Ted Danson For ‘Mayor’? It Is As Unbelievable As It Sounds

It is possible the writers of this show set out to position their fictional outlier turned-mayor character as a likable version of Donald Trump.

Facebook Reinstates Political Ads Pause In Georgia, As Critics Slam It For Allowing False Ads

Facebook allowed “hundreds” of false or misleading ads during the runup to the state Senate runoffs, according to research from left-leaning global human rights group Avaaz — one of the groups
pushing for mandatory oversight of political advertising on the platform.

NBCUniversal’s Linda Yaccarino Named Ad Council Board Chair

The Ad Council has a new board chair: Linda Yaccarino, NBCUniversal’s chairman of global advertising and partnerships, will head up the nonprofit’s board of directors. She takes over from David Fischer, Facebook’s chief revenue officer, who had been board chair since July 2019. The NBCU ad sales chief will serve in the role through June…

The US Needs More Foreign Artificial Intelligence Know-How

Jason Furman, a top economic adviser to President Obama, says good ideas come from everywhere—but Trump has dissuaded tech workers from coming to the US.

No Office, No Problem; The Golden Age of Cannabis Marketing: Wednesday’s First Things First

Welcome to First Things First, Adweek’s daily resource for marketers. We’ll be publishing the content to First Things First on Adweek.com each morning (like this post), but if you prefer that it come straight to your inbox, you can sign up for the email here. No Office? No Problem, Says Netflix As we forge ahead…

New York’s New Penn Station Is the Marketing Opportunity Amtrak Has Been Dreaming Of

In 1963, when the Pennsylvania Railroad took a wrecking ball to its opulent Manhattan train station–a Beaux-Arts colossus of pink granite modeled off the ancient Baths of Caracalla in Rome–Yale architecture professor Vincent Scully lamented the loss with words that have since become famous. “Through Pennsylvania Station one entered the city like a god,” Scully…

Real Or Relevant Time? Making The Best Choice For Customer Needs

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Craig Howard, VP, chief solution architect at Merkle. Marketers want to be able to do more in real-time, but can they truly understand and explain what that means and theContinue reading »

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