How Ring Is Turning Law Enforcement into a ‘Publicly Financed Sales Arm’
Amazon's video doorbell Ring has quietly partnered with more than 400 U.S. police forces, according to a new report from the Washington Post. Police and sheriffs' departments in cities like Chicago,...
View ArticleDentsu’s iProspect Acquires DTC Marketing Agency MuteSix
MuteSix, a Los Angeles agency that specializes in direct-to-consumer marketing, is joining Dentsu Aegis Network's iProspect. The 4-year-old shop brings expertise in social media and performance...
View ArticleTarget’s Tariff Strategy Might Haunt the Retailer
Target told its suppliers they'll have to foot the bill for any additional costs related to tariffs on goods from China, because it has no intent to raise the prices it charges customers. A Target...
View ArticleChobani Promotes CMO to President, the Latest Boost for Top Marketers
Top-level marketers are seeing promotions to the highest offices in the C-suite, and Chobani is the latest brand to make such a move. Chobani announced today that after six years as CMO, Peter...
View ArticleGeneral Mills’ Creative Lead Is Out Amid Contentious Review
General Mills' creative lead has left the company while it is in the middle of a creative review. Bill Roden, director of creative and marketing services, has left General Mills and is pursuing an...
View ArticleTillamook’s Ads Slammed ‘Big Food.’ Now a Lawsuit Says It Uses Industrial...
The Animal Legal Defense Fund has brought a class-action lawsuit against Oregon dairy company Tillamook, alleging that the company engaged in deceptive marketing practices by conveying its products as...
View ArticleThe 3 Pillars of Successful Digital Transformation Focus on Strategy and Data...
Massive digital disruption over the last decade has caused many brands to seek a digital transformation strategy, even though management teams struggle to define the term. As co-leaders of a digital...
View ArticleAs Deepfakes Get Faker, What Does This Mean for Our Future?
Editor's note: Industry consultant Shelly Palmer is taking his popular newsletter and turning it into an Adweek article once per week in an ongoing column titled "Think About This." Late last year, I...
View ArticleDiscord: How to Remove a Friend on Desktop
Discord allows users to add other users as friends. Users also have the option to remove users from their friends list if they no longer want to have those connections. Our guide will show you how to...
View ArticleInstagram Rolls Out Quiet Mode
Instagram is reminding its users, particularly teens, that it's OK to unplug sometimes. The platform rolled out a Quiet Mode feature, and it will proactively prompt teens to use it when they spend a...
View ArticleLet’s Talk About Brand Podcast: Creating a Brand Story With Park Howell
We all think we know what a "story" is--but what is a brand story? What elements need to go into it, and what can it do for us? Let's Talk About Brand Podcast: Brand Positioning With Todd Irwin In this...
View ArticlePinterest Combines Communications, Marketing Teams, Promotes Andréa Mallard
Pinterest chief marketing officer Andr?a Mallard is adding external communications to her plate, taking on the new role of chief marketing and communications officer. The company's communications and...
View ArticleCanal+ Captures That Feeling When a TV Finale Is a Dud in Hilariously...
Anyone who's become immersed in a TV series will know the bitter taste of a lackluster ending. After so much time binging episodes and getting to know the characters, the choice of a distant showrunner...
View ArticleTumblr Begins Rolling Out Polls
Tumblr began rolling out polls across Android, iOS and the web Thursday. The platform said in a blog post that users with access to the feature can click the orange poll icon (in the toolbar on mobile...
View ArticleMeta Centralizes Certain Settings From Facebook, Instagram, Messenger in...
Meta is moving certain settings across its family of applications into its Accounts Center to ease the process of managing settings for people who use multiple apps. Accounts Center is available via...
View ArticleOpen Wide: Mountain Dew Made a Baja Blast Hot Sauce
It's National Hot Sauce Day, and while spice enthusiasts might plan to indulge in favorites like Tapatio or Tabasco, perhaps they should leave room in their stomachs for an unexpected contender:...
View ArticleTwitter Extends Community Notes to Quote Tweets
Twitter extended its Community Notes crowdsourced fact-checking initiative to quote tweets. The company said in a tweet from its Community Notes account, "This change boosts the impact of contributors'...
View ArticleNetflix Founder Reed Hastings Gives Up His Role as Co-CEO
Reed Hastings, one of Netflix's founders, is giving up his co-CEO title and transitioning into the role of executive chairman. The company announced the news in a letter to shareholders along with its...
View ArticleKrispy Kreme UK CMO Emma Colquhoun on Brand Consistency and Plan to ‘Unbox Joy’
With its glazed doughnut options from the Fudge Brownie Bliss to the Choc Custard, international doughnut and coffee company Krispy Kreme has built its reputation around putting a smile on customers'...
View ArticleIn an Age of Mass TV Cancellations, Some Product Placements Are Left in Limbo
Whether it's wayward Junior Mints in an operating room in Seinfeld or Dominic Toretto throwing back Coronas with his Fast and Furious family, product placement has long been a staple of shows and...
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