It should come as a shock to no one that there is a serious lack of gender diversity in C-suites across the country. Currently, just over 4 percent of Fortune 500 companies are led by a female CEO, while only 19 percent of their senior management positions are held by women. In the advertising industry,...
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Morning Digest
June 05, 2017
What marketers need to know today
Celebrating top female leaders in media and marketing
By Adweek Staff
It should come as a shock to no one that there is a serious lack of gender diversity in C-suites across the country. Currently, just over 4 percent of Fortune 500 companies are led by a female CEO, while only 19 percent of their senior management positions are held by women. In the advertising industry,...
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Working with brands, agencies and data to analyze female roles in ads
By Kristina Monllos
Her startup, Thrive Global, is capturing the attention of powerful women
By T.L. Stanley
Fueled by ad tech, social media and omnichannel marketing
By Christopher Heine
Work is not always a negative, and life isn't always positive
By Kate Jeffers
The term "work/life balance" really pisses me off. It implies that work and life are opposing forces battling for dominance. That one is negative (work) and the other is positive (life). And that achieving an effective balance of the two is even possible. I just don't buy it. As a human. As a leader. As...
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A 30th birthday present for the Frakta
By Tim Nudd
Ikea's iconic blue 99-cent plastic Frakta bag has been in the news lately thanks to fashion house Balenciaga, which made a $2,145 leather version of it. But actually, Ikea was planning on tooting the Frakta's horn this year anyway--on the occasion of its 30th birthday. The Frakta can carry almost anything, including, from Ikea's point...
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Motel 6 tops the Radio Mercury Awards again
By Tim Nudd
Winners of the 2017 Radio Mercury Awards were announced Thursday night in New York, and Best of Show went to a familiar and celebrated long-running radio campaign--The Richards Group's work for Motel 6 featuring the musings of Tom Bodett. The Motel 6 campaign has been a fixture of the Radio Mercury Awards for decades, winning...
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'So, what happens to Earth now?'
By Sami Main
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Angela Solk and Craig Weingarten join the music platform
By Christopher Heine
Spotify announced two new executive roles today to cozy up to ad agencies and automotive brands. The digital music service has hired Angela Solk as its global head of agencies. Solk will be tasked with cultivating relationships with major holding companies, including WPP, Omnicom, Publicis, Dentsu Aegis and Interpublic. Solk (pictured below) brings more than...
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Frito-Lay chip brand seeking a refresh
By Patrick Coffee
Lay's, the chip brand owned by PepsiCo's Frito-Lay, has issued an RFP for its creative advertising business. Several of the industry's best-known agencies are currently involved in the pitch. They include BBDO, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, TBWA\Chiat\Day, R/GA and Deep Focus, which has worked on Lay's projects in the past. The company also purportedly reached...
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