Month: April 2020

Shot extensively using FaceTime, WebE, Zoom and other social media platforms, the first scripted coronavirus-themed episode of television will be a one-hour sign of the times devoted to the pandemic’s real-life impact on the criminal justice system. CBS’ freshman courthouse drama series All Rise, which began airing last fall, will return to virtually produce the…

The prime internet real estate known as the Google Doodle will be devoted to people on the front lines of the response to the coronavirus pandemic over the next two weeks. Google Health chief health officer Karen DeSalvo wrote in a blog post, “This week, we’re beginning a series of Doodles to recognize the many…

As the TV industry continues to grapple with the impact of COVID-19, NBCUniversal is taking new steps to assist its marketing partners during the pandemic. The company is reducing the number of ads across several categories in its portfolio–including news and late-night–in what ad sales chief Linda Yaccarino says is a permanent effort to move…

While today’s news of Wendy Clark exiting agency network DDB Worldwide in favor of Dentsu Aegis Network may have seemed sudden, it was the result of a months-long courting process that began–as courtship often does–with an unrequited note. “I’ll be really honest,” Clark told Adweek today. “This conversation started mid-last year with me not returning…

Google is temporarily reversing its plan to stop supporting cross-site third-party cookie sharing by default, citing the “extraordinary global circumstances due to COVID-19.” This decision means the SameSite changes Chrome started enforcing when it released Chrome 80 in February are on hold. It plans to restart the process at some point over the summer. In… Continue reading »

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As fallout from the pandemic lockdown dims job prospects for budding advertising students, The One Club for Creativity is aiming to connect the next generation of creatives with top industry execs for feedback on their work. The nonprofit, which organizes The One Show and ADC awards, will debut a virtual platform on Wednesday where students…

Devoted fans of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s riotous tragicomedy Fleabag who devoured the two-season Emmy-winning Amazon Prime series much too quickly now have another piece of Fleabag content to binge–and it’s for a good cause. Waller-Bridge’s one-woman Fleabag play, on which the show is based, will be available to stream on Amazon Prime for two weeks beginning…

After last month’s decision to postpone the 19th annual Tribeca Film Festival, originally scheduled for April 15-26, organizers announced that select programming from the event will be available online. The virtual festival will include the brand storytelling Tribeca X Awards, which launched Friday, as well as the Industry Extranet Resource Hub, Jury and Art Awards…