Month: June 2019

Shareholders proposed 14 resolutions, from Google’s conduct in China to conditions for Google workers. Cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin didn’t attend.

Officials in Europe and the US worry about user privacy and how Facebook will handle data stemming from its cryptocurrency.

Although Cannes Lions is billed as a “festival of creativity,” the tempting nature of a June week on the French Riviera and charging it to an expense account has somehow drawn other sectors of the industry to claim it as their own gathering. So with champagne, cocktails and ros? flowing, loose lips are likely to…

CANNES, France–The Cannes Lions showed their global bona fides in two specific categories. In Creative Strategy and Creative Data, the Grand Prix winners came from Sweden and Canada, while gold winners included work from Brazil, Spain and the U.K. Countries that aren’t often among the top prize-getters like Guatemala, Colombia and Malaysia also pleased the…

Two years ago, Uber filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against its agency partner Fetch, accusing it of running fraudulent ads. Now it looks as if the ride-hailing giant is taking the legal battle further down the supply chain. According to court documents unsealed this week, the recently IPO’d ride-booking company is suing five mobile ad-tech companies–along…

YouTube is reportedly considering making major changes to how it recommends and classifies children’s content on the platform amid a flurry of concerns about the platform’s safety, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The possible changes, according to the Journal, could include moving all of the children’s content on the platform to a separate standalone…

CANNES, France–For the second year in a row. Adweek is covering what has been a must-attend event for many of the 40,000 or so delegates whojoin in: the Captify Pool Party. It’s an afternoon barbecue and pool party at a villa in the hills above the French Riviera town. This time around, we caught up…

It’s fair to say that much of the recent focus on diversity and inclusion has largely focused on the former. While companies like Diageo and HP have over the past few years put pressure on their agency partners to become more diverse, not as much has been done to address inclusivity and what can be…

CANNES, France–If you want to rent a yacht for client meetings, branded events or just a good, old-fashioned party in Cannes, it’ll set you back about a quarter of a million dollars this week. As Adweek’s Ronan Shields reported that’s a relative bargain. Nielsen is back with its yacht this year, hosting three events including…

Cloaked in the guise of making the world a better place, the cryptocurrency project is really another attempt to go big or go home.