On Wednesday President Donald Trump revoked protections for transgender students in public schools that gave them the ability to use the bathroom that corresponded with their gender identity. In a letter, the Trump administration explained that the protections, which were issued under the Obama administration, were "improperly and arbitrarily devised" and "without due regard for...
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Morning Digest
February 24, 2017
What marketers need to know today
Apple, Google, IBM and more are taking a stand
By Kristina Monllos
On Wednesday President Donald Trump revoked protections for transgender students in public schools that gave them the ability to use the bathroom that corresponded with their gender identity. In a letter, the Trump administration explained that the protections, which were issued under the Obama administration, were "improperly and arbitrarily devised" and "without due regard for...
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Just get in the photo
By Angela Natividad
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Shaving a few decades off an 18th-century tequila
By Robert Klara
Ad revenue has surged in the past year
By Jason Lynch
Brand strategist purportedly worked overtime with pneumonia
By Patrick Coffee
A young brand strategist with Ogilvy & Mather Philippines died last weekend after purportedly working overtime while suffering from pneumonia. Mark David Dehesa spent less than a year with the PR division of Ogilvy's Manila office. He'd previously worked in accounts with Publicis, JWT and BBDO. His death on Sunday has already stoked the debate...
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Paid social is key to reaching fragmented awards show audiences
By Montse Guasch
Leonardo DiCaprio nearly broke the internet when he finally won an Oscar in 2016: The announcement was the most-tweeted minute of an Oscars broadcast ever, with 440,000 tweets per minute. Whether someone in this year's telecast tops Leo's history-making moment remains to be seen, but social media is a brand's best bet to win big...
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Will focus on daily digital coverage, with special print editions
By Sami Main
Women's Wear Daily, the so-called "bible of fashion," will be altering its print schedule for the second time in two years and letting go of several staffers. WWD confirmed to Adweek that it will cease publishing regular, weekly print editions and instead print only special editions. "We will continue to produce print issues, more selectively--daily...
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Partners with A Million Ads to help marketers reach listeners
By Sami Main
Dynamic personalized ads and sequential messaging are coming soon to a Pandora station near you. In an exclusive partnership with A Million Ads, Pandora will be able to reach unique listeners in real time with customized ads. The new addition to Pandora's existing set of tools for marketers will enter a testing phase later this...
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Also testing in-stream spots for publisher websites
By Marty Swant
Publishers and creators might soon be able to make more money off their Facebook video content. Facebook is introducing or expanding three types of video ads for both the social network and publishers' websites: in-stream video ads for publisher websites, expanding ad breaks for Facebook Live videos within Facebook's own app and ad breaks for...
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Marketers, for your consideration: the Ballsy Awards
By Kipp Monroe
With the Academy Awards fast approaching, I'm again dumfounded by how enamored we Americans are with awards shows. Best album, best actor, best sporting dog--there's hardly any endeavor, human or otherwise, we don't celebrate with a chunk of Lucite and a chicken dinner. Advertising people are arguably the most vulnerable of all humans to the...
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