Netflix Adds Almost 9 Million Subscribers While Increasing Prices … Again
The only thing stronger than Netflix's password crackdown results are its new prices. Announcing its third-quarter earnings in a letter to shareholders today, Netflix said it added nearly 9 million...
View ArticleThe Dangers of Texting While Contemplating Your Future
For me, Bandits & Friends started with a text from an old colleague. For my partners, Danny Gonzalez and David Suarez, it's been in the works for 20 years. There's plenty to discourage people from...
View ArticleGlenmorangie’s CMO-Turned-CEO Raises a Glass to Creativity
For luxury conglomerate LVMH, Scotch brand Glenmorangie is a jewel in the crown of its wine and spirits portfolio. In 2022, the category brought in just over $7 billion in revenue for the French group....
View ArticleThis Bold Campaign Busts Taboos About Female Sexuality and Cancer
The scenes in a new campaign from nonprofit GirlvsCancer may make some viewers uncomfortable--and not just because the women in them are talking about cancer. In perhaps the most provocative ad, a...
View ArticleHow the NFL’s Super Bowl Ad Drove Flag Football Fever and Attracted Brands to...
Handing off the NFL's Super Bowl commercial to flag football scored huge growth for the sport, but it took a whole team of athletes, coaches, schools, leagues and brand partners to push it over the...
View ArticleAT&T’s 5G Helmet for Deaf Athletes Makes Football More Accessible
In 1892, a quarterback named Paul D. Hubbard invented a way to communicate privately with his teammates at Gallaudet University, a school for deaf and hard of hearing students. Worried that opposing...
View ArticleHow Disney’s Goosebumps Campaign Took Over Spooky Season
If New York, Seattle, Los Angeles, Chicago and Atlanta seem spookier than normal this October, you have Disney to thank. The company's new series Goosebumps premiered on Friday, Oct. 13, alongside a...
View ArticleVerified Accounts on X Spread 74% of Wartime Misinformation
As the latest Israel and Hamas war reaches its two-week mark, an overwhelming surge of videos and photos claiming to portray the ongoing turmoil has inundated social media platforms. So far, Elon...
View ArticleIt’s Not Easy Being Green: Preparing for the FTC’s Updated Green Guides
Over the past five years, products making environmental, social and governance (ESG) claims have outpaced those that do not, according to a joint McKinsey and NielsenIQ study. ESG products now account...
View ArticleSnap and the Louvre Restore Egyptian Antiquities in AR
Visitors to the Mus?e du Louvre in Paris can view a selection of Egyptian artifacts in new ways thanks to Egypt Augmented, a series of augmented reality experiences created by Snap's AR Studio....
View ArticleTikTok Celebrates Halloween With Spooky Augmented Reality Effects
TikTok is allowing people to celebrate the Halloween season by adding a variety of themed AR effects to their videos on the social networking platform. TikTok users can change their appearance with AR...
View ArticleAdweek Podcast: Real LGBTQ+ Allyship From Brands Matters Now, More than Ever
In October, Dylan Mulvaney issued a message to advertisers after former brand partner Bud Light failed to support her through transphobic hate and dented its own sales in the process. "If you're going...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Inc. Quietly Shutters Catalyst, Complex Media’s Audience Network
Entertainment publisher BuzzFeed Inc. quietly shuttered Catalyst, the audience network originally launched by Complex Media in March 2020, over the summer, according to three people familiar with the...
View ArticleAgencies and Activists Demand B Lab Strip Havas of Its Certification, Update...
Activist group Clean Creatives and 26 B Corp-certified agencies submitted an official complaint to B Lab this week in a move that formalizes a growing critique of the global nonprofit within the...
View ArticleBooking.com Is Striking a New Balance Between Brand and Performance
In 2022, Booking.com showed up at the Super Bowl for the first time with a spot starring Idris Elba. It booked a second ticket to the Big Game in 2023, making a comeback with actress and producer...
View ArticleQ&A: Dept’s First Global DEI Leader on the Need for Progress
The role of diversity and inclusion within creative agencies has been under scrutiny for years now, with many companies introducing executive positions to oversee a maturing workplace culture....
View ArticleWhat to Consider About Speaking Out on Israel-Hamas War
The old saying "think before you speak" is probably best applied to anyone in a leadership position during circumstances of great magnitude. With the latest war in the Middle East and the unimaginable...
View ArticleCrosby Studios, Fusalp Let Customers Try on Clothing With Zero10’s AR Tech
Interior design firm Crosby Studios partnered with fashion AR try-on company Zero10 to add augmented reality features to the Crosby Studios x Fusalp collaboration inside Fusalp's Paris flagship store....
View ArticleSnap Brings AR Tech to Classrooms to Help Students Learn STEM Concepts
Snap partnered with ed-tech company Inspirit to bring augmented reality technology to classrooms across the U.S. with the goal of helping students better understand STEM concepts. Inspirit's platform...
View ArticleAutodesk and Maximum Effort Buy Into More Human B2B Marketing
A company doesn't have to tell a buyer every detail and benefit of its product to prove its value. It just needs to show it in action. B2B marketers, with the help of their creative partners,...
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