5 takeaways from the 2022 TV upfronts

Measurement, alternative currencies and shoppables were largely underplayed, despite high expectations, at the upfronts.

 

Marshall Arisman, Illustrator Who Found Beauty in Violence, Dies at 83

Mr. Arisman, whose work appeared in The New York Times and other major periodicals, was a storyteller who mined his personal biography for inspiration.

Best and worst of TV upfronts 2022

A whirlwind week of in-person ad pitches had a lot of winners—and more than a few flops.

Roger Angell, Who Wrote About Baseball With Passion, Dies at 101

In elegantly winding articles for The New Yorker loaded with inventive imagery, he wrote more like a fan than a sports journalist.

Google, 'The Lost Class' among One Show award winners

Leo Burnett Chicago and L&C also continued to pick up honors at the New York show.

19 Campaigns That Won Big at This Year’s One Show

The One Show’s 2022 winners reflect a year of challenge and innovation, in which the heavy cost of old systems failing and an eye toward a brighter future created a number of captivating works. “The Lost Class” continues its awards season sweep by claiming Best of Discipline in the Creative Use of Data, Experiential and…

What We Learned About TV During Its Biggest Week

This week’s upfronts, when the media industry sells its programming to advertisers, showed how much has changed in the past few years.

Watch the newest commercials from New Balance, Apple, Sprite and more

Rapper Jack Harlow and Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard star in the latest from New Balance.

 

Plant-Based Meal Delivery Service Mosaic Opens First Brick-and-Mortar Store

With plant-based foods booming and questions of sustainability a growing concern among consumers, brands are finding ways to personalize the experience of going vegan or vegetarian. Today, plant-based delivery service Mosaic Foods made the jump from DTC to its first brick-and-mortar store in Brooklyn. Located at 607A Vanderbilt Ave. in the Prospect Heights neighborhood, Mosaic…

Audi Picks Ogilvy as Its New Creative Agency of Record

Ogilvy has come out on top of Audi’s eight-month review to pick a new U.S. creative agency of record. Sources familiar with the review told Adweek that Badger Agency, Publicis’ Rauxa and Fallon (pitching together), Havas New York and DDB were cut before a final round featured Droga5 and Ogilvy. Two sources familiar with the…

Nike comemora 50 anos confrontando a força do passado com as promessas do futuro

Em comemoração aos 50 anos da marca nesse mês de maio, a Nike apresentou a campanha “Seen It All”. Com curta-metragem dirigido por Spike Lee – que também atua revivendo o papel como Mars Blackmon de seu filme “Ela Quer Tudo” (She’s Gotta Have It), de 1986 – a iniciativa resgata inúmeros momentos simbólicos do …

Leia Nike comemora 50 anos confrontando a força do passado com as promessas do futuro na íntegra no B9.

Audi of America hires Ogilvy as creative agency of record

Audi of America has hired Ogilvy as its creative agency of record, ending an eight-month review. 

Meta Introduces Recurring Notifications for Businesses on Messenger

While the WhatsApp Cloud API (application-programming interface) was the big news for businesses to come out of Meta’s Conversations event Thursday, other business-related updates for Messenger and the WhatsApp for Business application were revealed, as well. Messenger’s new Recurring Notifications option enables businesses to deliver tailored messages to customers at the right time, ranging from…

Snapchat, Insomniac Events Team Up on 4 Lenses for Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas

As part of the partnership between Snap Inc. and Live Nation, Snapchat teamed up with Insomniac Events on four new lenses for fans at Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas, which begins Friday night (May 20). The four lenses are: Night Owl Lens: Electric Daisy Carnival’s iconic owl soars overhead and looks true to life thanks…

Kind celebrates World Bee Day on TikTok

The event will feature several bee influencers and is meant to raise awareness about the role of pollinators.

Marketing Morsels: Mountain Dew Takes Over a Mountain, Jimmy John’s in the Metaverse and More

Welcome to Marketing Morsels, a menu of delightful news items from the past week. Enjoy the assortment! Morsel #1: Journey to the mountaintop Mountain Dew Outpost Mountain Dew Mountain Dew is embracing its name with an outpost on Doe Mountain, just outside the town of Mountain City, Tenn. The grand opening of the outpost on…

Rita Ferro on Disney+ Ads and How Jimmy Kimmel Made the Upfront Despite Getting Covid

Following upfront week presentations, Adweek is sitting down with all the presenting ad sales chiefs for postmortem conversations about their respective events. We’ve already chatted with NBCU’s Linda Yaccarino, Fox’s Marianne Gambelli and TelevisaUnivision’s Donna Speciale. Now up: Rita Ferro, Disney’s president of advertising sales and partnerships. This year, Disney moved to a new, expansive…

Progressive Gives First Peek Into Flo’s Love Life in New Rom-Com Ad Series

Years ago in his struggling actor days–long before Mad Men and Top Gun: Maverick–Jon Hamm went on a blind date with Flo from Progressive, and sparks flew. For him, anyway. Flo was, well, less than smitten. In fact, she doesn’t even recognize him and calls him by the wrong name when the two randomly bump…

Tracie Norfleet Named Managing Director/Executive Producer at Invisible Collective

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