Advertising Executives Share Their Cannes Survival Tips
On top of the JW Marriott in Cannes, France, top marketing executives gathered to discuss the best practices of omnichannel marketing. But, since this was only the opening night of the Cannes Lions...
View ArticleOn the Adweek Podcast: What to Expect From the Cannes Lions
A large contingent of my colleagues are in Cannes this week, attending advertising's biggest festival and awards show, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Before a few of them left,...
View ArticleGoogle Invests $550M in JD.com to Modernize Retail
Interested in commerce? Hear from Zappos CMO Tyler Williams and other executives at Adweek Ignite: eCommerce July 10-12 in Seattle--apply here to attend. Google is investing $550 million in cash in...
View ArticleFacebook Tightened Its Policies on Advertising Accessories for Weapons
Starting Thursday (June 21), advertisers on Facebook can no longer promote weapon accessories and other related items to people under 18. The social network already had restrictions in place banning...
View ArticleThis 43-Minute Film Won a Grand Prix at Cannes for Shining a New Light on...
CANNES, France--Coraz?n, a 43-minute film, fully-financed by Montefiore Health System in New York and created by JohnXHannes, is one of the first winners at the Cannes Lions, taking Grand Prix honors...
View ArticleWhat We Learned at Adweek’s Cannes Kick-Off Party
CANNES, France--Before marketers, brands, agencies and platforms got down to business at Cannes, Adweek convened some of the best minds in the industry up on the rooftop of the JW Marriott for a...
View ArticleT-Mobile Partners With WPP’s Essence and Takes Some Media Planning and Buying...
T-Mobile said in an internal email acquired by Adweek today that it is taking "some key responsibilities" related to its media strategy, search and analytics in-house and has formed a new partnership...
View ArticleGoodbye, Tronc, We Hardly Knew You
The media rebrand that everyone loved to hate is reportedly going through another name change. Tronc, the parent company of the Chicago Tribune, New York Daily News, South Florida Sun Sentinel and...
View ArticleCannes’ Innovation Grand Prix Winner Brings Voice Search to Obsolete Phones...
CANNES, France--While some categories have been more liberal in their awarding of statues at this year's Cannes Lions, the Innovation category doled out a comparatively small number--six Lions culled...
View ArticleCannes Lions Names WPP’s MediaCom Media Network of the Year for 2018
CANNES, France--After falling to Omnicom for the past three years, WPP made a big comeback at this year's Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, with MediaCom scoring the highly coveted Media Network of...
View Article7 Reasons Why EMV Is Outdated for Influencer Marketing Measurement
Last month, social influence analytics service Klout shuttered its doors after 10 years. Klout would rank the influence of social media profiles on a scale of 1 to 100. Given the rise of influencer...
View ArticleThe Speech JFK Never Gave, Now Digitally Assembled, Wins Creative Data Grand...
CANNES, France--President John F. Kennedy never got a chance to deliver his 1963 speech at the Dallas Trade Mart, where he hoped to address America's role in the world and the principles that must...
View ArticleGiant Piles of Garbage Win Big at Cannes
CANNES, France--No one likes to see a bunch of trash win at the Cannes Lions, but in this case, it's worth an exception. "Trash Isles," a pollution awareness campaign from AMV BBDO London for The...
View ArticleTurns Out IHOP’s Burger Stunt Didn’t Do Much to Drive Foot Traffic
Remember IHOb? It feels like ages ago, but really the announcement only broke last week. While the news--that the International House of Pancakes was temporarily changing its name to IHOb, or the...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Rules States Can Ask Ecommerce Companies to Collect Sales Tax
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that states can require ecommerce companies to collect sales tax, upending an industry and possibly pushing the issue towards Congress to ultimately...
View ArticlePhilip Morris Wants to Say Goodbye to Smokeable Cigarettes for Good With the...
When you think of Philip Morris, you probably think of cigarettes. But the 171-year-old tobacco company is now looking to sever that association. Today at the Cannes Lions festival, the company called...
View ArticleHow Data Comes Into Play at the Intersection of Media and Marketing
CANNES, France--As Cannes Lions neared its close Thursday evening, Adweek, with sponsor partner The Boston Consulting Group, hosted its final discussion on how data is helping to transform marketing...
View ArticleABC Officially Picks Up The Conners, a Roseanne Barr-Free Spinoff of Roseanne
Three weeks after ABC abruptly canceled its top-rated series, Roseanne, the network has finally found a replacement show: a spinoff of the sitcom starring everyone but Roseanne Barr, whose racist tweet...
View ArticleP&G Dominates at Cannes Lions, Winning 2 Grand Prix in Film
CANNES, France--Procter & Gamble began the year by invading the Super Bowl with the inescapable "It's a Tide Ad" campaign, and now the CPG giant has successfully conquered the Cannes Lions. Two...
View ArticleMessenger Kids Gets a Pledge, Kindness Stickers and an Appreciation Mission
Facebook revealed several new features for its Messenger Kids application, as well as two more countries where it is available: Canada and Peru (both iOS and Android). The social network introduced...
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