Lisa Liebman, account lead on classic Skittles campaigns, dies at 61

The longtime TBWAChiatDay New York exec spent the past decade at Long Island agency Austin Williams.

Your Organization Needs an Updated Revenue Model to Align Under

While you probably won’t get your mouth washed out with soap by using a marketing and sales funnel strategy, your revenue generation machine is likely not as effective as it could be. Today’s enterprise sales are anything but linear. Using a model like a funnel, where leads progress through successive, linear stages, might be helpful…

Microsoft's deal to buy Activision can go forward, US judge rules

The FTC sought to block the acqusition, arguing that it would harm Micorosft’s competition.

National Council of Canadian Muslims – "Lets accept without limitations" (2023) print (Canada)

PSA & Public Interest

Makro – Serving suggestion stickers / Ripe fruit / Life Extending Stickers (2023) Colombia – case study

Food

Opportunities that meet all the criteria of driving awareness and conversion, doing good – here wasting less food – and looking effortless are rare.

How the ad industry’s social media practices could be upended by the GOP

Sweeping subpoena seeks proof marketers, agencies and platforms are violating anti-trust laws.

Why the Early Success of Threads May Crash Into Reality

Mark Zuckerberg has used Meta’s might to push Threads to a fast start — but that may only work up to a point.

Ad Buyers Redirect YouTube Strategies After Report Accuses It of Violating Standards

Ad buyers have switched up their YouTube strategies after a report rocked the industry late last month, accusing the tech giant of misleading advertisers, sources told Adweek. Google Video Partner (GVP) inventory is a network of third-party online video that Google says meets high-quality standards. For certain ad formats like Video Action Campaigns, buyers are…

Carlos Terrazas on building a more disability-inclusive talent pipeline at McDonald’s

The disabilities and accessibilities lead shares his thoughts about creating spaces of representation and belonging at the fast food giant.

Roku and Shopify Partnership Brings Easy Checkout to Streaming TV

Roku, one of the earliest streaming services to debut shoppable experiences, is rolling out new offerings. Top line Shopify and Roku are expanding their existing partnership in what they say is a first-of-its-kind offering that will let customers purchase products from Shopify merchants through Roku Action Ads. Between the lines Interested customers can press “OK”…

Brady tells stories of near-suicides in book that doubles as a gun safe

‘Safe Stories,’ launched with the Ad Council and Dentsu Creative, comes as gun suicide rates reach a record high.

Google Extends WNBA Changemakers Partnership Through 2025

One of the WNBA’s biggest sponsors is getting further into the game. Google is extending its marquee partnership with the league through 2025 as the popularity of women’s basketball continues to grow exponentially. The announcement comes just ahead of Saturday’s WNBA All-Star Game, in primetime for the first time. The tech giant, one of the…

Threads' first ad deal comes from Hulu and creator Adam Rose

Influential says the post marks the first ad deal on the new app from Meta.

TikTok engages multigenerational shoppers with discovery and culture-informed creativity

TikTok’s rapid growth as a top entertainment platform has been driven by consumer discovery, multigenerational appeal and culture-informed creativity.

Threads brand strategies—how social media managers at Taco Bell and elsewhere are navigating the platform

Social media managers discuss how they’re embracing the chaotic energy and intimate nature of the new platform.

What Moderna Has Learned About Maintaining Brand Relevance

Healthcare and pharmaceutical companies are not well known for strong enterprise branding, as historically, most of the focus was on branding the products. Only recently have pharma companies increased their focus and spend on their enterprise brands. The industry tends to activate around a product, relying on a consistent format for television commercials, celebrity endorsements…

SeatGeek hires SlapGlobal as creative agency of record

SeatGeek’s creative account had been handled by Fig since 2021.

LGBTQ+ brand strategy—4 ways marketers can champion inclusivity year-round

Marketing and other initiatives should bring consumers together, stand up for brand values and uplift communities at risk.

The SAG-AFTRA Union Could Strike in Hollywood This Week

If actors go on strike when their deal with studios ends on Wednesday, it will be the first time they and the writers have been out at the same time since 1960.

PubMatic and Playground xyz Partner to Solve Scale Woes for Attention-Seeking Marketers

Getting consumers’ attention is about to get easier. Supply-side platform (SSP) PubMatic and attention vendor Playground xyz have struck a commercial partnership, offering marketers easier access to high-attention ads. It’s the latest in the industry’s lunge toward transacting on attention, a potentially more viable success metric compared with measures like viewability. “We’re hearing more and…