Monster.com Has an Opening for a Lead Creative Agency
Monster.com is searching for a new lead creative agency amid its split with BBDO, which has handled the brand since 2007. The Weston, Mass.-based job listings site is working with Boston's Pile + Co....
View ArticleABC Television Is About to Pick a Digital Specialist for Its Online Media Buying
The ABC television network is searching for an agency to plan and buy its digital media, motivated by a desire for digital specialists, according to sources. Digital planning and buying is currently...
View ArticleFantasy Sports Site Wants to Ditch Frat-Boy Image With Help From a New Agency
Three years in, fantasy sports website DraftKings.com is getting serious about its advertising. Out is the frat-boy wordplay of its current ads (as seen below) and in is a search for an agency that...
View ArticleThe GSK-Novartis Deal Triggered This Global Media Pitch
GlaxoSmithKline is conducting a global review of media planning and buying for its consumer healthcare brands, and it comes as no surprise, given the company's recent asset swap with Norvartis. In...
View ArticleAfter Working With the Same Agency Since 1981, American Airlines Launches...
American Airlines' global creative and media accounts are up for review as the marketer prepares to retire the US Airways brand after acquiring the rival carrier. American's longtime agencies McCann...
View ArticleWhy JWT's Chairman Wants to Talk About Rhode Island Tourism
So why is JWT's Bob Jeffrey calling Adweek about Rhode Island's tourism review? The account is a small one by big-agency standards—an annual budget of $5 million—and surely there are sexier tourism...
View ArticleRadisson Hotel Group Names Accenture Interactive Its Global Experience Agency
Accenture Interactive, the consulting behemoth that is increasingly infringing on traditional ad shops' domains, has been chosen as Radisson Hotel Group's global experience agency of record. The...
View Article59% Of All Homes Now Have a Streaming Enabled Screen
Americans are consuming more streaming content on more devices, Nielsen reveals in its latest Local Watch Report. As of November 2017, 65.3 million U.S. homes had an internet enabled device capable of...
View ArticleFacebook Revealed New Cities and Dates for Its Facebook Community Boost Program
Facebook announced an updated schedule for its Facebook Community Boost events, which are aimed at helping small U.S. businesses grow and learn digital skills. The Facebook Community Boost program was...
View ArticleKentucky Derby Horse or Ad Agency Name? This Challenge Is Harder Than It Sounds
Beanstalk is definitely a contending horse in this year's running of the Kentucky Derby, right? Nope. It's a global brand extension licensing agency in the Omnicom family. And have you heard of ad...
View ArticleAdidas CEO Says the Brand Hasn’t Discussed Dropping Kanye West, Despite...
Earlier this week Kanye West made comments on TMZ Live about slavery, stating, "When you hear about slavery for 400 years. For 400 years? That sounds like a choice." Of course, West's comments lit up...
View ArticleGroup Nine Media’s NewFront Was All About Obsession
Last year, Group Nine Media joined the NewFront party. With the injection of $100 million from Discovery still fresh in its veins, the company wanted to formally introduce itself to the advertising...
View ArticleFacebook Is Adding 2 New Metrics to Its Video Retention Graph for Pages
Facebook is beefing up the video retention graph in video insights for pages, adding two new metrics, along with a way to more closely examine the data that is provided. The social network announced in...
View ArticleGoogle’s First Virtual Reality Doodle Honors a French Illusionist Director
Google just added another dimension to its daily Doodle. In its first 360-degree virtual reality Doodle, Google's fitting homage to the format honors the "father of special effects," French illusionist...
View ArticleTwitter Corrected a Bug That Caused Passwords to Be Stored in Plain Text
Twitter admitted Thursday that it fixed a bug that stored passwords in plain text in an internal log, stressing that the information in that log was contained within Twitter's systems and no passwords...
View ArticleYouTube Talked New Shows, Growth and Advertising Options at BrandCast
YouTube told advertisers on Thursday that it now has 1.8 billion logged-in users on its platform, acknowledging both the benefits and risks that come with that scale. At its annual BrandCast event in...
View ArticleTrump Names NBCU’s Linda Yaccarino to the President’s Council on Sports,...
Just a week and a half before she'll kickoff broadcast upfront week with NBCUniversal's annual event at Radio City Music Hall, the company's ad sales chief Linda Yaccarino just added a presidential...
View ArticleAwesomenessTV Goes After Brand Partnerships With the Help of Teen Chef Flynn...
Flynn McGarry, 19, is the chef-owner of one of New York's hottest new restaurants, Gem. But on Wednesday night, he closed the restaurant--where his prepared menu will set you back $155--and instead...
View ArticleHazy Mills, Creators of Grimm, Dig Their Werewolf Claws Into Advertising for...
It's tough to shock pest control pros, who are accustomed to spending most days up to their elbows in creepy crawlies. But trot out a hungry werewolf raiding a fridge, a ghost squatting in a man cave...
View ArticleMDC Partners Names First Managing Director, Healthcare
MDC Partners has hired Ned Russell in the newly-created role of managing director, healthcare, effective immediately. In the role, he will be tasked with working alongside agency partners to drive...
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