- Media Agency of the Year: Mindshare
Agency of the Year, Joe Mandese - Monday, January 4, 2021
Selecting our agency of the year is always a rigorous process. Selecting the same agency two years in a row -- especially when one of them is 2020 -- ...
- Google Suspends Donations To GOP Election Results Deniers
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, January 26, 2021
At least for this "cycle," GOP lawmakers who voted against certifying the election of Biden/Harris won't get Google PAC funds. It remains to be seen whether Alphabet sister platform YouTu ...
- Supreme Court Urged To Preserve Ruling Against Trump Over Twitter Blocks
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 22, 2021
The Supreme Court should leave in place a lower court's ruling that former President Trump violated the First Amendment by blocking critics on Twitter, a free speech advocacy group arg ...
- Budweiser Relocates Super Bowl LV Media Buy To Support COVID-19 Vaccine Awareness
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, January 25, 2021
For the first time in 37 years, Budweiser is forgoing its iconic in-game Super Bowl LV airtime on television. ...
- Campaign Addresses Climate Change Deniers
Out to Launch, Larissa Faw - Thursday, January 21, 2021
Science Moms is introducing itself as a new advocacy group of climate scientists and moms with an animated campaign. ...
- Amazon Doesn't Have To Host Parler, Judge Rules
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 21, 2021
Amazon isn't required to host "the kind of abusive, violent content at issue in this case, particularly in light of the recent riots at the U.S. Capitol," U.S. District Cou ...
- Battle Over Trump's Twitter Blocks Could Still Reach Supreme Court
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Donald Trump is no longer president, and can no longer tweet from his @realDonaldTrump account, but a legal battle over his use of Twitter could still reach the Supreme Co ...
- Saturday Morning Seeks To Expand Beyond Advertising
MAD, Larissa Faw - Wednesday, January 20, 2021
"We have ambitions to bring new ideas and solutions to impact culture, and having guidance from leaders that extend into other creative business sectors will help us put these ide ...
- Supreme Court Weighs Media Ownership Restrictions
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, January 19, 2021
"Amazon gets to own The Washington Post today," NAB attorney told the judges. "Nobody thinks that's the end of democracy. It's surely not the end of democracy if a loc ...
- Influencers Urge Appeals Court To Allow TikTok To Continue Operating
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 18, 2021
President Trump's planned TikTok ban would harm people who post content to the service for profit, three influencers tell appeals court. ...
- Free Speech Or Freedom Of Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Twitter
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, January 18, 2021
There has been legitimate concern about how much power to give big tech companies and what constitutes acceptable free speech. ...
- Sephora Tackles Racism In Retail
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Sarah Mahoney - Monday, January 18, 2021
Sephora's "Racial Bias in Retail Report" found that Black retail shoppers are 2.5 times more likely to be mistreated in stores. ...
- Mailchimp Blocks Pro-Gun Lobby Group's Email: Report
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, January 15, 2021
The Virginia Citizens Defense League chief claims the group had not violated Mailchimp's policy with emails. ...
- WWE Superstar Titus O'Neil Steps Up For SB-Targeted Human Trafficking Campaign
MAD, Larissa Faw - Thursday, January 14, 2021
The effort targets the Tampa Bay area host city to the upcoming Super Bowl which drives increased demand for commercial sex services and related activities such as sex trafficking. ...
- Platform Censorship: He Has Only Himself To Blame
MediaDailyNews, George Simpson - Thursday, January 14, 2021
Now everyone seems to agree that continuing to give Trump direct access to a massive audience is not in the interest of our country. ...
- Advertising Community: America Needs Our Help
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Uriah Av-Ron - Friday, January 15, 2021
Now is the time for Madison Avenue to communicate the fairness of the election and empower citizens to make America's democracy more participative. Search should play a critical role bo ...
- Parler Was Suspended Over Posts Inciting Violence, Amazon Tells Judge
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 13, 2021
"Parler was used to incite, organize, and coordinate the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol," Amazon writes. ...
- Snapchat Will Permanently Ban Trump As Of January 20
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, January 14, 2021
Snapchat, which cut the Trump account's visibility back in June because of its inflammatory content, said Trump had violated its user terms dozens of times. ...
- Creative All-Star: Lisa Sherman
MediaPost All Stars, Larissa Faw - Tuesday, January 5, 2021
When the Ad Council slated its calendar for 2020, the organization had expected a busy year. Among its many projects, the group was developing messaging around registering to vote ...
- Google To Pause Political Ads Through Inauguration Following YouTube's Ban On Trump
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Google will suspend political ads along with any reference to "impeachment, inauguration or protests at the U.S. Capitol" beginning Thursday. The ban will run through the day after President-elect J ...
- GM Focuses On Safety With Periscope Brand
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Tuesday, January 12, 2021
The automaker created a 60-second video to explain the brand's purpose. It features the new GM logo and brand slogan. ...
- Social Platform GoPoolit Launches
Social Media Insider, Steve McClellan - Wednesday, January 13, 2021
The platform, billed as "social media for good," allows micro-donations to charities with every post. ...
- Media Cos. Stop Political Donations To Congressional Reps Who Voted Against Certification
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 12, 2021
The list of companies includes Comcast Corp., AT&T and Facebook. ...
- How Data Models May Have Helped Prevent Chaos At Capitol Building
Data & Programmatic Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, January 11, 2021
Advertisers use data models to determine the "perfect" message to target consumers with ads at specific moments. Why can't data models built on sentiment and interests predict violence? ...
- Facebook Locks Out Trump For Rest Of Presidency
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 7, 2021
"We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great," Mark Zuckerberg said. ...
- Alleged Pro-Trump Rioter Fired By Direct Marketing Company
Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, January 8, 2021
The unnamed employee, who was fired from Navistar Direct Marketing, was identified by his company badge in a picture distributed by Washington, DC police. ...
- Creative All-Star: Reonna Johnson
MediaPost All Stars, Larissa Faw - Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Despite the challenges of 2020, Reonna Johnson stands out as someone who has spent the past 12 months transforming the ad industry into becoming more culturally inclusive and diverse. Althou ...
- Twitter And Facebook Lock Trump Accounts After Mob Invades Capitol
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Twitter on Wednesday said it removed several tweets by President Trump and locked his account, hours after a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. Facebook also locked t ...
- Will Google Retaliate As Employees Unionize, Push For Workers' Rights?
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, January 4, 2021
Google engineer Auni Ahsan described how employees have been unionizing. Details around the news, announced Monday, reveal the disruption inside the Alphabet company. ...
- Brand Safety, Cyber Security Will Catch Ad Industry By Surprise In '21, TAG CEO Says
Data & Programmatic Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, January 4, 2021
Racial sensitivity and brand safety were the focus of major changes in the ad industry in 2020, which will manifest in the ways consumers bond with brands in 2021. ...
