Agency owner Derek Walker and Adweek continues a series highlighting the creative perspectives and success of Black industry professionals through the lens of the work. Each day of Black History Month, these inspiring stories show the impact this creativity has on audiences, culture and beyond. Find past profiles here. Today, we learn about 55 Media...
TikTok is taking steps to limit the spread of videos with information that cannot be confirmed by its fact-checking partners. Product manager, trust and safety Gina Hernandez said in a blog post Wednesday that the platform removes videos that have been identified as misinformation by fact checkers at Lead Stories, PolitiFact or SciVerify. She added,...
Only Amazon could upstage its own earnings announcement with a bombshell about the future of the company. But that's what happened Tuesday when the platform's Q4 results were overshadowed by news of Jeff Bezos stepping down as CEO this summer. Bezos will assume the role of executive chair in the third quarter while Andrew Jassy,...
More than 2.5 million people have visited the Kentucky Bourbon Trail in the last five years. Naturally, the trail has gone cold the past several months due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has made it difficult for whiskey enthusiasts to go to their favorite distilleries in person. Wild Turkey is hoping to console whiskey aficionados...
Everyone knows there's nothing worse than a mansplainer or airplane seat kicker, but according to M&M's, there is one foolproof solution for mending even your worst mistakes: sharing a bag of candy. This morning, the brand's peanut M&M named Yellow hosted a Zoom call to premiere the Super Bowl spot, which features Schitt's Creek star...
Vineet Mehra, former Global Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Customer Officer of Walgreens Boots Alliance announced his new role today as Chief Growth and Customer Experience Officer of Good Eggs, a fast-growing, sustainability-focused online food delivery service. Also announced today is that Good Eggs is in good shape having just raised $100 million dollars in...
NBCUniversal is getting involved in the platform developer space with One21, a new annual gathering set (virtually, of course) for March 22. The media giant is taking a page from Facebook's F8 and Google I/O and opening up its technology roadmap to advertisers, creative minds, direct-to-consumer brands figuring out how to scale, engineers, marketers, press,...
United Airlines is conducting a closed global review of its creative business. Dentsumcgarrybowen, formerly Mcgarrybowen, is the incumbent. The agency has been invited to participate. The move comes as United Airlines, like its competitors, suffers from massive dips in travel due to Covid-19. In the fourth quarter of 2020, United Airlines posted a $1.9 billion...
As the world readies for the biggest sporting event of the year, women are making inroads into what, until recently, has been distinctively a man's territory--professional football. There are now six female coaches in the NFL, and if Nike's new campaign for girls flag football has any influence, there may be many more in the...
A year ago, Roku's then 32 million accounts very nearly missed out on being able to stream Super Bowl 54. And though there's already been a lot to worry about in 2021, this year the platform's now 51 million active accounts will have no concerns about losing access to Sunday's Big Game matchup between the...