Here’s the Roundup for the Week Ending January 31
So that was the longest January to ever January. Let's celebrate since you're still standing, or at least I assume you are since you're reading this! Happy Friday to all who celebrate. In this week's...
View ArticleApple Files Emergency Motion in Google Search Antitrust Case
Apple has filed an emergency motion with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia late Thursday regarding Google's search antitrust case. The motion requests a stay of possible remedies the...
View ArticleWatch the Regional Ads Airing During Super Bowl 59
The secret to saving during the Super Bowl: Brands can still reach millions of viewers without shelling out $8 million for a national ad. Regional ad buys have led to nationally memorable moments in...
View ArticleMatthew McConaughey Prevents Dining Disasters with Salesforce AI Agent In...
Fresh off its recent "Agentforce. What AI Was Meant to Be" campaign, Salesforce is returning to Super Bowl 59 with a 30-second ad, again starring Matthew McConaughey. The cloud software company will...
View ArticleForbes Lays Off Around 5% of Staff
The business news publisher Forbes announced a sweeping round of layoffs on Friday, which will affect roughly 5% of its total workforce. A representative for the company confirmed the reductions. In a...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg Defends Meta’s Recent Moves, Sets Up 2025 in Leaked All-Hands...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg used an all-hands meeting Thursday that was leaked to several media outlets to prepare staff for an "intense" year ahead and address recent controversial moves, as well as to...
View ArticleDove Prints Special Edition of ‘Sports ReIllustrated’ Ahead of Super Bowl 59
Sports Illustrated has become Sports ReIllustrated ahead of the Super Bowl, in partnership with Dove as part of its ongoing "Body Confident Sport" program. Honor Dayagao' Smoke, a 10-year-old wrestler...
View ArticleTicker: ABC News Moves 2 More Shows to New Hudson Square HQ
Top of the Ticker: ABC News' overnight and early morning programs, World News Now and Good Morning America First Look, have made the move to their new space at 7 Hudson Square, per NewsCast Studio....
View ArticlePaul D’Arcy Named Chief Marketing Officer at Moloco
Former Dell and Indeed head marketer Paul D'Arcy has joined advertising solutions provider Moloco as chief marketing officer. D'Arcy had previously been CMO at Miro, a digital workspace collaboration...
View ArticleVerizon Punts Super Bowl Spot in Favor of Grammys Ad to Create Buzz
Verizon and Beyonce essentially won the Super Bowl in 2024 with an ad that included a mysterious teaser campaign and an album announcement. This year, however, the company opted out of the game because...
View ArticleGlen Powell Stars as Goldilocks in Ram Super Bowl Teaser
Glen Powell is going on a joyride, hijacking a truck, and putting the pedal to the metal. In the first teaser for Ram's upcoming Super Bowl 59 ad, the red-hot Hollywood actor sets up a...
View ArticleEli Lilly Disrupts Grammys With a Timely Message About Breast Cancer
Female artists including Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, Chappell Roan, and Sabrina Carpenter will be in the spotlight at the 2025 Grammy Awards on Sunday (Feb. 2). Amid this...
View ArticlePublicis Teams Up With Global Brands To Encourage Employees to Book Cancer...
Two years ago, after its CEO Arthur Sadoun was diagnosed and treated for HPV-related cancer, Publicis Groupe launched "Working With Cancer," a cross-industry coalition to erase the stigma of cancer in...
View ArticleWhalar Group Is Expanding Into Sports to Help Athletes Brand Themselves
Creator management company Whalar Group is launching Sixteenth Sports, a new talent division aimed at helping athletes become bigger stars. The goal of Sixteenth Sports is to help athletes extend their...
View ArticleMorris Networks Drops News Director Titles, Creates New Leadership Structure
Morris Networks, the owner of six stations in the South, has reorganized its news leadership and has replaced the title of news director with a local content manager. Morris, based in Savannah,...
View ArticleNTSB Moves All News Updates About Recent Air Disasters to X
The National Transportation Safety Board has announced it won't email reporters information about its investigations into the Philadelphia or Washington, D.C. air crashes anymore. "For media covering...
View ArticleAnnette King Exits Accenture Song And Calls Time On Exec Career
Dame Annette King is exiting as global lead of Accenture Song's marketing practice and stepping back from executive leadership owing to a "recent health experience." In a statement, King said: "To...
View ArticleFast & Furious Goes Slow & Delicious in Häagen-Dazs’ First Super Bowl Ad
The action in the Super Bowl moves pretty fast, and the commercials seem to fly by as well. But one brand has enlisted one of the fastest franchises in cinema to show that you can slow down and enjoy...
View ArticleDoritos Crash the Super Bowl Ad Wins Space Battle for Creators
Doritos Crash the Super Bowl ended a 10-year hiatus and months of voting and judging with an intergalactic snack battle that viewers felt was worth the fight. Doritos announced the return of Crash the...
View ArticleMustaches Fly in Pringles’ 2025 Super Bowl Spot
Anything is possible during the Super Bowl season. In the case of Pringles' latest Big Game ad, that means mustaches can fly. The 30-second spot, created by FCB New York, stars actor Adam Brody, who...
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