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BARCELONA–On Monday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai defended his decision to end net neutrality in the United States, claiming the regulation is needed to build out the nation’s next-generation wireless infrastructure. On the first day of the Mobile World Congress technology trade show, Pai said rolling back Obama-era rules that could let telecom companies…

On Super Bowl Sunday, Coca-Cola debuted a new spot in the fourth quarter featuring an inclusive message in the form of an original poem for the brand by poet and Wieden + Kennedy copywriter Becca Wadlinger. Earlier this month, Microsoft rolled out a 60-second ad featuring Academy Award winner Common reciting a poem about the…

A new era of apps catering to help people with their mental health is here. And boy, do we need it. Social media apps have gotten a bad reputation; even Facebook recently admitted it might be bad for you. But with the continued expansion of our reliance on technology, perhaps then it’s not entirely surprising…

Change can be hard for the financial industry, which is dominated by decades of processes and internal systems. But with a slew of upstarts making their way into the trillion-dollar industry, the old guard is finding innovative ways to beat these challenger brands at their own game. “A lot of these companies have what we…

NBC’s Olympics coverage dominated the television and media landscape over the 18-day span. The network’s prime-time coverage averaged a Total Audience Delivery of 19.8 million, a figure that dwarfs the average audience of the network’s prime-time network competition. Approximately 18 million of the roughly 20 million viewers who watched the games each night in prime…

Australia reached a milestone moment in December, when the nation’s parliament overwhelmingly approved marriage equality after years of resistance from conservatives. It’s an issue that has galvanized brands–notably Airbnb, whose Acceptance Ring project last year, by Clemenger BBDO Melbourne, was a creative high point. Now, to celebrate the breakthrough, Apple has released a set of…

The lack of transparency in the world of online media–which has led some to describe today’s content landscape as the “Wild Wild West”–has long been an elephant in the room. But for brand marketers, 2018 is the year that it becomes the focal point of conversation. At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, I had the…

Snap Inc. is ramping up its strategy of offering smaller advertisers free ad credits and discounts on creative services in the hopes that some of those brands will continue advertising on Snapchat. Snap introduced its Snap Accelerate program last October as a way of providing venture-capital-backed startups, incubators and accelerator programs with access to benefits…

In our world of liquid expectations, how can marketers continually evolve strategy to keep pace? Ever since Mad Men days, the chief marketing officer has been in charge of the brand and has been the person who knows the customer best–that hasn’t changed. What has changed is that instead of marketing to the customer, the…

While Amazon Go–a sans-checkout shopping experience in Seattle, Wash.–has already been making waves, Amazon Stores has been flying under the radar. The free self-service offering from Amazon Marketing Services allows brands to create pages at Amazon.com/brandname and, theoretically, own more of a branded experience on Amazon–if shoppers can find them. The option became available in…