TikTok: How to Turn Off Daily TikTok Now Push Notifications

TikTok Now encourages all TikTok users to share a post at an exact time at some point every day. Users will receive a TikTok Now push notification from the application at a random time each day, and they’re encouraged to share a post within three minutes of receiving it. If users aren’t interested in using…

TikTok Ups Post Descriptions to 2,200 Characters

With more and more people turning to TikTok as a video search engine, the video creation platform appeared to be taking steps to adapt, as social media consultant and analyst Matt Navarra shared an image via tweet of an in-application notification alerting users that descriptions of their posts can now run up to 2,200 characters….

TikTok: How to Save a TikTok Now Post

TikTok Now encourages TikTok users to share a “real-time” view of their life each day after receiving a daily push notification. Once a user shares a TikTok Now post, they have the option to save the post to their device so that they can share it in other applications (like through email). Our guide will…

These Billboards Are So Fresh You Can Harvest Fruit and Veg Through Them

From Nike’s high-tech 3D billboard to Corona’s solar-powered posters, brands have been getting increasingly creative with their out-of-home (OOH) budgets. Now, British retailer Sainsbury’s has unveiled its own experiment: billboards you can harvest food from. To highlight the autumn specials in its own luxury Taste the Difference range, the grocer has planted a series of…

What Marketers Can Learn From the NFL’s Big Miss During Hispanic Heritage Month

As Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off, our social media feeds are flooded once again with messaging and campaigns from brands wanting to show up as an ally to the community. The National Football League (NFL) decided to celebrate and honor this month by tweeting an image for their “Por La Cultura” campaign. Both NFL fans…

Dislike Button Globally Rolled Out on TikTok

TikTok revealed the global release of the dislike button for comments that it has been testing. The video creation platform stressed that the feature was created as a way for its community to provide feedback on comments and help better identify irrelevant or inappropriate comments. Dislikes will not be publicly visible, nor will users be…

Artsy CMO Everette Taylor Steps Down

Everette Taylor is exiting as CMO of Artsy, the online marketplace for buying and selling art, after nearly three years in the role. A replacement hasn’t been chosen yet. Taylor joined Artsy in December 2019 following a career path that included high-profile marketing leadership roles at companies such as Microsoft and startups like Growthhacker, the…

20 Years Later, City of God Gets an Unexpected Sequel in Short Film by Vivo and Motorola

The critically acclaimed Brazilian crime drama City of God cleared its twenty-year anniversary as of this year. Showing the growth of organized crime in Cidade de Deus as well as the cataclysmic effects it has on those living in the neighborhood, the scope of the film is both personal and epic, told through the eyes…

Creative Flavor: For Lixaida Lorenzo, a Real Love Started With Fake Ads

For L.A.-based vp and group creative director at Motive, Lixaida Lorenzo, her interest in advertising started young. “When I was little, my family did lots of home movies creating fake TV ads,” she shared with Adweek. “We took it very seriously…like, ridiculously seriously. Almost embarrassingly seriously.” That passion for faux ads grew into a real…

As Cable News Focused on Queen, Democratic Political Donations Slipped

With less coverage of politics, the usual September rush of donations slowed. “It feels almost like we have to start over,” a Democratic fund-raiser said.

Will Anyone Give ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ a Chance?

Olivia Wilde’s new film is trying to fight free of its pre-release reputation.

Will Anyone Give ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ a Chance?

Olivia Wilde’s new film is trying to fight free of its pre-release reputation.

Watch the newest commercials from Gillette, GoDaddy, Instacart and more

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen helps Gillette hype its GilletteLabs with Exfoliating Bar razor.

 

Thelio – #MeAndMyAlterEgo / Gaming grandma and rocking geologist (2022) (USA)

Electronics & Technology

If you’ve never heard of Thelio before, they’re handcrafted desktop computers made in the USA.

Irwin Glusker, 98, Dies; Gave American Heritage Its Distinctive Look

A veteran art director, he was best known for his work at the lavish magazine of U.S. history that became a fixture in dens across the country.

Marketing winners and losers of the week

Radio revenue recovers and Mailchimp seizes on ‘Serial’—plus, why it was a bad week for Beyond Meat.

The retail media boom by the numbers, Campbell Soup’s ad spending cut, and CPG loves CTV: Datacenter Weekly

Plus: Macroeconomic news in a nutshell, your guide to Ad Age Leading National Advertisers 2022, and more

Fox Entertainment CEO exits to lead Roku's streaming channel

Charlie Collier, head of the Fox broadcast network, is leaving to become the president of Roku Inc.’s media division.

Ad Age's Ann-Christine Diaz joins McCann Worldgroup as global director of creative excellence

Former Creativity editor assumes senior VP post supporting all of McCann Worldgroup’s regions and agencies.

Holiday marketing has a record early start as retailers brace for economic hit

Holiday marketing is starting earlier than ever for stores such as Target and Walmart as retailers and consumers battle economic anxiety.