Month: June 2023

The SEC alleges that the world’s largest crypto exchange and its founder, Changpeng Zhao, lied to regulators and put customers and investors at risk.

Funny how the ‘existential’ threats always justify the same solutions: more control and bureaucracy.

In this week’s episode of Yeah, That’s Probably an Ad, community editor Luz Corona and Europe brand editor Rebecca Stewart welcome a few Adweek friends to talk about the resurgence of reality television. Adweek Podcast Network senior producer Al Mannarino and deputy TV editor Bill Bradley share more on the history of writers strikes and…

We’ve hit a cultural milestone, and nobody seems to have clocked it: Colgate is airing a series of spots entirely in Spanglish. I could get into the advanced linguistics of it and tell you all about how the Royal Spanish Academy added the word to their dictionary over a decade ago now in acknowledgment of…

Adults across the U.K. can play a virtual slot machine in augmented reality through a new campaign from entertainment betting company William Hill. Created by media agency Wavemaker UK, Smart Media Technologies, and OOH advertising companies Kinetic and Ocean Outdoor, the campaign spans 23 digital and static billboards in 12 cities across the U.K. People…

The IPG network has a new octopus logo, but now the gloves are off and the creature is more abstract with the potential of morphing into thousands of versions thanks to generative AI.

The job cuts, which amount to around 2% of Spotify’s workforce, are a “necessary” step toward capitalizing on the company’s evolving podcast ecosystem, explained Spotify’s VP and head of podcasts
Sahar Elhabashi in a recent memo.

The U.K.’s National Lottery has been running for nearly 30 years, and its latest campaign covers its lifespan while also telling the love story of Edward and Isaac. Beginning on a quiet evening in 1994–also the day of the first lottery draw–the 90-second ad titled “Pockets” spans three decades, showing how the National Lottery and…

Publicis said the transaction would bolster Publicis Sapient’s existing expertise in commerce solutions and bring added resources to the operation’s capabilities in strategy, product, experience,
engineering, data and artificial intelligence.