- Periscope Parent Apologizes For Actions On Black Lives Matter
MAD, Steve McClellan - Thursday, July 2, 2020
On Wednesday a handful of mostly Black staffers walked out in protest over parent company Quad's censorship of materials the agency was preparing related to its support of Black Lives ...
- Agencies Form Diversity Marketing Consortium
MAD, Larissa Faw - Wednesday, July 1, 2020
The consortium, in partnership with Harlem Capital, is an effort to help offset systemic inequality for women and minority-led startups. ...
- Publicis Groupe Releases U.S. Diversity Data, Outlines Plan For Improvement
MAD, Larissa Faw - Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Publicis Groupe has revealed that 5.4% of its U.S. workforce is Black with just 1.9% in senior leadership positions. The Groupe outlined a number of steps it is taking to ...
- 3Q Digital Founder David Rodnitzky Steps Aside, Appoints President Rob Murray To CEO
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Sam Huston, former chief strategy officer at iProspect, signs on with 3Q Digital to become chief strategy officer as the agency plans for global growth. ...
- Agencies, Brands Roll Out Pride Initiatives For LGBTQ+
MAD, Larissa Faw - Monday, June 29, 2020
COVID-19 has forced the cancellation of many larger Pride gatherings but agencies and brands are showing Pride support with various initiatives. ...
- How The Variable Agency Is Calling Out Racism
MAD, Larissa Faw - Friday, June 26, 2020
The agency has created a provocative way to call out racism through a line of merchandise that recognizes it in the different perceptions that often occur during the course of ...
- Roth On Adland D&I Efforts: 'We Suck Compared To The Rest Of The World'
MAD, Steve McClellan - Thursday, June 25, 2020
The Interpublic CEO made the comment during a MediaVillage webinar held on Thursday. ...
- IPG Mediabrands Tackles The Yin/Yang Of Safety/Responsibility
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Friday, June 26, 2020
In what may well be the first publicly stated principles by a major holding company's media services unit governing the tradeoff between brand safety and brand responsibility, IPG Mediabrands has ...
- Conde Nast Takes Needed Steps To Foster Diversity
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Thursday, June 25, 2020
A series called "Training My Double" for its GQ Sports channel on YouTube will be directed exclusively by Black filmmakers. ...
- 'Forbes' Taps Sade Muhammad For New Inclusion Role, Focuses On Brand Strategies That Push Diversity
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Tuesday, June 23, 2020
The representation and inclusion initiative focuses on three core components. One is customizing products and services to reflect an audience authentically. ...
- Representation Of BIPOC In Advertising -- Why It Matters
MediaDailyNews, Roger Ramirez - Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Advertising needs to help change stereotypes, not spread them, and help open up possibilities, not close doors. ...
- Richards Group Releases Black-Owned Eatery Locator Platform
MAD, Larissa Faw - Friday, June 19, 2020
The Justice Kitchen website connects people directly to black-owned restaurants in the Dallas metro region, home of the agency. ...
- Deutsch LA Fires CCO Brett Craig, Alleged Author Of Racist Emails
MAD, Larissa Faw - Friday, June 19, 2020
These emails discussed casting decisions in racist terms such as "I think were [sic] now BET channel." An agency spokesperson confirmed Craig was fired on Wednesday. ...
- Better Late Than Never: Deutsch LA Dumps CCO 5 Years After Writing Racist Memo
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Friday, June 19, 2020
In some ways, the incident serves as a textbook case of the kind of systemic racism that exists in the industry and groups like 600 & Rising and others are ...
- 600 & Rising's #CommitToChange Campaign
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Thursday, June 18, 2020
The campaign is designed to create a standard for collecting industry diversity data agency by agency and provide a platform for agencies to articulate a vision of a more diverse ...
- WPP Unveils Plan For Combating Racism, Advancing Careers Of Minorities
MAD, Steve McClellan - Wednesday, June 17, 2020
The commitments include taking "decisive action" on each of the 12 points in the "Call For Change" open letter to Adland issued by 600 black advertising professionals last week. It's ...
- Black Ad Coalition Three's A Crowd Demands Increase In Black Leaders
MAD, Larissa Faw - Wednesday, June 17, 2020
The Los Angeles-based organization has issued a call-to-action to the advertising industry to have its leadership ranks proportionately reflect the U.S. black population as a whole by 2023. ...
- Black Ad Professionals Form 600 & Rising, Partners With 4A's To Stamp Out Industry Racism
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Wednesday, June 17, 2020
The organizations are developing a 90-day timetable for enacting diversity and inclusion reforms across the industry. ...
- Following IPG's Lead Others Consider Releasing Workforce Racial Data
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Tuesday, June 16, 2020
In a first, Interpublic last week disclosed the racial makeup of its senior level and professional workforce. Now, other holding companies and agencies are preparing to make, or at least ...
- How Adland Is Commemorating Juneteenth
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Monday, June 15, 2020
A growing number of holding companies and agencies are commemorating the day with programs or time off. Most states recognize the day as an official holiday or special day of ...
- In A First, IPG Releases Data Detailing Racial Makeup Of Its U.S. Managers, Professionals
MAD, Steve McClellan - Friday, June 12, 2020
The data show that African Americans comprise 2.6% of IPG's senior and executive level managers. ...
- Saturday Morning Urges Ad Industry To Fight Racism With 'Bold Steps'
MAD, Larissa Faw - Friday, June 12, 2020
The message, written by co-founders Keith Cartwright, Geoff Edwards, Jayanta Jenkins and Kwame Taylor-Hayford, opens with "the highest level of optimism" in hoping there will finally be "real change in ...
- IPG Takes A Meaningful Step On The Transparency Front
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Sunday, June 14, 2020
IPG's unprecedented decision Friday to release certain EEOC data may not be a complete report card on efforts to diversify, but it does help measure progress or the lack of ...
- Bon Appetit's Apology Reaffirms Sins Of Racism
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Friday, June 12, 2020
The letter is a more comprehensive look at its entire organization, along with a pledge to show zero tolerance for racism, sexism, homophobia or workplace harassment. ...
- YouTube Pledges $100M Fund To Black Creators To Develop Content
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, June 11, 2020
YouTube will host a live-stream fundraising event, with donations benefiting the Equal Justice Initiative, and throughout June, YouTube's Spotlight channel will highlight racial justice issues, including the latest perspectives from ...
- Michael Seibel Added To Reddit's Board Of Directors
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Y Combinator partner Michael Seibel fills the seat of cofounder Alexis Ohanian, who resided to protest the company's failure to rein in racist remarks on the platform. ...
- Goodway Group's Canty: Diversity And Inclusion Cannot Be A Fad
MAD, Larissa Faw - Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Diversity is a long-term, evolving commitment, says Corean Canty, COO, Goodway Group. "Just because the headlines aren't covering inclusion and diversity anymore, doesn't mean the conversation is
over." ...
- ANA Acknowledges 'Systemic Bias' Throughout Industry, Pledges Change
MAD, Steve McClellan - Tuesday, June 9, 2020
A letter to the organization's full membership it promised "to do everything in our individual and collective power to end systemic racism and achieve equality and justice" in the marketing ...
- Black Advertising Community Issues Adland Call-To-Action
MAD, Larissa Faw - Wednesday, June 10, 2020
"After decades of well-intentioned diversity & inclusion efforts, we have seen little progress in making Black voices a more representative part of the creative process," their letter to the industry ...
- ANA, AIMM Call For 'Sweeping Changes' To Accelerate Ad Industry Diversity
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Acknowledging that its efforts have yielded only "limited progress," the Association of National Advertisers and its Alliance for Inclusive and Multicultural Marketing this morning sent a letter to their boards ...
