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BeReal: How to Add a Location to Your Profile

BeReal is a social networking application that encourages users to share one photo post per day. Once a user creates a BeReal account, they can customize their profile to tell other users more about themselves. For instance, users can add a bio to their profile. Our guide will show you how to add your location…

Retail media networks are growing—but brands are confused on how to spend ad dollars

Amid the rise in media networks, brands are not sure where to allocate their advertising dollars, according to a recent study.

Komorebi Collective Is Diversifying the Crypto Space

When it comes to cryptocurrency, many are trying to figure out what it is and others are struggling to enter the space to buy and invest. Thanks to people like Kinjal Shah, a seat at the table is being made for those of diverse backgrounds, especially women and those who identify as nonbinary. Shah is…

Former OMG North America CEO Scott Hagedorn joins Publicis Groupe

Scott Hagedorn will take on a newly created role as global chief solutions architect at the French holding company.

Former OMG CEO Scott Hagedorn to Join Publicis Groupe as Chief Solutions Architect

Publicis Groupe has hired former Omnicom Media Group CEO Scott Hagedorn as its global chief solutions architect, a new role at the holding company. Hagedorn will also join the company’s U.S. ComEx leadership team and report directly to Arthur Sadoun, CEO and chairman of Publicis Groupe. Samantha Levine Archer, also formerly of Omnicom Media Group…

NFT market uncertainty—how brands and agencies are reacting to the downturn

Agencies, experts and brands chime in on a major inflection point for the NFT space.

Rob Tuck on ‘the Elephant in the Room’ During The CW’s Upfront

Adweek is closing out our conversations with the ad sales chiefs who presented during upfront week. Thus far, we’ve chatted with NBCU’s Linda Yaccarino, Fox’s Marianne Gambelli, TelevisaUnivision’s Donna Speciale, Disney’s Rita Ferro, Warner Bros. Discovery’s Jon Steinlauf and Paramount’s Jo Ann Ross. Now, it’s time for our final postmortem, with Rob Tuck, evp, national…

American Girl creates podcast network to appeal to kids and their parents

The Mattel doll brand is the latest marketer to lean into audio. 

Gen X Truly Is the Lost Generation—Especially in Marketing

Urban Outfitters caters to younger adults through powder pink Polaroid cameras, distressed band tees and checkered bucket hats, but Gen X mom Laura Goldberg never feels ignored when she tags along with her daughter to the store. “They shouldn’t target me, but their marketing doesn’t alienate me,” said Goldberg, chief marketing officer at marketing company…

Ad-Tech Rigor Is Overdue, But the New Bill Has Its Problems

Sunlight is the best disinfectant, right? That seems to be the sentiment in Washington this week, when a bipartisan group of senators introduced the Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act, which if passed, could bring transparency to the notoriously murky world of ad tech. The bill would require companies that process more than $5…

How Powerful Insights Beat Shiny Tactics with Gayle Troberman, CMO of iHeartMedia

Many people assume that most of the content we consume is visual, but did you know that broadcast radio still reaches 9 out of 10 Americans? This is what the staying power of audio content looks like–and Gayle Troberman believes its popularity will keep growing because it’s easier than ever to keep our ears connected…

Spotify Expands Its Roblox Universe With K-Pop-themed World

After Spotify’s Roblox debut earlier this month, the platform has unveiled a new world in the interactive game centered on all things K-Pop. Starting today, users can portal out of Spotify Island and into K-Park where they can connect with artists and other fans. The new world includes a K-Pop-themed cafe, with treats like dalgona…

Inside Chipotle’s breakthrough NHL mixed-reality ad

How the Avalanche and its new sponsor assembled a tech-enabled burrito ad that merged live programming and a commercial break.

Walmart Has Big Plans to Drop Hamburger Helper From the Sky

Nearly two years after Walmart first began experimenting with drone delivery in North Carolina, the retailer is extending a partnership with last mile delivery service DroneUp to 24 sites in six states by the end of 2022. That will bring the fast but limited delivery service to Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Utah and Virginia, which,…

Whirlpool Corp Shifts Entire Creative Investment and Launches Expansive In-House Agency

Whirlpool Corp is launching an expansive in-house agency and bringing a large part of its marketing investment in-house. Dubbed the World of Whirlpool Studios (WoW Studios), the in-house group is already over 100 employees large and will manage marketing duties for Whirlpool’s entire North American product portfolio including the Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Maytag, JennAir and Amana…

NBC Sends Off This Is Us ‘With a Bang,’ Says New Broadcast Hits Still Possible

This Is Us will end its run Tuesday night with a series finale that is likely to leave viewers an emotional wreck, as has been the case throughout much of the NBC drama’s six-season run. But tonight, the loudest crying might be coming from NBCUniversal execs, as they bid farewell to what could be one…

Atlantic Ventures Is on Pace to Bring in 10% of The Atlantic’s Total Revenue

Atlantic Ventures, an internal unit of The Atlantic charged with launching business endeavors rooted in its journalism, is on pace to generate between 8% to 10% of the publisher’s total annual revenue, according to chief executive Nick Thompson. The publisher declined to offer precise financial figures. The Atlantic launched the in-house operation in late 2019–and…

Blue Diamond hires McKinney as its creative agency

Blue Diamond Growers has hired McKinney as creative agency of record across its Blue Diamond portfolio.

A Force in Hollywood’s Private-Equity Boom Adds a Spanish-Language Company

Candle Media, run by former Disney executives, is buying Exile, which has deals to produce shows for Netflix, HBO and Amazon Prime.