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While deprived basketball fans were tuned in on ESPN this evening to eagerly watch the NBA’s schedule release special, they were met with a harrowing yet hopeful message straight from the league. “The truth is racism is everywhere,” NBA’s new 60-second spot starts off with, displaying a montage of clips, photographs and newsreels from the…

The Coca-Cola Company will stop running paid ads on all social media platforms amid an industrywide call for brands to reevaluate where they spend their ad dollars. “There is no place for racism in the world, and there is no place for racism on social media,” CEO and chairman James Quincey said in a statement…

As protests against police brutality stretched into Pride Month amid an ongoing pandemic, the confluence has brought about important conversations around intersectionality, racial injustice and the importance of human empathy. These swirling forces of social change have also worked their way into Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the Nintendo Switch game that launched just as the…

As the stay-at-home orders related to Covid-19 begin to lift, road trips have become the rage, with people still reluctant to travel by airplane for numerous reasons. Pinterest cited data from the Arrivalist Daily Travel Index showing that car journeys during Memorial Day Weekend saw volume up more than 70% compared with normal summer volume…

Gaming And Esports Make Their Pitch For Brand Bucks The gaming stats that get slung around are always eye-popping. And those cited Friday during the final day of this year’s NewFronts – a content block dedicated to esports and gaming – were no exception. In April, for example, time spent with games soared 75% year over year.… Continue reading »

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This week, Adweek introduced its first-ever award honoring LGBTQ leaders in marketing, brands, media and culture: Adweek Pride Stars. The 15 people chosen for the inaugural Pride Stars honors have different roles in the industry, but each has worked to push forward LGBTQ inclusion, visibility and equality both by being out in the workplace and…

While the Covid-19 pandemic and recession has prompted many businesses to put non-essential projects on hold, close to 70% of executives surveyed in a recent report say the situation hasn’t had an effect on artificial intelligence efforts at their companies. The stat comes from a survey of 347 business leaders across a variety of industries…