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| | | School for Justice turns prostitutes into prosecutors By David Gianatasio In recent years, underage sex trafficking has run rampant in India, with as many as 1.2 million children--some as young as 7--forced to serve as prostitutes. Yet, only a handful of cases leading to convictions are ever brought to trial. (That number was 55 in 2015, the most recent year for which statistics are available.)... Read more » | | | Tips from Margaret Johnson, William Gelner, Tiffany Rolfe and more By Tim Nudd Earlier this week, in part one of a new video series, we asked top creative directors about the best advice they ever got in their careers. Today, we debut a companion series, also focused on career advice. This time, we ask top creatives to share the advice they give young people just starting out in... Read more » | | | Innocean's Eric Springer picks his 3 favorite ads By Tim Nudd In 1987, Nike and Wieden + Kennedy released "Revolution," a stunning ad set to John Lennon's famous 1968 Beatles anthem. It was an instant classic--due in no small part, of course, to the music. It was also controversial. Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, supported the idea of licensing the song--telling Time magazine it would make "John's... Read more » | | | Featured Jobs | | Adweek New York City, New York (US) | | Consumer Reports Yonkers, New York | | Haymarket Media Group Northbrook, Illinois (US) | | Haymarket Media Group New York City, New York (US) | | Adweek New York City, New York (US) | | |
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| | | Last seen in 1998's Mulan promotion By David Gianatasio "McNugga Lubba Dub Dub" might be the goofiest brand tweet of the year so far. That's how McDonald's replied to a Twitter request from the writers of Cartoon Network's Rick and Morty, after they urged the fast-food giant to bring back its McNuggets Szechuan dipping sauce, last savored in 1998 as part of a promotion... Read more » | | | Yes, it's selling a watch and not a car By T.L. Stanley When we last saw Patrick Dempsey in a commercial, he appeared alongside fellow TV doctors like Lisa Edelstein (House), Alan Alda (M*A*S*H), Noah Wyle (ER) and Donald Faison (Scrubs) for Cigna health care. The point of that campaign was to encourage people to see real physicians for annual exams. Dempsey's new ad, for luxury watch... Read more » | | | Plus, what's new at Barton F. Graf By Tim Nudd Whenever we sit down with top creative directors for a video shoot these days, we ask them--among many other things--to pick their favorite Super Bowl ad. More often than not, they choose Apple's "1984." But when they don't pick "1984," they're often inclined to go with another classic--E*Trade's "Monkey" ad from the 2000 Super Bowl,... Read more » | |
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