'The Lost Class' dominates at D&AD with two Black Pencils

Latest win for anti-gun violence campaign resonates in wake of Texas school shooting.

How Brands and Artists Work Together in the Metaverse   

With promises of the metaverse making headlines worldwide, defining where your brand fits in this rapidly evolving landscape is more important now than ever before. Leaders from Roblox, Logitech and Google joined Adweek’s Social Media Week to explore how labels, brands and artists can work together seamlessly in the metaverse to drive value for all…

Reimagining Beauty in the Experience Economy  

As one of the most defining brands of the last decade, Glossier has built a new kind of people-first, digital-centric beauty experience. With a passionate global community that is just as eager to visit a Glossier store, as they are to sport one of the brand’s pink hoodies, Glossier creates experiences that invite participation and…

Updates to Meta’s Privacy Policy, Terms of Service to Take Effect July 26

Meta detailed updates to its privacy policy and terms of service, which will go into effect July 26. Chief privacy officer, product Michel Protti stressed in a Newsroom post Thursday that while changes were made to the verbiage in both policies, the updates do not allow Meta to collect, share or use people’s data in…

As Financial Services Face More Volatility, Prudential Taps United Way’s Stan Little as Business CMO

After two years running customer experience at the United Way charitable organization, Stan Little is returning to financial services to join Prudential as chief marketing officer for U.S. business. Little is responsible for the Newark, New Jersey-based company’s marketing strategy across its insurance and retirement businesses. His hiring comes amid recession fears, inflation concerns and…

These Are the 2022 Winners of D&AD’s Coveted Black Pencils

D&AD has awarded its Black Pencil–the industry award show’s top honor–to campaigns addressing the gun violence crisis in the U.S., pandemic frontline workers facing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and diverse representation of skin tones. The awards body gave out five Black Pencils this year. Two of them went to Leo Burnett Chicago’s “The Lost Class”…

Substack Drops Fund-Raising Efforts as Market Sours

Amid an industrywide downturn, venture investors are preaching austerity and halting new deals, particularly for companies that have spent aggressively on growth.

Top 5 ice cream and frozen treat campaigns to know about right now

Ad Age ranks the coolest summer treat promotions.

VW and Johannes Leonardo Pivot From Crisis Mode to a More Humorous Tone

When creative agency Johannes Leonardo took over the creative ad reins for Volkswagen in the U.S. in 2019, the automaker was a brand in crisis. The agency had to adopt a fairly serious tone to deal with the fallout from VW’s emissions scandal, and the efforts worked, shifting the public image of the company to…

Watch the newest commercials from Facebook, American Express, Bowflex and more

American Express says, “With Amex, it’s never a question of if you’re going to level up—it’s when.”

Meta Looks to Core Apple in Comments Filed With the NTIA

Meta and Apple continued their lengthy scrap over the latter’s implementation of App Tracking Transparency in its iOS operating system, and the battlefield for this latest skirmish was a request for comments by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. ATT debuted with Apple’s release of iOS 14.5 in April 2021, and social platforms including Facebook’s…

Meta slams Apple in anti-tracking airing of grievances

Here are Meta’s issues with Apple’s control over the mobile app ecosystem. 

It’s a Deal: Shopify Lands Pawn Stars’ Rick Harrison as a Celebrity Client

One day in 2002–or thereabouts–a hungover man struggled through the door at 713 S. Las Vegas Blvd. In his arms was a large and heavy plaster sphinx that he needed to get rid of, fast. He’d come to the right place: the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop. A locally renowned business since 1988, it’s also…

Viant Interactive Report: Get ready for Retail 3.0

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FTC, DOJ Fine Twitter $150M for Improper Use of Users’ Phone Numbers

The purpose of two-factor authentication is to add another layer of safety for users of platforms, but for five-plus years, Twitter used the phone numbers that people provided for ad-targeting purposes, and now it will have to pay up. The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice ordered Twitter to pay a $150 million…

MPWIS Podcast: Melissa Proctor, CMO of the Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena

On this week’s episode of Adweek’s Most Powerful Women in Sports, Adweek’s former chief content officer Lisa Granatstein sits down with Melissa Proctor, CMO of the Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena. Proctor also is the author of From Ballgirl to CMO, which is both a memoir and a playbook for how to build a…

Hydrow’s Head of Community on the Power of Writing It Down

Part marketer, part writer, part athlete, all heart. Erin Bailey leads the community team at Hydrow-the immersive at-home rowing company that has raised money from the likes of Lizzo and Justin Timberlake-while moonlighting as a writer tackling something many of us talk about but rarely do: journaling. Her role is anchored in personal experience, ensuring…

How Instacart is using shoppable videos to prove it can drive brand sales

The grocery-delivery platform is looking to be “more inspirational” for consumers.

In-Content Ads Are Having a Moment—Brands Will Need to Make Smart Investments

Whether it was traditional media powerhouse NBCU, technology behemoth Amazon or living room stalwart Roku, nearly every presentation at this year’s NewFronts spent more time on ways for marketers to get inside the content than on the 30-second spots that surround it. And at this year’s upfronts, the emphasis shifted from the industry’s typical cavalcade…

Facebook: Here’s How to See Who You’ve Unfollowed on Mobile

Facebook allows users to unfollow their Facebook friends and the Facebook pages and groups they follow so that their posts will no longer appear in their Feed. Users can also view a list of the users, pages and groups they’ve unfollowed at any time. Our guide will show you how to view the users, pages…