Connie Chung doesn’t like getting personal. “I was uncomfortable, frankly,” the 78-year-old news veteran tells TVNewser with a resigned smile while describing the “torturous” process of turning her life into a literal open book–specifically the new autobiography, Connie: A Memoir. It’s no surprise, then, that her first draft stuck to the “just the facts” approach…Connie […]
Tools of the Trade is a 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 of…Tools
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One of the buzziest campaigns of the holiday season so far is Coca-Cola’s artificial intelligence (AI) reboot of its classic ad, “Holidays Are Coming.” Since the rise of generative AI, the technology has invoked fear from some in the industry who worry it could harm creative jobs. But the Coke ad creators at Silverside AI,…One
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Happy Friday to all who celebrate. In this week’s edition of stories we didn’t post for one reason or another, we see some sturm und drang over what the recent election of The Trump means for journalism and a scuffle broke out in Baltimore over a ballot initiative funded by the man behind Sinclair. Let’s…Happy
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The advertising world is kicking it into high gear as we head towards the holidays and the inevitable biggest day of the year, the Super Bowl. There are more campaigns than ADWEEK can get to, but here, we highlight a few spots, as well as some agency news notes, that deserve some eyeballs. Johnsonville View…The
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Droga5 has laid off 4% of its New York office, ADWEEK has learned. The layoffs occurred earlier this week and impacted roles of varying seniority across creative, data strategy, comms strategy, and accounts. They come amid a global agency review by Kimberly-Clark, which hired Droga5 and Accenture Song as agency of record for its childcare…Droga5
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Sportswear retailer JD Sports overturns stereotypes of idealized families that are often present in holiday marketing. The brand’s global campaign, created by agency Uncommon Creative Studio, documents families and traditions of all kinds. Instead of playing into Christmas ad tropes, like depicting a picture-perfect festive meal at home, its ads spotlight the many ways people…Sportswear
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As one of the oldest brand mascots in the world, Johnnie Walker’s “Striding Man”–a red-coated dandy with a top hat and cane–has appeared everywhere from magazine ads to digital billboards to, of course, the labels of the Scotch bottles themselves. But Diageo North America’s CMO Ed Pilkington will never forget the day that the Striding…As
The founder and chief executive of the advertising technology company OpenWeb, Nadav Shoval, lost his bid to be reinstated as CEO after he was ousted from the company in September, according to public filings. Shoval petitioned an Israeli court on Sept. 5 to file a temporary injunction over a dramatic series of events that led…The
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