Roku Pulled Its InfoWars Channel, But Only After Users Revolted
Roku is in hot water after initially defending its decision to offer users InfoWars, a channel hosted by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. But the service soon learned what other players in the...
View ArticleThese 4 Brands Refashioned the Way They Talk to Men Before Gillette Did
Gillette has hit a nerve. On Monday, the P&G brand released an update to its 30-year-old "The Best a Man Can Get" campaign, and the work held a mirror to our politically polarized culture. The old...
View ArticleIf Your Team Wins the Super Bowl, Hotels.com Will Give You a Room to Make a Baby
In recent years, the NFL has celebrated a poignant Super Bowl stat--that the birth rate in winning cities goes up nine months after the game--in its spots for the game. Hotels.com is taking a more...
View ArticleThis Tech Knows If Your House Will Flood Long Before You Do
At CES last week, Adweek got an inside look at the tech that's making our homes smarter than ever. Belkin's products, including everything from Phyn leak detectors to remote sensors and smart speakers...
View ArticleFacebook Just Removed 2 Networks of Pages and Accounts for Inauthentic...
Facebook removed two separate groups of pages and accounts for engaging in coordinated inauthentic activity in Russia: 289 Facebook pages and 75 Facebook accounts from a network that originated in...
View ArticleHear the Backstreet Boys Collaborate With Chance the Rapper in Doritos’ Super...
If you've ever dreamed of hearing Chance the Rapper collaborate with a boy band, well your wish will soon be granted thanks to your friends at Doritos. On Wednesday, Doritos shared that it would be...
View ArticleAnchor Claims to Have Doubled the Number of Podcasts With Ads on the Market
Podcasting platform Anchor claims to have found a way to do something that still seems to elude many others in the field: make money off of advertising. The company reported this week that the number...
View ArticleQ&A: New York Media’s New Editor in Chief on Reinventing the Brands and...
Not long after Adam Moss told staffers on Tuesday that, after 15 years, he'd be leaving as editor in chief of New York Magazine, David Haskell was named as his successor. Haskell was described by CEO...
View ArticleLes Moonves Is Taking CBS to Arbitration Over Denial of $120 Million Severance
Former CBS chairman and CEO Les Moonves isn't letting his $120 million severance go away without a fight and has decided to take the company to arbitration. Moonves informed CBS of his intentions...
View ArticleHow Slack’s Logo Redesign Solidifies the Brand as the Future of Group Chat
Ever since Slack unveiled a new logo this week that swapped out its instantly recognizable hashtag icon for a simplified, multi-colored pinwheel, the design world and many others on Twitter have been...
View ArticleSimple and Spectacular, This Patiently Crafted Ad Transforms Flowers Into...
On paper, the concept is simple: Flowers bloom, set to the booms and crackles of fireworks. But creating such a visual experience in a way that does it justice? That's no small floral feat. TBWA\Paris...
View ArticleWatch a Depressed Alexa Knockoff Star in Pringles’ Upcoming Super Bowl Ad
In advance of Super Bowl LIII, Pringles has released three teaser videos of the spot it plans to air in the second quarter of the game. The ad will star an Alexa-like personal digital assistant that is...
View ArticleThis Film Captures the Sights and Sounds of a Mission to Help Veterans...
For military personnel and first responders, missions deep into the wilderness can be fraught with fear, peril and even death. Once their dangerous work is finished, they sometimes struggle with...
View ArticleSelf-Driving Grocery Stores Headed to Boston This Spring
Why go to the grocery store when the grocery store can come to you? This is the logic behind grocery chain Stop & Shop's new partnership with San Francisco-based company Robomart, which will bring...
View ArticleVerizon Will Thank First Responders for Saving 12 NFL Stars in Its Super Bowl...
After sitting out the Super Bowl since 2011, Verizon rejoined the game last year with an emotional campaign thanking first responders. The brand will once again tap that theme, showcasing the stories...
View ArticleMSG Networks’ Wellness Week Will Promote Healthy Living on Digital, Social
Sports production and content development company MSG Networks revealed "Wellness Week," a weeklong event beginning Monday (Jan. 21) that will promote healthy living across the company's digital and...
View ArticleBET CMCO Jeanine Liburd Humanizes Culture With Passion to Enact Meaningful...
Jeanine Liburd, chief marketing and communications officer of BET, and I met last year at Brandweek in Palm Springs. As I sat listening to her talk about one of my favorite topics--culture--I knew I...
View ArticleTribune Publishing Names New Execs as CEO Justin Dearborn Steps Down
After almost three years as Tribune Publishing's CEO, Justin Dearborn is stepping down from the role and from his position as the company's chairman of the board. Those roles will now be split between...
View ArticleLessons From 3 Interactive Branded Content Videos That Debuted Before...
Whether you follow popular culture or not, Netflix's latest interactive Black Mirror episode has got marketers and consumers all over the world talking. But what does this new technology mean for...
View ArticleA Bug Affected the Protect Your Tweets Setting on Android as Far Back as...
An undisclosed number of Android users who enabled the Protect Your Tweets setting on Twitter may not have been protected, after all. In a post on its Help Center, the social network said Twitter for...
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