Dish Network Launches Creative Review

Dish Network has launched a creative review, a source with direct knowledge of the matter confirmed to Adweek. The source added that the review is being handled by New York search consultancy Avidan Strategies, is still in its early stages and includes “a long list” of unspecified agencies. It is unclear if incumbent Camp +…

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Avocado Selfie Emojis Are Almost a Thing, Thanks to Avocados From Mexico’s Super Bowl Digital Push

For the past three years, Avocados From Mexico has delighted Super Bowl viewers with wacky TV spots. The brand has also always given consideration to its digital Super Bowl-related presence, and this year will be no different. Avocados From Mexico has already announced it will return to the Big Game for a fourth consecutive appearance,…

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How Greenpeace Used Minecraft to Stop Illegal Logging in Europe’s Last Lowland Primeval Forest

There’s a kind of life within forests that you can feel only when you’ve stopped to pay attention. We’re not talking about animals; we mean the trees themselves, which are even able to communicate using a nifty network of fungus (sometimes adorably dubbed “the Wood Wide Web”). But most of us live far from nature,…

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Havas Veteran Returns as Chief Strategy Officer for North America

Today, Havas welcomed back Tim Maleeny as chief strategy officer for North America. Maleeny will work out of the agency’s New York office and will also serve as president of Havas New York and executive sponsor for the agency’s TD Ameritrade account. “As we continue to position Havas in the U.S. as the most meaningful…

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5 Lessons Algorithms Must Learn From Journalism

As Election Day 2016 approached in the United States, thousands of specifically targeted Americans began seeing racially, politically and religiously charged ads on Facebook with headlines like “Don’t Mess With Texas Border Patrol” and “Satan: If I Win, Clinton Wins!” The ads spanned the spectrum of divisive American issues. Some promoted far-right positions while others…

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Indie Film Studio Global Road Taps MullenLowe Mediahub as Agency of Record

Global Road Entertainment, the recently launched independent theatrical and TV studio (formed by Tang Media Partners), has chosen MullenLowe Mediahub as its media agency of record. The shop will handle media planning and buying for the studio’s feature film slate, which includes teen drama Midnight Sun (to be released March 23), CGI family comedy Show…

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Publicis Hires R/GA’s Nick Law as Its New Global Chief Creative Officer

Publicis Groupe has announced that Nick Law, previously vice chairman and global CCO of digital shop R/GA, has been named global CCO of Publicis Groupe and president of Publicis Communications. He will start in May and report directly to Arthur Sadoun, chairman and CEO of the holding company. “Nick is a true unicorn in our…

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Help Get Los Angeles Off Microsoft Paint, the City Begs in Hilarious Help-Wanted Ad

By now, you’ve probably already seen the City of Los Angeles’ stunning social media call for a graphic designer. Rarely have we seen a need so eloquently illustrated. Government bodies can be among the worst graphic design offenders (consider the FBI’s “fun and games” page). The people most equipped to help often waste little time…

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Apple Turns Muhammad Ali’s ‘I Am the Greatest’ Into an Empowerment Manifesto for Selfies

I am the greatest! Apple continues its “Shot on iPhone” campaign with “Selfies on iPhone X,” an ode to the self-gratifying art form. The work is spearheaded with spoken word from Muhammad Ali (from the 1963 comedy album “I Am the Greatest”), spouting bombastic phrases like, “I’m going to become champion of the universe!” to…

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Publicis Media’s King: Marcel Is More Than ‘Alexa For Business’

According to King, Millennials spend their time using many different platforms to order food and book vacations — yet the holding company’s own internal communications have been rooted in the dark
ages, relatively speaking.

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