Month: February 2018

It took longer than NBC Sports had hoped, but its ad sales team sold all its ad inventory for Sunday’s Big Game with just 48 hours to go. “Super Bowl LII is sold out,” said Dan Lovinger, evp of advertising sales, NBC Sports Group, in a statement on Friday night. “We booked record revenue, and…

Crispin Porter + Bogusky today fired Ralph Watson from his role as vp, chief creative officer. “I can confirm that Ralph Watson is no longer with CP+B,” a spokesperson confirmed. The representative declined to elaborate, saying, “We do not comment on the details of any individual personnel decisions at the agency.” Watson first joined the…

Dear chief marketing officers: If you haven’t received the news flash yet, one of your top three tasks to ensure your survival in 2018 and beyond is to develop an Amazon strategy. Let’s start with what we know: The digital duopoly of Google and Facebook, which according to WPP’s Group M ended the year 2017…

Airbnb Inc.’s finance chief, Laurence Tosi, left the home-sharing company after being passed over for a senior strategic role and disagreeing with chief executive Brian Chesky about timing of an IPO.

U.S. researchers spent nearly two decades to design and carry out a definitive study on the health effects of cellphone radiation. The final results, released Friday, are likely to fuel rather than dispel the long-running debate.

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Some Super Bowl predictions are easy: The big game will attract the largest US TV audience of the year and drive a single-day bonanza of food and beverage purchases. But for brands like Pepsi placing the biggest marketing bets of the year over Super Bowl weekend, establishing ROI is no sure thing. Brands investing in… Continue reading »

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The vast majority of Super Bowl campaigns, regardless of style or format, are ultimately about brands moving merchandise. The Big Game celebrates consumerism, be it embodied by beer, chips, cars or content management systems like Squarespace. One of this year’s ads, however, will be promoting something different: a new media brand. Hip-hop star Pras–who holds…

Don’t call it a comeback, but Wix is joining the Super Bowl as a last-minute addition. The company’s 30-second spot will feature two YouTube stars, Rhett and Link, to show off what you can do with Wix. The “Good Mythical Morning” hosting duo have more than 20 million subscribers across four channels. Airing during the…

All week long, NBC Sports rolled out five 60-second spots that it will air during Super Bowl Sunday as part of its “Best of U.S.” campaign for the Winter Olympics, which start just four days later. Now, NBC Sports has announced that the promo with gold medalist skier Lindsey Vonn will be featured in the…