Month: July 2020

Havas Media and GroupM each launched curated media marketplaces representing black, Hispanic, LGBTQ+ and other minority-owned publishers, as well as publishers that create content specifically for underrepresented communities. Havas Media’s social equity private marketplace, which went live last Friday, represents roughly 250 publishers with minority and LGBTQ+ owners, including Blavity, MadameNoire and Black Enterprise. Moen… Continue reading »

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Facebook last week detailed a host of updates to its business terms, all of which go into effect Aug. 31. The social network is rolling out new global data processing terms that apply to all advertisers worldwide, not just those subject to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation. Facebook said in a blog post…

Hollywood A-list directors are no strangers to advertising, but they tend to surface only for big-budget, long-form cinematic spots. So it was a nice surprise to see that the newest ad for mobile game Pok?mon Go was, despite being relatively modest in its ambitions, helmed remotely by star director Rian Johnson, who’s apparently a fan…

Despite competing for cruisers out at sea, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line are teaming up to help throw their industry a life preserver during the Covid-19 pandemic. Announced this morning, and first reported by The Washington Post, the cruise lines are leading the creation of a health and safety panel aimed at helping the…

Pinterest began taking steps last week to review and repair a corporate culture that has come under fire in recent weeks. The company’s board of directors created a special committee of independent directors to conduct a review of its workplace culture. The board retained Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr to handle the review, and…

Facebook last week detailed a since-corrected issue that may have given developers access to user data beyond a previously established 90-day limit, and the social network released updates to its platform terms and developer policies. Vice president of platform partnerships Konstantinos Papamiltiadis detailed the issue in a blog post last week, reiterating the social network’s…

Civil rights activist and former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has teamed up with the Walt Disney Company. Kaepernick’s production company Ra Vision Media and Walt Disney have struck a first-look deal to develop programming centered on race, social injustice and stories centered on the quest for equity, the companies announced today. The first-look…

“I ordered online,” said one claimant. “Never got the order. No longer an address or phone number to contact anyone.” “Ordered a pillow,” posted another. “After two weeks, checked order and the website is no longer available.” “I was served an Instagram ad for a clothing company,” relayed yet another. “There are no updates to…

LONDON–It’s a clich? to say it, but just as with tea, pubs really are central to British culture, and many Brits have been dreaming of a proper, pub-poured pint since they closed in England on March 20 as the country went into lockdown. On Saturday-dubbed by many as “Super Saturday”-the government allowed pubs and bars…