America’s adversaries have mounted online campaigns to amplify the social and political conflicts over Gaza flaring at universities, researchers say.
Snapchat showcased its augmented reality (AR) and generative AI capabilities to ad buyers during its NewFronts presentation. The platform unveiled AR extensions that let advertisers integrate AR Lenses into Snap’s ad products, including Snap Ads, Collection Ads, Spotlight Ads and Dynamic Product Ads. The platform, which touts 800 million monthly active users globally, also announced…
Paramount is looking to make measurement moves ahead of the TV upfront. Top line Today, Paramount announced it’s partnering with Mastercard and EDO for an enhanced measurement suite across all base media buys in linear and digital. Between the lines According to the company, the offerings broaden its attribution suite, delivering outcome-based metrics for advertisers…
(TrendHunter.com) As functional mushroom superfoods and supplements continue to gain traction for their myriad health benefits, other industries are embracing their potential, giving rise to mushroom-infused beauty…
U.K. activewear brand Gymshark has made a series of executive hires to help it claim a bigger slice of the North American market, and it has a plan to take on its more established, homegrown U.S. rivals: Target gym-goers, not runners. The company, known for its seamless leggings and crop tops, has appointed former Abercrombie…
NBCUniversal doesn’t want any surprises heading into this year’s upfront week. Last year’s NBCU upfront event from Radio City Music Hall had to overcome several unexpected hurdles. In addition to Hollywood strikes keeping entertainment talent on the sidelines, NBCU’s former ad sales chief Linda Yaccarino exited the company for Twitter/X days before its upfront presentation….
Unilever’s Lynx brand (named Axe in the U.S.) is known for its absurd and sometimes controversial ads. Its latest campaign from agency LOLA MullenLowe embraces that history with some particularly dark humor. Cannes Lions-winning directors Koen Mortier and Joe Vanhoutteghem (who work under the shared name Lionel Goldstein) created a pair of two-minute films to…
Alex Little and Karsten Jurkschat climbed to the top of the creative world fairly quickly. The duo, originally from Melbourne, Australia, won the Australian Young Creatives of the Year, Cannes Young Creatives of the Year and the first Gold Lions for Ogilvy Australia within the same 18-month period. The two then created iconic campaigns for…
News and culture publisher The Atlantic launched the first group subscription product in its 167-year history last summer, which has so far focused almost exclusively on reaching college students through their universities. Since going to market last April, The Atlantic has signed up more than 75 schools across the country to participate in the program,…
Katherine Maher, the radio network’s new chief executive, has been in the spotlight since an editor published an essay accusing the organization of leftward-leaning bias.
Katherine Maher, the radio network’s new chief executive, has been in the spotlight since an editor published an essay accusing the organization of leftward-leaning bias.
According to the IAB, digital video will pass linear in ad spend in 2024. And with this new age of TV comes new strategies for reaching consumers. “Digital video is the future of video,” David Cohen, IAB’s president and CEO, said during the NewFronts Main Stage at Convene 225 Liberty on Wednesday. “Understanding next-generation solutions…
Audio platform Spotify made its first appearance at NewFronts week on Wednesday evening, part of a larger bid from the streaming platform to attract advertising to its growing inventory of digital video. While Spotify remains predominantly a music, podcast and audiobook service, it has seen a notable uptick in video inventory due to the rise…
In 2023, $247 billion–17.6% of U.S. online sales revenue–was lost to returns, versus the 14.5% return loss for items bought in stores. Once seen as an enticing benefit to attract customers (and keep pace with Amazon), free shipping and returns quickly became the norm for ecommerce. There was a cost to keeping these free, of…
When it comes to planning outfits for music festivals or themed events, many of us seek inspiration from Pinterest. This year, the platform had activations at Coachella for both weekends, bringing our mood boards and visions to life. During the music festival in April, Pinterest introduced a unique experience at Coachella called the Pinterest Manifest…
Yahoo Advertising struck a data-sharing deal with retail media network Kroger Precision Marketing, ADWEEK can exclusively reveal. This will let advertisers target the national grocer’s audiences programmatically through Yahoo’s demand-side platform. The partnership marks KPM’s second DSP partnership since last fall and ushers in a new focus on commerce media for Yahoo Advertising. It is…
For the first time, China has more than 100 incarcerated writers, and Israel and Russia entered the list of the 10 countries with the most imprisoned writers.
Five-time Grammy winner Mike Post has composed the music for the best-known TV shows of the last two generations, including The Rockford Files, Magnum, P.I. and L.A. Law. But a singular moment in his career came when producer Dick Wolf called him about Law & Order, for which Post had just written the title theme….
Longtime friends and collaborators Martin Short and Steve Martin have earned multiple Emmy Awards and Golden Globe Awards nominations for playing perpetually bickering friends in Hulu series Only Murders in the Building. Now the duo brings the same dynamic to the first commercial work they’ve done together, in agency BBDO New York’s debut campaign for…
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