After the overturn of Roe v. Wade in June, women’s rights have been at the forefront of many conversations, especially going into this year’s midterm elections. Taking a stand and a bold new approach in the fight for gender equality, the ERA Coalition aims to ensure that at least one woman will have constitutional rights…Read More
This week’s edition of Marketing Morsels is stuffed with samplings from Capital One, Goldfish, Pillsbury, Jimmy Dean and many more. Enjoy the assortment! Morsel #1: Taylor Swift is multiplied for Capital One Capital One The queen of Midnights, Taylor Swift herself, appears in a newly dropped ad for Capital One’s Venture X Card that is…Read More
LinkedIn emerged victorious in a nearly six-year-old lawsuit against hiQ Labs for data scraping. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled in favor of the professional network, with Judge Edward Chen writing, “hiQ relied on LinkedIn for its data primarily by scraping wholly public LinkedIn profiles using automated software. hiQ had…Read More
When 22-year-old Gabrielle Petito went missing in Florida last year, media critics noted the discrepancy in the coverage her case received compared to missing people of color. That instance of “missing white woman syndrome,” a phrase coined by PBS anchor Gwen Ifill in 2004, serves as the center for the “#EveryoneIsPressworthy” campaign launched by TBWAChiatDay…Read More
In meetings with agency and brand leadership this week, Elon Musk, Twitter’s new owner, has been receptive to concerns about hate speech on the platform while also generally eluding pressing questions about the platform’s future, sources told Adweek. “Honestly, he seemed a bit all over the place,” said a media buying executive at a large…Read More
Sean “Diddy” Combs, adding a new pillar to his music, fashion, media and booze empire, becomes the latest celebrity to wade into the $27 billion American cannabis industry, but with a plan far more comprehensive than dropping a branded flower strain. Combs will acquire retail, growing and manufacturing facilities in Illinois, New York and Massachusetts…Read More
LISBON–Code and Theory founder Dan Gardner and Social Media Week founder and chair Toby Daniels, a former Adweek employee, are launching a media company with 28 other founders next year called ON_Discourse. Together, the founders make up a decentralized autonomous organization, called a DAO. DAOs have no central authority and, as a result, ON_Discourse members…Read More
Netflix’s ad tier is here. And we have no bad words. Literally … because Bad Words is one of the unavailable titles. If you’ve been living under a rock–specifically a rock that doesn’t get Wifi–Netflix rolled out its lower-priced ad tier, Basic with Ads, on Thursday, adorning the top of its sign-up page with a…Read More
This year’s World Cup in Qatar doesn’t start until Nov. 20, but Coca-Cola is already trotting the World Cup trophy around North America like it’s 2026. For a major event sponsor like Coca-Cola, it pays to plan nearly a half decade in advance. After all, the soft drink giant contributes part of the $1.35 billion…Read More
The lifestyle and culture publisher Bustle Digital Group, which houses titles including Bustle, Gawker and Nylon, told employees Friday morning that it plans to transition from its current part-time staffing model into a full-time staffing model, according to a document obtained by Adweek. The shift will affect brands within its Lifestyle portfolio, including Bustle, Nylon,…Read More
