Advertising to new parents has come a long way from the days of babies swaddled in blankets and an overly precious version of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" as the background track. Plum Organics forgoes all the delicate language entirely in a plucky, cheeky spot that is all about sex. The ad, from agency Something Massive,...
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Morning Digest
February 08, 2017
What marketers need to know today
Brand launches 'Do Your Part(ner)' campaign
By Roo Ciambriello
Advertising to new parents has come a long way from the days of babies swaddled in blankets and an overly precious version of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" as the background track. Plum Organics forgoes all the delicate language entirely in a plucky, cheeky spot that is all about sex. The ad, from agency Something Massive,...
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Chance the Rapper models JoeFreshGoods' fashions
By Angela Natividad
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By Patrick Coffee
Latest fun and goofy evolution of 'Unskippable'
By Tim Nudd
Banned users won't be able to create new accounts
By Marty Swant
Twitter is rolling out a number of safety updates which the company says will help protect users from online trolls and abusive content. Today, the social platform announced it will take a three-pronged approach to combating abusive and sensitive content on the platform by introducing a safer search option, collapsing abusive and low-quality tweets and...
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IPG network promotes Amy Armstrong of BPN
By Patrick Coffee
Initiative, a communications agency within the IPG Mediabrands network, announced a newly reorganized U.S. executive management team for 2017. Leading that group will be Amy Armstrong, former president of IPG media network BPN. Armstrong's new role, effective immediately, makes her Initiative's first-ever U.S. CEO, reporting directly to global chief executive Mat Baxter. Armstrong will be...
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Plus, New York and The New York Times Magazine tie for most awards
By Emma Bazilian
Mother Jones took top honors at the 2017 National Magazine Awards--known in the industry as the Ellies--this afternoon in downtown Manhattan. The 41-year-old bimonthly, which also won in the Reporting category for its blockbuster expos? on private prisons, beat out fellow Magazine of the Year finalists The New Yorker, Cosmopolitan, The California Sunday Magazine and...
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Amy Avery is a data and analytics veteran
By Katie Richards
Droga5 has added a new role to its senior leadership team. Today the agency announced Amy Avery as its first chief intelligence officer, effective immediately. Avery brings with her years of experience in data and analytics. In her most recent role Avery headed up J. Walter Thompson's worldwide analytics practice, and before that she was...
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The firm will join Ascential's information services division
By Katie Richards
Today the parent company of the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, Ascential plc, announced plans to acquire 100 percent of U.S. advertising and marketing firm MediaLink in a deal valued up to $207 million. The deal is expected to go through by the end of the month. Once it has cleared, MediaLink will join Ascential's...
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'It's not just about companies anymore, it's about people'
By Sami Main
Entrepreneur Media has grown beyond its traditional coverage of business. "It's not just about companies anymore," said Bill Shaw, the CRO of Entrepreneur Media. "It's about the people." Last year, the company worked with YouTube to create a multichannel network, called Entrepreneur Network. This year, the team will be showing off a bit of what...
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