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McDonald’s longtime chief marketing and customer experience officer Tariq Hassan announced his resignation this week. His role will be filled by Alyssa Buetikofer, current CMO of McDonald’s Canada, from Feb. 15. According to internal data, 90% of the U.S. population visits the fast-food chain every year, making it one of the biggest marketing briefs in…McDonald’s […]

Qsic, a company that powers in-store audio ads for retailers, has raised $25 million in a Series B funding round, ADWEEK can exclusively reveal. The round was led by tech investment firm Hedosophia. Founded in Australia in 2012, Qsic established a U.S. headquarters in 2019 and has seen a spike in interest alongside the ballooning…Qsic,

Chief marketing officer (CMO) Tariq Hassan has left McDonald’s. On Monday, McDonald’s USA president Joe Erlinger posted a letter on the company’s website which revealed that Hassan had resigned from his post shortly after the holidays. Alyssa Buetikofer, CMO of McDonald’s Canada, will succeed Hassan in his role as chief marketing and customer experience officer,…Chief

Advertising tech company The Trade Desk isn’t interested in snapping up companies–despite its recent rare acquisition of data firm Sincera. The Trade Desk is the largest independent adtech firm, competing primarily against Google and Amazon for programmatic ad dollars. But the giant is notably not a buyer of companies. Besides Sincera, The Trade Desk’s only…Advertising

Harrison Ford rarely stars in commercials, so when he decides to work with a brand, he has thoughts. And demands. He’ll take a castle, for starters, to sign on as a spokesman for Scottish whiskey Glenmorangie, the Indiana Jones icon says during a phone call with his beleaguered agent. “And I’m not doing all that…Harrison

Claudine Wong has been named weekday evening anchor for Oakland Fox owned station KTVU Fox 2. Wong will co-anchor the station’s 5 and 10 p.m. newscasts alongside Mike Mibach. “As a Bay Area native who has reported the news here for 20 years, Claudine is uniquely qualified to deliver the stories that truly matter to…Claudine

Coffee Mate is launching its first Super Bowl ad, and it’s tapped a musical icon that’s sure to impress you… much. Today, the Nestle-owned, non-dairy creamer brand announced that Shania Twain is the voice behind the brand’s “Foam Diva” commercial, which was produced by Wieden+Kennedy New York for Super Bowl 59. Twain confirmed the news…Coffee

Viewers tuning into Monday’s edition of the CBS Evening News will be greeted by a reimagined broadcast that returns to the newscast’s New York roots–with a new ensemble team of journalists. In place of Norah O’Donnell, John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois will be co-anchoring the Evening News out of the famed Studio 47 within CBS…Viewers

The trend of big companies cutting their diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives continues with retail giant Target ending its supplier and workforce diversity efforts. The 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, where Target is headquartered, spurred the company to set goals of spending more than $2 billion with Black-owned businesses by 2025 and boosting…The

Amazon wants to prove that its video ads actually work. Brand+, a new ad-targeting tool in Amazon’s demand-side platform, or Amazon DSP, emerged from beta today. The tool uses AI to analyze shopping, browsing, and streaming signals and then optimizes ad buys across streaming TV and online video to target an audience who is most…Amazon