When Christie’s Auction House made history with its first-ever sale of an AI-generated art piece for nearly half a million dollars two years ago, many technologists and code-savvy artists sat up and took notice. Among them were Ben Kovalis and Eyal Fisher, co-founders of a new startup called Art AI, which sells unique prints of…
Most of NBC’s Scripted Dramas Plan a November Return
NBC has set the first week of November as its premiere week for a number of its acclaimed dramas, including a two-hour premiere for This is Us and all three of its Chicago crime series. The award-winning This Is Us will premiere on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 9 p.m. ET, the network announced today, with…
Are You a ‘Soon-to-Be Ex-President’? Call The Daily Show’s Legal Hotline
If the country’s incumbent president happens to read The New York Times, The Washington Post or The Los Angeles Times today, he may come face to face with a personalized ad. Comedy Central’s The Daily Show With Trevor Noah bought a full-page print ad in each of the three papers offering legal services directed at…
GroupM Underperforms At WPP As Clients Cut Media Spend
COVID-19 has had an outsize negative effect on GroupM than on the rest of parent company WPP’s business as clients paused and cut back on media spend during the crisis. The holding company did not break out GroupM’s Q2 or H1 revenues, but WPP CEO Mark Read told investors on Thursday that the media buying… Continue reading »
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4A’s Adds 5 Members to Its Board of Directors
Industry organization the 4A’s took a step toward more diverse leadership today with the addition of five new board members as the 4A’s seeks to address the challenges of helping to create more diversity, equity and inclusion in the industry. Back in June, the 4A’s entered into a partnership with 600 & Rising, a nonprofit…
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Mars Wrigley Is Already Signed on for Super Bowl 2021, Despite Uncertainty
Despite the uncertainty surrounding sports of any kind, Mars Wrigley confirmed to Adweek today that it’s buying an ad slot during Super Bowl LV. Between cancellations due to the Covid-19 pandemic and strikes across the WNBA, NBA, NFL, MLS and MLB following the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin on Sunday, it’s hard–in this…
Facebook Audience Network Felled by Apple’s iOS 14
Facebook revealed how Apple’s impending rollout of iOS 14 will impact its Audience Network business on Wednesday, a development that has upset media owners and measurement providers caught in the crossfire. The social network will stop collecting iPhone identifiers (IDFA) as part of a Facebook SDK overhaul next month as it prepares for the fall…
Walmart Teams Up With Microsoft on TikTok Bid
It’s been a busy day for popular social video app TikTok. Earlier today, TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigned after less than three months on the job. Now, with the clock ticking for parent company ByteDance to sell TikTok before an executive order essentially prevents them from doing business in the United States, Walmart has entered…
WPP CEO Mark Read Says Company’s 15% Organic Revenue Drop in Q2 ‘Better Than Expected’
WPP’s organic revenue fell 15% in the second quarter of this year in large part due to the economic impact of Covid-19, but CEO Mark Read said the holding company has fared better than he initially predicted when the pandemic first took hold. “Our second quarter was slightly better than we had expected, and significantly…