Richard Ekstract, Magazine Publisher With Link to Warhol, Dies at 92

He was promoting a new trade journal, Tape Recording, when he lent a video recorder to Andy Warhol, who used it to make a classic work with Edie Sedgwick.

Bomb Pop Reaches Tweens by Selling 20M Virtual Treats in the Metaverse

Frozen treat Bomb Pops are often in high demand during a hot summer, but this year they’re also proving as popular in the metaverse as they are in the real world. The brand is running an activation within Roblox’s restaurant simulation game, Restaurant Tycoon 2, from Aug. 22 to Sept. 5. Since the launch, players…

How neuromarketing and AI are converging to strengthen ad campaigns

The applications of neuroscience in the ad industry have improved with the development of AI tools.

Mark Marshall Officially Named NBCU’s New Ad Sales Chief

It’s official. Mark Marshall is NBCUniversal’s next ad sales chief. Top line Today, NBCUniversal announced it was elevating Mark Marshall to chairman of NBCUniversal’s advertising and partnerships group, reporting to Mark Lazarus, chairman, NBCUniversal media group. Marshall had been serving as interim chairman since long-time ad sales chief Linda Yaccarino’s exit in May. Between the…

NBCU names Mark Marshall as chairman of advertising and partnerships

Marshall becomes NBCU ad chief after former chairman Linda Yaccarino left for X.

Cosmopolitan Kills Travel Booking Product CosmoTrips Following Leadership Change

The Hearst Magazines title Cosmopolitan has killed its CosmoTrips booking product, which it introduced last August in a bid to add another stream of reader revenue to its business, Adweek has learned. According to a person familiar with the situation, CosmoTrips was wound down following a series of leadership changes among the Hearst Magazines advertising…

Why Gen Z stereotypes aren't working—what marketers are doing wrong and how they can authentically connect

Brands need to delve deeper into subcultures to keep up with the fastest-moving generation

Maior do que os canais de TV aberta combinados, YouTube se posiciona como o rei das telas e da atenção brasileira

YouTube Brandcast

7 em cada 10 brasileiros estão mais ligados no YouTube do que em qualquer outra plataforma de vídeo. E isso considerando internet e canais de TV lineares. O dado acima, revelado na mais recente edição do evento do YouTube para o mercado publicitário, o Brandcast, dá pistas da estratégia que a empresa pretende seguir na …

Leia Maior do que os canais de TV aberta combinados, YouTube se posiciona como o rei das telas e da atenção brasileira na íntegra no B9.

Google’s New GenAI Marketing Tools Speed Up Campaign Planning and Buying

At the annual Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco, the tech giant announced a generative artificial intelligence-powered marketing solution that aims to speed up the time it takes for marketers to build and serve marketing campaigns. Google is collaborating with GenAI platform Typeface and customer data platform GrowthLoop to introduce the GenAI Marketing Solution…

CNN names former New York Times CEO as next leader

Mark Thompson succeeds Chris Licht, who stepped down from the role in June after a brief and tumultuous tenure.

Retail Data Firm Circana Builds a New Brand From the Ashes of Acronyms

What are “information resources?” What is a “purchase diary panel?” What is an indri, and would people necessarily associate a Madagascar lemur with data? When scan-based consumer data firm IRI merged with consumer market research agency The NPD Group a year ago, the newly formed company’s marketers asked all of the questions above as they…

Buyers Struggle to Find Quality Video in the Open Auction

Increasingly, more buyers are coming to terms with the fact that the open auction is no place for premium video. Earlier this summer, YouTube faced a backlash from some buyers after research outfit Adalytics found that ads often aired not on YouTube videos themselves, but on the Google Video Partner network. Some buyers redirected their…

CNN Names Mark Thompson Its Next Chief Executive

Mr. Thompson, who oversaw a period of growth at The New York Times, will lead the network during a pivotal period.

How Sam's Club fuels retail media with data innovation and third-party measurement

Austin Leonard, sales head of the retailer’s Member Access Platform, on the role of targeting tools and accountability play in 33% growth.

Falsehoods Follow Close Behind This Summer’s Natural Disasters

Misattributed videos, recycled lies and warped fears are fueling unfounded claims about the recent record-breaking heat, floods and wildfires.

Deion Sanders and Nick Saban Face Another GOAT in Aflac College Football Spot

The 2023-24 college football season is nearly upon us, and Aflac is bringing back some familiar faces in its new sports marketing creative. Coaches Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders and Nick Saban have reunited with the health insurance brand for its annual college football campaign, building off last summer’s introduction of the Aflac Duck’s archenemy, the…

Meet the agency chief financial officer who is also a romance novelist

No Fixed Address Global Chief Financial Officer Anna Gomez has eight books to her credit and a Hallmark movie on the way.

Talking Tofurky: Plant-Based Food Marketers Imagine Their ‘Got Milk?’

A movement is afoot among players in the plant-based food space to form a coalition to boost sales and combat stepped-up attacks from Big Agriculture, with an ultimate moonshot being the category’s version of iconic ad series like “Got Milk?” and “Beef, It’s What’s for Dinner.” But what, exactly, would such a campaign look like?…

Principal Financial Group hires Dentsu Creative as agency of record

TBWAChiatDay Los Angeles had handled Principal Financial Group’s creative work since 2008.

Falsehoods Follow Close Behind This Summer’s Natural Disasters

Misattributed videos, recycled lies and warped fears are fueling unfounded claims about the recent record-breaking heat, floods and wildfires.