McCann Worldgroup has named Chris Macdonald chairman and CEO of McCann, its namesake advertising agency brand, and Harjot Singh as global chief strategy officer. Macdonald was previously president, advertising and allied agencies, for the IPG-owned McCann Worldgroup, which encompasses shops including media network UM and PR firm Weber Shandwick. He will now focus on leading...
Parler has been completely isolated. The social media platform, which bills itself as a right-wing alternative to Facebook and Twitter, has been dropped by both Google and Apple's app marketplaces as well as its online host, Amazon Web Services. Without the mobile ecosystem's core distribution channels, capitalizing off a flow of new users from mainstream...
Agency veteran Nicky Bell is joining Facebook as vice president of Facebook Creative Shop, the social network's in-house creative strategy team. Bell was most recently senior vp of global client partnerships at R/GA, serving in that role from August 2019 through July 2020 after joining the agency in August 2016 as senior vp and managing...
Did you know that you can add extra security to your TikTok account by turning on two-step verification? When this feature is turned on, you will need to enter a verification code any time you login to TikTok using an unrecognized device, or from a third-party application. Our guide will show you how to turn...
Veteran brand steward Musa Tariq is joining GoFundMe today as chief marketing officer. He takes on the role as the company seeks to build on the growth it experienced during the upheavals of 2020 and solidify its identity as a direct line of financial assistance to all manner of causes. It's not what Tariq calls...
As Camp + King slogged its way to the finish line of 2020, a new opportunity popped up. The suitor was Grove Collaborative, a DTC natural household and personal care company based in the agency's hometown of San Francisco--looking for an agency of record. According to co-founder and CCO Roger Camp, everyone at Camp +...
I started investing at the end of 2019 but increased my time exponentially last year. As I spent more and more time dissecting companies and the market, I realized I was learning skills that helped me become a better marketer. Putting money into investing requires a certain time spent to ensure that the investment profits...
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For the first episode of 2021, I couldn't be more excited to welcome the master of "marketing at the speed of culture," Nick Tran, Head of Global Marketing for TikTok. But don't take my word for it. Have a listen or ask anyone in the marketing community, they will vouch for Nick's consistent ability to...
Sex and the City started as a premium cable series, then became a movie franchise---and is now headed to streaming. HBO Max is reviving the hit comedy series, giving a series order to what it is calling a "new chapter" of the franchise, called And Just Like That... The 10-episode series will reunite three members...