Google’s upcoming adtech antitrust trial is slated for Sept. 9, and if the last few months are anything to go by, there will be fireworks. Earlier this month, Google lost an antitrust lawsuit over its search business. Ahead of its next trial, Google claimed the witness list of adtech vets lack “personal knowledge,” and in…Read More
Tamsen Fadal remembers the exact moment she realized it was time to leave her longtime home at New York’s WPIX. While seated in the anchor’s chair one Friday night in 2019, the Emmy-winning face of the PIX11 Evening News suddenly felt her body temperature rise to inferno levels as her heartbeat quickened with increasing intensity….Read More
In this episode of The Speed of Culture podcast, Suzy founder and host Matt Britton interviews Gerry Chesser, CEO of men’s personal care brand Every Man Jack. Chesser shares insights from his extensive career in CPG, focusing on the evolution of men’s personal care and how Every Man Jack stays ahead in a competitive market….Read More
Any startup is looking to solve a problem. Sometimes, it is not the one you first envisioned when you set up the company, as Mari-Ann Meigo Fonseca, co-founder of Tallin-based Gelatex can attest. Gelatex manufactures 3D nanofibrous scaffolds for various applications, ranging from cell culture to tissue engineering. “But we started the company with a completely different business idea in mind,” Meigo Fonseca tells TNW. Initial target: the textile industry Building a company is often less about sticking to an initial, rigid plan and more about embracing and adapting to changes along the way. With a background in the textile…
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The outdoor media company Outside Interactive Inc. acquired the fitness tracking app MapMyFitness from Under Armour on Friday, Outside Interactive chief executive Robin Thurston told ADWEEK. Financial details were not disclosed. The tie-up is a homecoming for MapMyFitness, which also includes the apps MapMyRide, MapMyRun, and MapMyWalk. Thurston, alongside co-founder Kevin Callahan, created MapMyFitness in…Read More
Iceland has a proud tradition in acoustics. The island has given birth to some of the most mesmerising soundscapes from artists over the past decades. Björk, Sigur Ròs, Ólafur Arnalds — all have been inspired by the otherworldly settings of their home country’s ambience to create their own sublime sonic landscapes. Keeping up the acoustic adventures where the Atlantic and Arctic oceans meet is Treble Technologies. The Reykjavik-based sound simulation and synthetic audio data generation startup has just raised €11mn in Series A to improve our audio experiences of the built environment, something increasingly proven to affect our overall wellbeing…
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The political advertising machine behind the Democratic Party faced an unprecedented time crunch after President Joe Biden ended his 2024 presidential campaign and set the stage for Vice President Kamala Harris’ bid for the White House. Harris announced her presidential run on July 21, 2024, just over four weeks before the Democratic National Convention began…Read More
Hot on the heels of its biggest global campaign launch, Puma has hired Tara McRae as its senior vp of marketing and brand strategy for North America to drive the “next chapter of growth for the region.” Arriving from Clarks where she served as the global chief marketing and digital officer for four years, McRae…Read More
If you found this page, you’ll notice that there’s a different look to AgencySpy. It’s no longer a separate site, having been merged into the main ADWEEK site. The new look may come with a few content changes down the road, but we’re keeping our favorite features, including Tools of the Trade and Revolving Door…Read More
GDPR fines keep amassing for Clearview AI — a US-based startup known for its thorough (and potentially perilous) facial recognition services. Following similar measures by data protection authorities in France, Italy, and Greece, the Netherlands’ DPA today hit Clearview with a €30.5mn fine for its “illegal” database of photos. This brings the company’s total fines in the EU to €90.5mn. Clearview offers its facial recognition solutions to intelligence and investigative services, which can benefit from a database of over 50 billion facial images. For this database, the startup is collecting photos from public web sources. This includes social media profiles…
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