both underrepresented and underpaid. Many experts believe that reaching out to girls and encouraging them to pursue computer sciences at a young age could create significant change in the industry. To that end, the nonprofit organization Girls Who…

Meta Details Several Updates to Its Stars Monetization Feature for Creators

Meta introduced a new way to circumvent commissions on in-application purchases from Apple’s App Store or Google Play with its Stars store website, which lets people buy Stars–virtual items that enable fans to support creators during videos and livestreams–using Facebook Pay, and not the payment functionality of Apple or Google. Previously, Stars could only be…

25 Gifts for Book Lovers – From Novel-Inspired Wallets to Landscape-Inspired Bookends (TOPLIST)

(TrendHunter.com) This list of gift ideas for book lovers will be sure to please bibliophiles.

With all the books they might have, the Waves and Sun Bookends from Maple Shade Kids is the perfect way to hold and…

Lawyers in Jussie Smollett Case Tangle Over Motive as Testimony Ends

Mr. Smollett was questioned Tuesday by the prosecution about his interactions with his attackers shortly before the 2019 assault.

Why This Cannabis Brand Made an 850-Pound Pot Brownie—Possibly the World’s Largest

This cannabis-infused brownie weighs 850 pounds, stands 15 inches tall and contains a whopping 20,000 milligrams of premium THC. Let the stoner jokes begin, along with a flood of recollections from people who tripped out on the heavily spiked homemade treats of yesteryear. MariMed, a multi-state cannabis operator, leans directly into the lore around do-it-yourself…

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Twitter names top brand tweets of 2021

The social media platform unveils and congratulates its top performers

“Heinz de Emergência”: ativação coloca ketchup dentro de pizzarias italianas em São Paulo

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Pergunta polêmica: com ou sem ketchup na pizza? A Heinz, como não poderia ser diferente, é totalmente a favor dessa combinação. “Pensando naqueles que acreditam que o ketchup na pizza é mais do que um direito, mas uma emergência”, a marca anuncia a ação “Heinz de Emergência”. Idealizada pela Africa, a ativação acontece na quarta-feira …

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Depois de “Não Olhe Para Cima”, Adam McKay e Jennifer Lawrence vão trabalhar juntos em filme pro Apple TV+

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Adam McKay e Jennifer Lawrence no momento estão a todo vapor na divulgação de “Não Olhe Para Cima”, mas diretor e atriz já marcaram um novo projeto para trabalhar juntos – e sem a Netflix. A Empire reportou nesta terça-feira (7) que a dupla fechou contrato com a Apple para a produção de “Bad Blood”, …

Leia Depois de “Não Olhe Para Cima”, Adam McKay e Jennifer Lawrence vão trabalhar juntos em filme pro Apple TV+ na íntegra no B9.

Meta Courts Sports Creators on World Trick Shot Day

If it’s the first Tuesday in December, that can only mean one thing: It’s World Trick Shot Day. Oh, you didn’t have that on your calendar? Well, that could mean you’re not a Harlem Globetrotters fan, or a young basketball player that sports and entertainment media agency Team Whistle is hoping to court in a…

GSN Promotes Ad Sales Chief John Zaccario to Network President

GSN has promoted its ad sales chief John Zaccario to network president, effective immediately. Top line Zaccario succeeds Mark Feldman, who left the Sony Pictures Entertainment-owned GSN to join entertainment company Scopely following the closing of Sony’s sale of the GSN Games business to Scopely. Between the lines “GSN is in the advantageous position of…

Indeed and Lena Waithe Team Up Again to Provide Opportunities for BIPOC Filmmakers

Online job site Indeed partnered with Emmy Award-winning writer Lena Waithe and her Hillman Grad Productions company in February to provide opportunities for BIPOC filmmakers. Their “Rising Voices” initiative, which distributed $1 million to 10 filmmakers to produce shorts for the Tribeca Festival showing how jobs can change the world, proved so successful that the…