John Landgraf on Ryan Murphy’s Importance to FX and Losing Him to Netflix
During John Landgraf's 14 years at FX, no single creator has contributed more to the network's legacy than Ryan Murphy, Adweek's reigning TV Creator of the Year. Murphy's groundbreaking shows for the...
View ArticleAs Many Companies Distance Themselves From the NRA, Is This a Watershed...
Major brands have been distancing themselves from the National Rifle Association following the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. on Feb. 14. In the last week, shooting...
View ArticleWhen Everyone Is Barking, the World Is Changed by Those Who Meow
In a piece written for Harper's Magazine, Tom Robbins, my literary personal Jesus, tells a story about one of the musicians that plays on Big Mama Thornton's recording of "Hound Dog." This, as he...
View ArticleFacebook Is Helping Local News Publishers Get More Digital Subscribers
Facebook is putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to supporting local news publishers, putting $3 million toward helping some of them boost their digital subscription totals. Head of news...
View ArticleDon’t Look Now, but Brim Is Back, Just Not as the Decaf Coffee It Was in the...
If you're a coffee drinker of a certain age, chances are you remember a long-running series of TV spots for Brim. The settings varied, but the plot was always the same: An all-American, coffee-loving...
View ArticleL’Oréal Promotes Gretchen Saegh-Fleming to CMO in Continued Digital Push
L'Or?al has announced plans to promote Gretchen Saegh-Fleming to chief marketing officer. L'Or?al's current CMO, Marie Gulin-Merle, is leaving the company to serve as Calvin Klein's new CMO after...
View ArticleTinder Started a Petition to Add Emoji of Interracial Couples to the Mix
Tinder is behind a new campaign to diversify emoji. The goal is to have representation of all kinds of love for all your texting and tweeting needs. The brand argues that while there's essentially an...
View ArticleTwitter Officially Introduced Its Bookmarks Feature
Twitter officially launched its Bookmarks feature Wednesday for users worldwide on iOS, Android, Twitter Lite and the social network's mobile site. Associate product manager Jesar Shah announced in a...
View ArticleOn the Adweek Podcast: The Empire Builder Behind FX’s Enduring Success
Our cover star this week may not be a household name, but he's certainly an icon in the world of television. John Landgraf, CEO of FX Networks and FX Productions, has built FX into a high-quality...
View ArticleMass Messages From Small Businesses on Messenger Are One Step Closer to Reality
Facebook announced Wednesday that it is expanding its test of a feature allowing brands on Messenger to send mass messages. Late last November, the social network confirmed that it was conducting an...
View ArticlePeople Are the Product in Coca-Cola’s Bubbly New Print and Outdoor Ads
If you are what you drink, you might want to cut back on the Coca-Cola. But Ogilvy Dubai connects people and product in a more metaphorical way for new print and outdoor ads breaking in the Middle...
View ArticleFX Considered Making The Americans a Broader Show. Instead, It Became a...
While The Americans is now one of TV's most critically-acclaimed shows, the FX drama, which stars Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell as Russian spies undercover as a suburban D.C. family in the 1980s,...
View ArticleLacoste’s Iconic Crocodile Makes Room for 10 Endangered Species on Brand’s...
"Make the logo bigger!" clients cry. Rarely do they ask to see it disappear. But that's exactly what Lacoste is doing. To support the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and...
View ArticleWhy Does Pizza Hut Want an NFL Sponsorship When Papa John’s Doesn’t?
According to a 2013 survey, 37 percent of Americans who watch football like to eat pizza while they're doing it. And, using the statistic of 16.5 million people who tuned in to watch the average NFL...
View ArticleWorkplace by Facebook Administrators Just Got a New Mobile Admin Panel
Administrators on Workplace by Facebook can now run their communities via their mobile devices. Workplace by Facebook strategic partner manager Sabrina Morsello announced in a blog post that the social...
View ArticleFacebook Clarifies How It Helps Agencies Make ‘Good Creative’ Amid Debate...
Early this week, Facebook found itself in the middle of another highly politicized debate over digital marketing just days after President Trump cited a series of tweets from vp of advertising Rob...
View ArticleFacebook Is Testing a Feature That Automatically Creates Events for Page Admins
Facebook confirmed that it has been testing a feature since last year that automatically creates events using the information contained within posts by pages. Coffey & Tea managing director Meg...
View ArticleWhen Procter & Gamble Cut $200 Million in Digital Ad Spend, It Increased Its...
2018 is already shaping up to be a cat-and-mouse race between Procter & Gamble and Unilever over which brand can talk the most smack on digital advertising while putting pressure on platforms and...
View ArticleThe Unlikely Star of Subaru’s New Ad Has a Magical Way of Seeing the World
Sometimes, a special guide can help us experience life in deeper, unexpected ways. Subaru of America takes that view in a "See the World," a minute-long Outback spot from Carmichael Lynch. The story...
View ArticleRe/Max Goes Full Wes Anderson in Series of Colorful, Quirky Ads
Wes Anderson didn't make these new real estate ads, but the indie auteur's fingerprints, figuratively speaking, are all over them. Stylized, picture-perfect settings? Check. Bright colors and quirky...
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