Month: November 2018

At least one of the more than 50 agencies owned by struggling network MDC Partners recently made an effort to buy itself back from the company only to be rejected by the board of directors, according to Adweek’s sources. On Wednesday night, MDC responded to a Nov. 19 SEC filing by hedge fund investor FrontFour…

Department store Bloomingdale’s has been a New York institution for 157 years (starting out with hoop skirts, which were all the rage in the 19th century) evolving into something of a cultural icon, favored by an elite clientele including First Ladies Jacqueline Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson and Betty Ford. It’s also the site where Jackie…

It’s been five years since the icons for Microsoft Office were last updated, and the Microsoft of then and the Microsoft of now are two very different companies. Since CEO Satya Nadella took over in February 2014, the company has evolved from a sleepy giant in Seattle to, this week, surpassing rival Apple as the…

Partisan loyalty and dislike of the opposing party and its candidates were major factors for voters’ choices in this month’s midterms.

The post In midterm voting decisions, policies took a back seat to partisanship appeared first on Pew Research Center.

Carat has hired Sean Healy, the global head of communications planning at Zenith, to fill in the role of chief strategy officer. Healy will take over the position on Dec. 3 from Sanjay Nazerali, who was promoted to global chief strategy and development officer of Dentsu x. His appointment marks the first global leadership hire…

Did you know that Twitter allows you to turn off read receipts so that users won’t know when you’ve seen their direct messages? Here’s how to turn off read receipts from within the Twitter mobile application. Note: These screenshots were captured in the Twitter app on iOS. Step 1: Tap your profile picture in the…

Jen doesn’t like to complain about her circumstances or ask for help, even with her mother. Instead, she wakes up before dawn and gets ready for work in her car, where she’s living. She’s one bad break–or some unpaid parking tickets–away from complete financial ruin. The 35-year-old nurse’s assistant and others like her are at…

Multigenerational caregivers in the U.S., who account for 12% of parents, provide more than two and a half hours of unpaid care a day.

The post More than one-in-ten U.S. parents are also caring for an adult appeared first on Pew Research Center.

Mass layoffs were announced to Mic staffers at an all-hands-on-deck meeting Thursday morning. Sources told Adweek on Wednesday that Mic was in talks to be sold and that the digital news organization might find new owners in Bustle Digital Group or its founder, Bryan Goldberg. Details of the hypothetical deal are not yet known, but…

Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever, will retire at the end of the year after over 10 years with the company. The brand’s current president of beauty and personal care, Alan Jope, will take over Polman’s position beginning Jan. 1, 2019. “It has been an honor to lead Unilever over the last 10 years,” Polman said…