Wix’s Fifth Super Bowl Ad Features Coding Supermodel Karlie Kloss
The website-building platform Wix will return to the Super Bowl for a fifth consecutive year with a 30-second spot featuring supermodel and tech enthusiast Karlie Kloss. It was produced by Wix's...
View ArticleHulu Will Crack Open Instagram’s Most Influential Egg, Revealing All After...
We've seen some interesting plays to break through the noise of the Super Bowl from brands like Skittles, which is foregoing a spot in the game this year to put on a Broadway play. Others will be going...
View ArticleADT Will Become a First-Time Super Bowl Advertiser This Sunday
Home security company ADT will make its Super Bowl debut this Sunday with a 30-second spot. The ad, produced by New York City creative agency Bear in the Hall, will run just before the start of the...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Super Bowl Activation Shows the Places a Player’s Side Hustles...
According to the NFL Players Association, the average career of an NFL player is just over three years. Additionally, data from the Wall Street Journal shows that players in some positions, like wide...
View ArticleInstilling Diversity Means Focusing on Nuances
I've spoken at dozens of events about diversity, inclusion and representation in the past three years. How far we've come! We're all quite proud of ourselves. I've certainly felt it myself. Allure won...
View ArticleHow Bethenny Frankel Built the Skinnygirl Empire by Trusting Her Instincts...
Bethenny Frankel has never been afraid to get her hands dirty. In fact, she's actively sought out the opportunity, going back to one of her first gigs as an erstwhile club promoter: She'd throw house...
View ArticleMore Agency Consolidation May Be Coming as Creative and Media Converge Again
Last June, a bizarre campaign known as "IHOb" had social media users buzzing about the possibility of the International House of Pancakes turning into the International House of Burgers ... or Bacon?...
View ArticleInfographic: Same-Sex Marriage Supporters Want Brands to Take a Stand
As recently as five years ago, taking a political stand was often far too much of a risk for many brands, but now, it seems to be more of a risk not to, according to new research from global media and...
View ArticleElectric Scooter Company Lime Hires Its First CMO
At a $1.1 billion valuation, Lime is making some C-suite moves, including hiring its very first chief marketing officer. Duke Stump, who was previously evp of brand and community at Lululemon and led...
View ArticleEditor’s Letter: How Do Challenger Brands Scale and What Do They Want to Be...
Well, it turns out that our hunch was right. As of last count on Friday, our inaugural Challenger Brand Summit, set for this Wednesday and Thursday in New York, has almost 500 registered attendees. For...
View ArticleWPP Unveils the Branding for Its Newest Agency, Wunderman Thompson
Two months after confirming its plans to merge Wunderman with J. Walter Thompson, WPP has officially released the new identity for Wunderman Thompson, a company produced by the union of history's first...
View ArticleHow the Demise of Bud Light’s Bud Knight Came to Be in a Super Bowl Spot for...
HBO wanted its 2019 Super Bowl ad for Game of Thrones to deliver storytelling that felt as dramatic and epic as the show itself. With Game of Thrones approaching its final season (premiering April 14)...
View ArticleGannett Rejects Digital First Media’s Acquisition Offer
Gannett's board of directors unanimously rejected the bid from MNG Enterprises, Inc., known as Digital First Media, to acquire the company. They said they didn't believe the offer was "credible" or in...
View ArticleMoonPie Followed Up Its Bizarre, Fake Super Bowl Ad Scripts by Actually...
During last year's Super Bowl, snack brand MoonPie may not have been an official part of the Big Game broadcast, but it was certainly participating in spirit. The Tennessee-based company's Twitter feed...
View ArticleThe Best Shots of Leaders and Innovators at the First Adweek Symposium
On Jan. 23 at Neuhouse in New York, the first Adweek Symposium (presented by Rakuten) brought together big brand CEOs and next-gen leaders. Check out the best shots from the day, as well as Adweek's...
View ArticleAfter 130 Years, the Flexible Flyer Is Still the Cadillac of Sleds
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the country is just now shaking itself off from the snowiest period of the year. That makes it peak season for sledding--an activity...
View ArticleAs Businesses Prep for California’s Data Privacy Law, They’re Also Fighting...
The California Consumer Protection Act doesn't go into effect until 2020, but that doesn't mean the 10,000-word law--passed in just five days last summer--won't be a big issue this year. Last month,...
View ArticleHow 5G Could Change the Sports Broadcasting and Viewing Experience
Every year, Fox Sports temporarily installs 39 miles of fiber optic cable throughout the golf course hosting the U.S. Open Championship. The expensive rigging is the only way for the network to...
View ArticleHow Teaching Dog Agility Helps This Creative Director Excel
Before she became a creative force in the advertising industry, Lisa Topol--now co-chief creative officer at DDB New York--was dead set on becoming a professor of religion and 19th century Victorian...
View ArticleBe Our Guest: Twitter’s Periscope Livestream App Now Welcomes Company
People using Twitter's Periscope livestreaming application can now add guests to their broadcasts. Livestreamers can invite anyone in their audiences to join their broadcasts, and those guests will be...
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