NPR’s Terence Samuel Is Named Top Editor of USA Today

Mr. Samuel, who will start in July, has overseen NPR’s news gathering.

Agency news you need to know this week

BCW Group names a new CEO and The Glenlivet uses AI to unveil Father’s Day clichés.

 

Padma Lakshmi Is Leaving ‘Top Chef’ After Its 20th Season

The host said she wanted to concentrate on her new show, “Taste the Nation,” her writing and “other creative pursuits.”

US ad employment surged in May to its highest level since 2001

Ad business staffing hasn’t been this high since the dot-com bubble. Ad agency employment reached an all-time high despite the stresses in advertising and media.

Target Pride collection designer speaks out about pulled merchandise

Humankind founder calls retailer’s decision “disappointing.”

Weight-loss brands’ daytime gains, plus Google’s clean room collab: Datacenter Weekly

Also: the ad industry job boom, macroeconomic news in a nutshell, and more.

30 ideias de presentes modernos e inovadores para o Dia dos Namorados 2023

Guia Presentes Dia dos Namorados

Uma seleção B9 para além dos presentes clichês como chocolates, ursinhos de pelúcia ou outras quinquilharias cringe

Leia 30 ideias de presentes modernos e inovadores para o Dia dos Namorados 2023 na íntegra no B9.

T-Pain becomes Fros-T-Pain in super chill music video for Wendy’s

‘Buy U a Frosty,’ a reimagined version of ‘Buy U a Drank,’ celebrates the return of Strawberry Frosty.

Rugged Military-Inspired Timepieces – The Luminox MIL SPEC Dive Watch Has a CARBONOX+ Case

(TrendHunter.com) The Luminox MIL SPEC Dive Watch is a ruggedly designed timepiece ready to provide support for adventurous wearers with a penchant for life in the great outdoors. The timepiece is built with the…

Women mentoring women—how to nurture the next generation of female agency executives

Five ways mentorships help participants build confidence, accelerate professional development and navigate career challenges.

PNC Bank names Arnold Worldwide as marketing and creative agency of record

Deutsch NY, which had held the account since 2009, declined to defend the business.

Kindra Meyer on queer creativity as an act of resistance

The creative director writes about her journey of perseverance—and working on the ‘Black Women Get Us Higher’ campaign.

Marketing winners and losers of the week

MoviePass returns from the dead and Honda sees sales surge—plus, why it was a bad week for Amazon and Diageo.

VW recalls 1960s Microbus in campaign for new electric van

Outdoor campaign recasts Microbus two-tone paint scheme to plug new ID Buzz.

 

Truth Initiative and Mojo Supermarket win Grand Effie for anti-vaping campaign

Kellogg wins Most Effective Marketer, Froot Loops named Most Effective brand and IPG takes top holding company spot.

 

Netflix Shareholders Vote to Reject Executive Pay Packages

The vote, after the union representing striking writers urged opposition, can be overruled by the streaming giant’s board of directors.

Long Live Longform: The Story of Hilton’s 10-Minute TikTok

When the average human attention span is 8.25 seconds, and the average view time of a TikTok is 28 seconds, how do you get the internet to pay attention for a full 10 minutes? For Hilton, the answer was to break with convention and give the people what they want: unexpected, platform-native, funny content made…

Alcohol Brands Are Ditching Glass for Paper to Cut Packaging-Related Emissions

While boxed wine may remind some drinkers of cheap juice and college parties, startup wine brand Juliet is highlighting a different attribute of the bag-in-box package: its carbon footprint. Juliet is also aiming to revamp the reputation of boxed wine and lure high-end, sustainably-minded drinkers to the category. It’s part of a larger push within…

Using Attention Metrics, Publishers Aim to Prove Their Ads Work

Publishers have long struggled to prove the efficacy of their digital ad products to brand partners, but in the last year, media companies including Cond? Nast and Insider have begun experimenting with attention-based ad metrics to more clearly quantify their value, ultimately looking to drive more ad revenue. Using attention-based metrics–devised often by a mix…

Makiné Inks US Representation With BLUSH Creative & Lisa G. & Co.