Tamarya Sims Is on a Quest for Land

Sims is in the vanguard of young land stewards who embrace farming not just as a means of production, but to cultivate sustainable relationships with the natural world.

What to Know About Google’s Grant of Greater Oversight of Privacy Sandbox by UK Watchdog

Google has agreed to deeper oversight of its clutch of cookie-replacement proposals, Privacy Sandbox, by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority. After a probe at the beginning of 2021, the tech giant has been addressing regulator concern that its suggestions for alternatives–once its popular browser Chrome withdrawals support of third-party cookies in 2023–will unduly benefit…

Finnish Clothing Company Shuns Black Friday Deals, ‘Sells Friends’ to Promote Loneliness Charity

Black Friday might be the biggest shopping day of the year for Europeans, but the event could also become one for consumer giving too–or at least that was the view of a Finnish clothing company that pulled a stunt to highlight the need to combat loneliness in the country. Instead of using the event to…

Amazon Data Mishandling Suggests Ad Industry Needs High-Security Clearance Certification Process

Amazon mishandled customer data for years, according to a recent report, putting into question whether the ad industry should create a high-security data protocol and certification clearance for
employees who work at companies handling mounds of consumer data.

Wavemaker Named Media Agency Of The Year For 2021

MediaPost has selected GroupM’s Wavemaker as its Media Agency of the Year for 2021. Other category winners for this year’s awards include: GroupM (holding company); USIM (independent), NP Digital
(search/performance), Apple (client), NewsGuard (supplier), Empower (creative), Havas Media Group’s Ben Downing (executive). Please join us Jan. 26, 2022 to celebrate the MediaPost’s “Agency of the
Year” award winners in the following categories:

Frances Haugen Still Thinks People Should Work at Meta

The face behind the Facebook papers tells how she became Mark Zuckerberg’s nightmare—and thinks people can still make a positive impact at the company.

Lego’s In-House Agency Names Former McCann Australia CEO as Its New Leader

Toy company The Lego Group has named former McCann Worldgroup Australia chief executive Nicole Taylor as its senior vice president and head of its in-house agency. Taylor, who starts in January next year, will join the leadership team run by Julia Goldin, chief product and marketing officer for Lego, and will be made responsible for…