Politics
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Advertising in a crisis: Sprite, Ad Council and Budweiser
That America is undergoing a crisis is unarguable: call it an identity crisis (Black Lives Matter), a political crisis (Trump…
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Does mushrooming ad boycott signal the end for Facebook’s Zuckerberg?
First is was Facebook, now it’s Twitter and other social media for many big advertisers. The Facebook ad boycott is…
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Verizon ups stakes in Facebook ad boycott – where’s PR man Nick Clegg in all this?
Hitherto all-conquering Facebook (with advertisers and media agencies anyway) is now like a rabbit in the headlights as the Anti-Defamation…
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More fun for Burger King in France, no fun at all at Rosapark
Burger King is reopening in France so here’s Burger Klean, a spoof airline safety ad from the brilliant Buzzman. Burger…
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Casting is adland’s “dirty secret” says We Are Pi chief
Cannes Lions is doing its virtual bit and one of the topics – inevitably – is black representation in the…
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Is P&G reaching compassion fatigue with LGBT ‘Pause?’
P&G’s at it again, this time with ‘The Pause’ from Grey New York describing the three seconds or so that…
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Facebook ‘hate’ ad boycott gathers steam
The North Face has joined some smaller brands in boycotting Facebook and Facebook-owned Instagram in July as part of a…
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Black Lives Matter backlash leaves brands all over the place
Brands may be wishing they’d never discovered “purpose” – because purpose can come back and bite you. Facebook is currently…
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Dentsu’s DAN reveals ‘Black Lives Matter’ racial numbers
Dentsu Aegis Network has followed Interpublic by revealing (although it probably didn’t intend to do so publicly) its US racial…
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