Meta, Teamworks’ INFLCR Reach 3-Year Partnership on NIL Education

Meta reached a three-year partnership with Teamworks’ INFLCR content and compliance software platform for student-athletes aimed at enabling them to boost their name, image and likeness earnings potential across platforms including Facebook and Instagram. The two companies will team up on in-person educational workshops for athletics administrators. coaches, creatives and student-athletes covering topics including content…

TikTok: How to Add a Video to Your Favorites

TikTok allows users to Like videos they enjoy, and they can also mark videos as Favorites. Marking a video as a Favorite is different than Liking a video, and users can add a video to their Favorites without leaving a Like on the video. When a TikTok user marks a video as a Favorite, it…

Burger King Reveals the Real Reason Some Soccer Refs Miss the Mark

Video assistant refereeing (VAR) has stirred controversy in soccer since many leagues have brought in the technology over the past few years. The system was implemented to make refereeing more precise and fair, but critics argue that it also disrupts the game and can result in divisive decisions. Burger King makes light of the sporting…

Late Show Producer Chris Licht Named CNN Global CEO Following WarnerMedia-Discovery Merger

Discovery CEO David Zaslav–who will also lead the Warner Bros. Discovery following the WarnerMedia-Discovery merger–has found his replacement for former CNN chief Jeff Zucker. Chris Licht, who currently serves as evp of special programming at CBS, and executive producer and showrunner for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, has been named the new chairman and…

LinkedIn Acquires Israeli Marketing Analytics Company Oribi

LinkedIn acquired Israel based marketing analytics company Oribi and revealed plans to open an office in Tel Aviv. Once the transaction closes, several members of the Oribi team, including founder Iris Shoor, are expected to join the professional network and be based in the new Tel Aviv office. LinkedIn chief product officer Tomer Cohen explained…

Hooked on Phonics: When you're Hooked on Phonics…

Independent creative agency Little BIG Engine has created a marketing campaign for Hooked on Phonics, a spoof PSA that’s the first ever to educate, entertain, and acknowledge the brand’s role in pop culture. The 30-second ad and one 120-second spot are airing on Facebook, Youtube and connected TV.

Hooked on Phonics has been deeply rooted in different forms of broadcast media placements over the last 35 years, but this is the first time the educational brand has experimented with humor and an entertainment angle to attract parents and teachers. They have mostly used direct-response advertising.

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Dacia: Bigger, Cooler, Jogger

Bigger, Cooler, Jogger: an invitation to escape by Dacia

Dacia will hit the screens in March 2022 with All-New Jogger. With the length of an estate car, the space of a minivan and the attributes of an SUV, All-New Jogger is the “ideal life companion” for families’ daily lives and their desire to get away from it all. Available with 5 or 7 seats, New Jogger makes you want to go on an adventure.

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Tre: Say You, Say Tre

Today sees the launch of Say You, Say Tre by Swedish Telco, Tre which sees the brand’s in-house agency partnering with creative agency B-Reel to dream bigger and crazier.

In an industry where every mobile brand offers more or less the same without significant success – the four big Swedish players have an average of 1.3/5 on Trustpilot – Tre wants to be known as Sweden’s ‘Trevligt network’. And for those outside of the country, ’Trevligt’ in Swedish translates to ’Nice’.

“Nice” is not a word typically associated with the telco industry however Tre is looking to go its own, kinder, more gentle way. “Say You, Say Tre” is the beginning of a year-long campaign under the Trevligt platform all created to show Swedes that this network is nice.

Estee Lauder terminates John Demsey over Instagram post

Demsey was ‘told he had to leave the company’ and agreed to retire this week, an Estee Lauder spokeswoman said.

Beam Suntory Begins ‘Premiumization’ Drive With Jerry Daykin Joining to Lead Global Media

Premium spirits producer Beam Suntory, which owns brands such as Jim Beam, Maker’s Mark, Courvoisier and Knob Creek, has named Jerry Daykin as its vp of global media. Joining from GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare where he was senior media director EMEA, Daykin returns to the world of alcohol, having also previously worked in a senior media…

Our Agency Took a Month Off. Yours Can, Too

Now that we’re nearing two years since the onset of Covid-19, and all of the challenges and changed realities that have come with it, it’s time we get real … about those realities. Like others, we’ve tried new things to keep our team connected, improve work-life balance, support mental health, help caregivers, build community and…

THE SLEEP BOSS: SLEEPING ON ANOTHER PLANET

THE SLEEP BOSS Integrated Ad - SLEEPING ON ANOTHER PLANET
THE SLEEP BOSS Integrated Ad - SLEEPING ON ANOTHER PLANET
THE SLEEP BOSS Integrated Ad - SLEEPING ON ANOTHER PLANET

The Sleep Boss’ new campaign was created and produced by newly appointed agency The Creative Cartel, a creative shop drawing on worldwide talent and founded in Sydney by creative director Daragh Ledwidge.

As well as an online video, The Creative Cartel created a new logo, a new brand look and feel, packaging design, social posts, digital, and OOH executions.

VideoSanat: High-Definition Dreams

Video is a form of art.

When stories are in screen, brands are more visible.

Monster Power Grid: Power When You Need It

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How brands are approaching DE&I in influencer marketing

More pricing transparency is still needed and brands need to learn how to better trust creators. 

Why Sponsors Stuck With Kyrie Irving—Even As He Refused to Get Vaccinated

In both sports and sports marketing, you compete as hard as you can to win. Sometimes, that means pulling your team together and running out the clock with a narrow (and questionable) lead. Kyrie Irving missed large swaths of the National Basketball Association’s 2021-22 season after refusing vaccinations required for home teams (but not visiting…

Virgin Media O2 Incumbents Set to Battle for Ad Account

The merger of telecommunications companies Virgin Media and 02 will see the consolidation of its advertising account, with the respective incumbents Adam&EveDDB and VCCP set to enter a closed pitch for the business in the coming weeks. Virgin Media O2 is the new company that launched last June, combining two of the U.K.’s largest communications…

Goethe-Institut: Life

electriclime° teamed up with The Triad Co. to create a new film for Goethe-Institut.

Directed by up-and-coming filmmaker Daniel Marjan, the project showed that Goethe can bridge societies and people together by facilitating an interconnectedness with people all over the globe.

Neil Diamond Sells Entire Catalog to Universal Music

The musician behind ubiquitous hits like “Sweet Caroline” sold his songwriting rights and recordings in another major deal.

How IPG Mediabrands is looking to expand its investment in diverse-owned media in the upfronts

The agency’s clients tripled their spend in Black-owned media channels since last spring.