4 Components of AI That Can Help Further Develop Creativity
Design outputs made by AI are real. Computational creative is here. Artificial intelligence is not a foreboding future, it is already the present, and resistance is embarrassing. Advertising is facing...
View ArticleCoverGirl Thanks the Many in New Ad That Celebrates Inclusive Foundation Line
For the longest time, multicultural women and their skin weren't necessarily catered to in the makeup world, especially as it related to foundation. So CoverGirl, in an ever-changing landscape of...
View ArticleWhatsApp Group Admins Can Now Designate Themselves as Exclusive Message Senders
WhatsApp announced a new setting for groups on its messaging platform enabling only administrators to send messages to groups. The new setting is rolling out globally to users with the latest versions...
View ArticleSecond Diet Madison Avenue Lawsuit Accuses CP+B, MDC Partners of Wrongful...
Ralph Watson, former CCO at Crispin Porter + Bogusky, has filed a second lawsuit that adds his former employer and its parent company to a legal pileup focused on the anonymous Diet Madison Avenue...
View ArticleHow to Use Tech to Foster Short-Term Loyalty With Target Audiences
All brands want to foster more loyal relationships with their consumers. But when it comes to investing in a loyalty program, many experience what can best be described as a fear of commitment. Their...
View ArticleNew Spot for Heathrow Captures the Bliss That Comes With Setting Up an...
Though people across the pond won't be celebrating the Fourth of July on Wednesday, Heathrow still understands the sentiment of a holiday week--as it proved in a new spot that's all about embracing...
View ArticleUnmetric: Mariners, Braves Surge Up MLB Standings, as Well as on Social Networks
Two Major League Baseball clubs that are exceeding preseason expectations are also making inroads on the social side, as social marketing firm Unmetric found that the Seattle Mariners posted the...
View ArticleAlibaba Says Its AI Copywriting Tool Passed the Turing Test
Alimama, the digital marketing arm of ecommerce platform Alibaba, has released an artificial-intelligence-enabled Chinese language copywriting tool that it says passed the Turing test and can produce...
View ArticleAward-Winning Creatives Explain What It Takes to Win a Cannes Lion
Emotion, impact, irreverence. Those three elements were key to some of the winningest campaigns at this year's Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. From a tourism campaign with a moving environmental...
View ArticleWPP and Martin Sorrell’s New Venture Reportedly Competing to Acquire...
Global production company MediaMonks is the first target in Martin Sorrell's attempts to re-enter the ad industry by way of mergers and acquisitions, according to multiple reports published over the...
View Article3 Ways AR Creates Customer Value That’s Practical, Yet Personal
Augmented reality is quickly becoming the darling of the media industry. Unlike the dash for virtual reality over the last five years, AR has crept up through popular games and social platforms to...
View ArticleHow Entertainment and Advertising Can Mutually Benefit One Another
I remember being taught that advertising exists at the junction of art and commerce. The combination of such instinctively opposite things; a huge breadth of different types of people ultimately trying...
View ArticleHow Toyota’s Investment in Music Festivals Continues to Pay Off
It's one thing to find your target audience at (what some might call) a niche event like a music festival that can draw attendance numbers of 50,000-plus for some of the more popular events (like Life...
View ArticleSamantha Bee’s Full Frontal Tells the US How to ‘Age Gracefully’ on Its Birthday
Full Frontal With Samantha Bee is on hiatus for a couple weeks and won't be airing a new episode on Wednesday because of the July 4 holiday, but the TBS show still found a way to weigh in on...
View ArticleThis Blue Apron Hookup With Bob’s Burgers Is Just Too Gouda
Blue Apron, the service best known for delivering ready to prepare meals, recently announced a partnership with 20th Century Fox property Bob's Burgers that is almost too gouda to believe. They will be...
View ArticleCould These Be the Themes That Emerge at Next Year’s Cannes Lions?
The themes that emerged from this year's Cannes Lions festival were wide-ranging. Publicis' (sort of) departure from the 2018 event made the rounds, in addition to Martin Sorrell's reemergence....
View ArticleFacebook Hires Team Behind AI Startup in Battle Against Fake News
Facebook is beefing up its artificial intelligence team as its war on fake news continues. The social network announced Tuesday that it's hiring the team behind UK startup Bloomsbury AI to improve its...
View ArticleIntel Will Fly a Fleet of Drones in California to Celebrate July 4th
Who needs fireworks when you have drones? To celebrate Independence Day--and show off its own technology in the process--Intel is planning a drone-powered light show tomorrow night in northern...
View ArticleWalmart Accidentally Goes Political With Its ‘Impeach 45’ Clothing Line
It's the subject of great debate: How involved should brands be in the political zeitgeist? Undoubtedly, overtly political moves tend to galvanize the masses and can hurt, or alternatively help, a...
View ArticleDailey Answers the Question, ‘What Have Minorities Done for America, Anyway?’
In response to a rise of xenophobia and anti-immigrant sentiment in the age of the Trump administration, Los Angeles agency Dailey decided to launch a campaign promoting diversity. At the 2016...
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