Metaverse marketing—what consumer gaming data can teach brands about digital worlds

We know what users want when it comes to hanging out, shopping and even living in virtual spaces.

The Literal Spaces for Brands to Explore LGBTQ+ Live Experiences

Experiential marketing has often been underrated in terms of allyship and action for the LGBTQ+ community–and of late, it has been taking up less headspace than sexy mass media brand plays amid surges and lockdowns. But as experiential rises again, consider what it now means to be on the ground with the LGBTQ+ community. It…

Big 12 finalizing media rights deal with ESPN and Fox

The Big 12 is finalizing a new six-year media rights package with its current partners ESPN and Fox.

Celebratory New Ad for EspnW Shows How Women Athletes Are Winning Big

It took mainstream media a long time to really begin tapping into the global interest in female athletes. While we still have a long way to go before we see these sports stars receive truly equitable treatment alongside their male counterparts, brands and networks are awakening to the desire of fans to see and support…

Netflix with ads debuts and the holiday shopping season begins: The Week Ahead

Marketing and media events to watch in the days ahead.

Social Logins, Increasingly a Liability for Publishers, Are Fading From Sites

Social logins, the options people have to log in to a website with credentials from their social platforms like Facebook or Google, are increasingly falling out of favor among publishers amid increasing privacy regulation and media companies’ desire to own their relationship with audiences, four sources told Adweek. When social logins started popping up on…

Why Google is building separate data clean rooms for audience targeting and measurement

Search giant builds new ad data services in its “clean room” strategy.

Nike’s Stirring Portrayal of Soccer Star Alphonso Davies Challenges Refugee Stereotypes

Bayern Munich player Alphonso Davies is one of soccer’s rising stars, who is set to play in his first World Cup for the Canadian men’s national team later this year. But some fans may not realize that before achieving glory on the soccer field, Davies’s journey began in a refugee camp. “Anyone can become a…

How programmatic ad buys are shaping the premium video landscape

Comcast’s FreeWheel presented a discussion on the shift to programmatic ad buys in premium video, based on flexibility, controlled environments and results.

How Macy’s is planning for the holidays amid potential shopper pullback

Macy’s will air a series of spots highlighting Toys “R” Us and its personalized brand platform this holiday season.

CMO anxieties revealed at ANA Masters of Marketing

Execs discuss improving multicultural marketing, protecting against budget cuts, taking creative risks, the rise of retail media—plus big Cannes changes coming.

Roblox isn’t the metaverse—why it’s the closest thing marketers have to Web3

Neither Web3 ecosystem nor traditional video game, Roblox offers a unique case study for the future of the metaverse.

Swedish Agency Åkestam Holst Names Jenny Keiser Chief Executive Director

?kestam Holst, the Swedish creative agency which forms part of the North Alliance, has named Jenny Kaiser as its chief executive director with the remit of leading the business culture and ensuring the creation of award-winning creative work. Kaiser was deputy chief executive until stepping up in the summer to become acting chief executive following…

Can Elon Musk Make the Math Work on Owning Twitter? It’s Dicey.

Mr. Musk faces financial challenges in owning Twitter. The site frequently loses money and took on $13 billion in debt for the blockbuster deal.

Sy Presten, Press Agent So Old-Fashioned He Was News, Dies at 98

He fed material to gossip columns, buttered up reporters and banged on typewriters from the heyday of the Copacabana to the rise of reality TV.

Foundation to Combat Antisemitism to air its first commercial during NFL game

In the wake of antisemitic rhetoric by rapper Ye and Donald Trump, the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism will air its first TV commercial during the Patriots-Jets NFL game.

TV Prepares for a Chaotic Midterm Night

Broadcasters face challenges as they approach the climax of an election season marked by disinformation and distrust.

Carmen Callil, Founder of the Feminist Press Virago, Dies at 84

She upended the clubby male landscape of British publishing, and expanded the literary canon, reintroducing works by forgotten women authors.

Why Did It Take HBO So Long to Make Shows About Women?

An early top executive at the network believed that “the man of the house” paid for cable TV subscriptions. That mind-set affected HBO’s programming for decades.

Derek Jeter stars in new Jeep ad

“Eyes Wide Open” is a multiyear, multiplatform campaign featuring retired New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter and his wife, Hannah, touting the attributes of the Jeep Grand Wagoneer large SUV.