In this episode of The Speed of Culture podcast, Suzy founder and host Matt Britton speaks with Chris Marino, head of agency at Google Customer Solutions. Marino shares his journey from American Express to Google, diving into the power of mentorship, the impact of AI on marketing, and the importance of personalized consumer engagement. Marino…Read More
Google issued a critical update to its Site Reputation Abuse policy on Tuesday, the culmination of a monthslong effort from the search platform to close a loophole that publishers had been using for years to generate passive affiliate revenue. In the controversial SEO practice that Google is looking to end, publishers would allow third-party vendors…Read More
Shamrock Capital has invested in global experiential consultancy DE-YAN. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Los Angeles-based private equity firm Shamrock, which also owns ADWEEK, focuses on investments in communication, content, education, entertainment, marketing, media, and sports. Dejan Jovanovic founded DE-YAN in 2014, and it has since evolved from a niche boutique studio to…Read More
The Morning Joe team kick-started their own news cycle on Monday when co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski revealed that they’d booked a private sit-down interview with Donald Trump over the weekend. It was the duo’s first in-person meeting with the president-elect in seven years and the first contact they’d had since Scarborough called Trump…Read More
Gray Media, which has recently laid off staff and started consolidating local stations, has announced the retirements of three station general managers. In Presque Isle, Maine, Kelly Landeen is retiring as the general manager and director of sales of WAGM. In Hazard, Kentucky, Neil Middleton is retiring as the general manager of WYMT. In Topeka,…Read More
Lance Allan will join Milwaukee, Wisconsin CBS affiliate WDJT as sports director. Allan worked at WTMJ in Milwaukee until August. “I am excited to join CBS 58 and continue to share my passion for Wisconsin sports with our community, since this is home, where the community is engrained into my soul and means so much…Read More
Fazer, a brand strategy firm, has appointed strategy veteran Craig Bagno as head of strategic integration, a newly created role at the agency. Bagno will lead Fazer’s strategic development and integration capabilities and report to Fazer founder and CEO, Todd Irwin. Bagno will work to expand the firm’s service offerings, centered around a methodology of…Read More
Fostering a child is never easy, especially through the teenage years, but a new series of public service announcements from The Ad Council highlight the rewards of caring and love as foster parents. The Ad Council, with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), and AdoptUSKids, have…Read More
Criteo wants to make it clear that it’s a big player in retail media. During an investor event on Nov. 18, the adtech firm’s leadership presented new data and laid out its strategy for winning retailers’ ad businesses and advertisers’ budgets. Over the past few years, Criteo has increasingly pivoted its business away from retargeting…Read More
Independent media agency Wpromote has hired Andrea Bendzick as CEO, the agency shared exclusively with ADWEEK. She succeeds Wpromote founder Mike Mothner, who will remain on the agency’s board of directors. The choice continues the performance agency’s strategy of leaning on Silicon Valley for new hires. Bendzick had most recently been CEO at Astreya Partners,…Read More
