Tools of the Trade is an AgencySpy feature to help highlight the many tools that help make advertising and marketing folks successful. The tools can be anything that helps people perform at their top form, from a favorite drafting table to the best software program to a lucky pen, a vintage typewriter or a pair…Tools […]
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Creative network VML is formally opening the doors to Brand Studio at VML, a single destination for all of its brand design, positioning and identity services, it shared with ADWEEK exclusively. Robb Smigielski, a 17-year VML veteran and chief design officer for North America, will lead the North American operations of Brand Design at VML….Creative
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Food-delivery platform Grubhub is launching an ads business. The company is pitching ad products to its core restaurant merchants to acquire new diners and drive repeat sales. The company is partnering with adtech firm Koddi to power ads on its website. Ads will appear when people search for specific cuisines or when people are searching…Food-delivery
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KSHB reporter Ryan Gamboa is OK after being hit by a metal fragment Tuesday afternoon while covering a campaign event for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Lucas Kunce. Kunce, who is running Sen. Josh Hawley (R – Missouri), was firing an AR-15-style weapon at a shooting range event at the time Gamboa was hit. Gamboa was…KSHB
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Publicis agency Razorfish has widely opened up its suite of gen AI tools Beta Lab, to give all brand clients practical examples of how can be used to enhance content creation and improve customer experiences. Beta Lab has been open to over half of the agency’s clients–including Samsung–since this summer. The lab has already featured…Publicis
Razorfish Offers Clients Real-World AI Use Cases Through Beta Labs Read More »
The story of the Pullman porters is a gift that is still giving. The Black men who worked on George Pullman’s elegant sleeping cars for the century after the Civil War first shared their inspiring narratives about rising from the rails to reshape their world. After I wrote a book about them, they said I
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Microsoft and OpenAI announced that they are offering a select group of media outlets up to $10 million ($2.5 million in cash plus $2.5 million worth of “software and enterprise credits” from each) to try out artificial intelligence tools in the newsroom. (The Verge) The program will initially fund projects for AI adoption at five…Microsoft
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Spanish-language media giant TelevisaUnivision reported a 6% year-over-year U.S. revenue gain to $852.4 million for the third quarter of 2024, as a 5% U.S. advertising revenue gain was driven by what it described as a third-quarter company record in political ad revenue. (THR) The company also indicated that its direct-to-consumer operations, which include streaming service…Spanish-language
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A general in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards was charged in New York in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate a dissident Iranian-American journalist. (The Guardian) The Justice Department did not name the target of the purported plot, but journalist and activist Masih Alinejad confirmed that she was the potential victim. (Al Jazeera) Brig. Gen. Ruhollah…A
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Curtis LeGeyt, president of the National Association of Broadcasters, the leading trade group representing broadcast journalists, is blasting former President Donald Trump over his continued threats against some of the nation’s largest news networks. (The Hill) Trump’s threats against CBS have been particularly intense in recent weeks. He railed against 60 Minutes for editing the…Curtis
