Month: June 2018

Restrictions on religion increased in 2016 for the second straight year. Nationalist parties and organizations played an increasing role in harassment of religious minorities, especially in Europe.

Apple continues to beef up its streaming video content development slate. The latest addition? A multi-series deal with Sesame Workshop, the New York-based non-profit production house that produces
“Sesame Street” for HBO and PBS.

Sorrell didn’t hold back on the leaks surrounding his departure, denying the salacious gossip — including the latest that he is the whistleblower for the FBI’s recent investigation into media-buying
practices. During a Thursday Q&A at Cannes, Sorrell dismissed rumors that WPP wasn’t properly prepared for his departure. WPP has had a succession plan in place for “8 to 10 years,” he said.

Amazon is known for a lot of things–Prime, two-day shipping, Alexa and Amazon Go, to name a few–but it is not necessarily known as a go-to site for the latest styles. In fact, in an interview with Adweek earlier this year, Larry Pluimer, chief executive of Amazon-focused agency Indigitous, explained Amazon has struggled historically in…

The Cannes Lions festival is designed as a celebration of agencies and their work. But increasingly it’s serving as a stark reminder of their mounting challenges.

Much of the chatter this week around the festival’s bars, restaurants, yachts and event spaces revolved around a common theme: If and how agencies are going to stay in business.

The post The Rundown: Cannes highlights agency woes appeared first on Digiday.

The campaign revolves around the theme “Together Unstoppable.” Andres Cantor, the Argentine sportscaster known for his iconic “goal!” yell, makes an appearance in the 60-second promo, kicking a soccer
ball.

Company CEO Yannick Bollore unveiled the new strategy at the Havas Cafe in Cannes Thursday morning, saying, “It’s important to think about advertising differently.”

NPR.org banners perform 400% above industry benchmarks for CTR and have a 92% viewability rate. The display units also show a 9.1% interaction rate.