Month: February 2019

The share of Latinos who say there are too many immigrants living in the United States has declined sharply since 2002.

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Three strikes still mean that you’re out, but YouTube is trying to simplify its policies for each strike that creators receive and ensure that its enforcement is consistent. The Google-owned video site said in a blog post that it wanted to eliminate inconsistencies in its enforcement policies, such as first strikes against videos resulting in…

Susi Park of Bleacher Report, Tony Manfred of Insider and Carly Carson of PMG are shortlisted in the first-ever Digiday Future Leader Awards.

This year’s addition to our roster of awards programs aims to recognize the next generation of leaders in media and marketing: those who may not be common names on industry speaking circuits, but are highly effective in their roles and companies during a turbulent time in the industry.

Over the last four weeks, a jury made up of executives from Mindshare, Ranker and ’47 pored over hundreds of submissions and scored each based on whether displays of leadership, forward-thinking and results-driven successes were present. See the list of finalists below. We’ll announce the winners March 5.

Publisher – Commercial

Susi Park, executive director, revenue strategy, Bleacher Report
Kate Ward, founding editor, editor-in-chief, Bustle Digital Group
Dylan Abruscato, director of partnerships, HQ Trivia
Virginia Stagni, business development manager & FT talent lead, Financial Times
Oliver Williams, head of product, commercial, News UK

Publisher – Editorial

Francesco Marconi, r&d chief, The Wall Street Journal
Barak Shragai, CEO, IMGN Media
Korri Kolesa, CRO, Stitcher
Tony Manfred, executive producer, Insider/Business Insider
Deepna Devkar, vp, data science, Dotdash

Agency – Commercial

Humphrey Ho, managing director, Hylink
Carly Carson, social media supervisor, PMG
Simon Joyce, global head of brand partnerships, COPA90
Samantha Levine Archer, senior director, agency product, Hearts & Science
Simone Chaffiotte, vp, director, audience strategy, Carat

Agency – Creative/Strategy

Roxana Zadeh, leader, strategy & service, January Digital
Alexis Lynn Ellis, copywriter, Digitas
Alicia Carroll, director of marketing science, Omnicom Media Group
Ben Johnson, vp, mobile strategy, Rightpoint
Andrew Ruegger, head of search marketing, GroupM

Brand – Commercial

Caroline Morgan, vp, digital media, theatrical marketing, Lionsgate
Dan Katz, head of business development, Thrive Global
Veronica Tijoe, senior manager, offline marketing, Babbel
Joseph Markowski, executive vp, North America, Dazn
Lauren Wetzel, chief of staff, Xandr

Brand – Product

Zak Normandin, co-founder, CEO, Iris Nova
Jamari Douglas, digital marketing manager, Bermuda Department of Tourism
Michael Gray, director of design, theSkimm
Maya Francis, editor, AARP
Kristina Wasserman, director, merchandising and product development, Food52

Technology/Provider – Commercial

Alex McGeeney, director, account management, StackCommerce
Cliff Carnes, director of agency & strategic partnerships, Factual
Marc Ohringer, vp, account services, Xaxis
Jennifer Van Hook, svp, west coast sales, GumGum
Sarah Henkel, head of field and corporate marketing, Contently

Technology/Provider – Product

Bill Magnuson, CEO & co-founder, Braze
Zack Dugow, CEO & founder, Insticator
Krushna Merchant, senior product manager, programmatic demand & user data, OpenX
Maria Mryasova, business architect, emerging technologies, IPONWEB
Jocelyn Gillespie, principal analyst, Index Exchange

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On this week’s episode of the Adweek podcast Yeah, That’s Probably an Ad, we discuss the legacy of creative icon Lee Clow. Special guest Nancy Reyes, president, TBWAChiatDay New York, joins editor at large Patrick Coffee and creative and innovation editor David Griner on the show to discuss Clow’s impact on the world of advertising….

Marketers’ search advertising spend rose 23% compared with the prior year. Consumers’ spend through ecommerce channels rose only 5.3% for Valentine’s Day 2019 compared to last year.

Upon further review of internal Facebook emails, U.K. policymakers now believe they were blatantly deceived by the social giant. They are calling for a detailed investigation into Facebook’s business
practices.

Last March, HBO and Giant Spoon gave SXSW attendees a taste of what it’s like to attend Westworld. This year, HBO has teamed up with the shop again to give fans of Game of Thrones the chance to experience the fictional world of Westeros ahead of the show’s final season premiere on April 14. The…

Few things spark more well-deserved skepticism than the phrase “branded music video.” But Volkswagen and agency Nord DDB came up with one that steers clear of being cringeworthy and falling into the usual product-worship clich?s. “Electric” is a cover of Swedish artist Leila K’s 1995 track from the Eurodance era, this time covered by another…

Twitter is expanding the political campaigning policy and Ads Transparency Center it unveiled in the U.S. last August and last June, respectively, to European Union member states, India and Australia, mindful of key elections that are set for later this year. Fellow social network Facebook has taken similar steps, revealing last month that the political…