Agency news you need to know this week

Catherine Patterson is remembered, Gale wins Enercare, Dave & Buster’s wants diners to “unlearn adulthood” and more.

Exclusive: Verizon, Subaru and Walmart Kick Off ACC Football on The CW

Riverdale and college football are officially on the same network–and major brands are ready for it. Ahead of The CW’s kickoff for its first season of ACC college football this weekend, featuring the Cincinnati Bearcats taking on the Pitt Panthers, the network landed major sponsors such as Verizon, Subaru and Walmart. For its latest live…

Prioritizing DE&I initiatives—5 ways to maintain a commitment to diversity

How to create an inclusion-centered workplace that withstands DEI attacks.

Inside Unilever’s Reorganization: Media Mix Modeling and Cross-Disciplinary Marketing Hubs

Keeping up with shifting shopping habits pushed many legacy advertisers into making big changes fast. Unilever, the 90-year-old advertising behemoth that manages more than 400 brands, changed its organizational structure in 2022 to better mesh brand and performance marketing and come up with a full-funnel approach. Most consumers are at least familiar with its haircare…

Heard City Promotes Jackie James and Liana Rosenberg

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Liana has collaborated with brands including McDonald’s, Hilton, Squarespace, Netflix Series “Karma’s World” and Documentary, “Sesame Street: 50 years

Spacious Comfort-Focused E-Bikes – The Gazelle Eclipse E-Bike Features a 750Wh Battery

(TrendHunter.com) The ‘Eclipse’ is the latest electric bike released by Royal Dutch Gazelle, a manufacturer based in the Netherlands. This e-bike blends storage capacity with comfort and performance. The…

Hershey-owned Paqui pulls ‘OneChipChallenge’ spicy chip amid health concerns

A Massachusetts mom said her son ate the chip before his death.

 

Japa to Prime Video: A Masterclass Campaign in Driving Local Relevance

Amazon Prime Video is a popular streaming service that offers a wide variety of TV shows, movies and documentaries to its subscribers. In 2022, the company partnered with Insight Publicis to launch its services in Nigeria as part of Prime Video’s expansion plans across the EMEA region. The objectives: create awareness, increase customer subscriptions and…

Creator and influencer trends brand marketers need to know about right now

This week: Revlon and David Yurman hone in on Gen Z, CapCut looks to expand beyond its sister app TikTok and more. 

Slim Jim and Cinnabon are getting ‘married’ on X after Twitter flirting

Behind the ‘Slimabon’ stunt that has won attention from Slim Jim and Cinnabon fans.

Nielsen won’t force Amazon’s data into ‘Thursday Night Football’ ad deals this year

Following a contentious meeting last week, Nielsen won’t change panel currency used to write deals but will make Amazon first-party data part of offering.

DirecTV gets Travis Kelce to read bedtime stories to soothe your ‘Sunday scaries’

A DirecTV audiobook with 11 sleep tracks is available on Spotify, so you can face the workweek after a fun day of football.

What Disney’s Charter blackout means for advertising and the future of cable TV

Ad buys aren’t expected to be impacted, but the ongoing Spectrum carriage dispute between Disney and Charter may exacerbate cable TV’s decline.

Stranger Things, Southern Style: Kentucky Tourism Hypes Paranormal Places

Kentucky is world famous for its bourbon distilleries, rolling hills and horse farms. But there’s a lesser-known paranormal current running through the Bluegrass State that features alien visitations, abandoned sanatoriums and haunted hotels. And, according to a new travel advertising project, the sites are best explored under cover of night. Kentucky After Dark, a first-of-its-kind…

Watch the newest commercials from PetSmart, Quaker, Dave & Buster’s and more

PetSmart promotes its Treats rewards program.

Coca-Cola Uses AI to Put an Artistic Spin on QR Codes

QR codes are typically an entirely functional way to direct mobile users to digital content, but Coca-Cola has put an artistic spin on the technology. With agency partner WPP Open X, the brand used AI technology to create QR codes that incorporate musical and visual elements. Each code is linked to a different scene and…

Peyton Manning dreams of a baguette blimp in NBC’s amusing new Paris Olympics promo

The spot, produced by Manning’s Omaha Productions, kicks off the network’s fall campaign driving interest for next summer’s Games.

LACMA, Snap Unveil Final Series of AR Monuments Across Los Angeles

As part of its multi-year LACMA x Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives initiative, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and Snap released the third and final collection of augmented reality monuments designed to highlight the diverse histories and perspectives of communities around LA. These monuments follow eight that were released in two previous collections. Each…

Freelance marketplace Fiverr tackles AI job fears in new campaign

Fiverr’s new in-house campaign takes an optimistic view of AI in a highly pressurized job market.

Warner Bros. Suspends Deals With Top Show Creators

The move, which affected star writers like Mindy Kaling and J.J. Abrams, is an escalation of the standoff between Hollywood studios and the Writers Guild of America.