Hanes’‘Plain and Simple’ Ads Bring Period Underwear to the Mainstream
As the period underwear category continues to grow, Hanes aims to make the menstrual product more accessible with a no-nonsense ad campaign. "Comfort, Period" addresses misconceptions about period...
View ArticleRemezcla and The NFL Partner to Boost the League’s Hispanic Reach
The digital media firm Remezcla Media Group partnered with the National Football League Wednesday in a bid to help the league grow its Hispanic fan base and sponsorship offerings. The tie-up is the...
View ArticleLA Times’ Billionaire Owner Blocks Paper’s Planned Endorsement in...
The owner of the Los Angeles Times blocked the paper from endorsing a candidate for president this year. The paper's editorial board--which has endorsed Democratic candidates in every presidential race...
View ArticleGrubhub Enters the Ad Game, Taking on Uber Eats and DoorDash
Food-delivery platform Grubhub is launching an ads business. The company is pitching ad products to its core restaurant merchants to acquire new diners and drive repeat sales. The company is partnering...
View ArticleVML Reshuffles Design Capabilities Under Brand Studio Offering
Creative network VML is formally opening the doors to Brand Studio at VML, a single destination for all of its brand design, positioning and identity services, it shared with ADWEEK exclusively. Robb...
View ArticleRazorfish Offers Clients Real-World AI Use Cases Through Beta Labs
Publicis agency Razorfish has widely opened up its suite of gen AI tools Beta Lab, to give all brand clients practical examples of how can be used to enhance content creation and improve customer...
View ArticleKSHB Reporter Hurt During Campaign Event
KSHB reporter Ryan Gamboa is OK after being hit by a metal fragment Tuesday afternoon while covering a campaign event for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Lucas Kunce. Kunce, who is running Sen. Josh...
View ArticleCleveland Reporter Winnie Dortch Out of ICU
Winnie Dortch is out of the Intensive Care Unit and continues to make a "miraculous" recovery, according to Cleveland CBS affiliate WOIO. Dortch was shot in a domestic incident earlier this month. WOIO...
View ArticleDow Jones Eyes Middle East Expansion With New WSJ Event
Dow Jones is expanding The Wall Street Journal's flagship Tech Live event to Qatar next year as a part of a broader effort to build its business in the region. (Axios)
View ArticleNicole Shanahan Offered $500K to WaPo Reporter to Share Sources, Be a...
Nicole Shanahan, former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate, offered $500,000 to a Washington Post journalist to be a "whistleblower" against her political enemies....
View ArticlePerplexity CEO Speaks at News Corp. Event Days After Lawsuit
On Monday, News Corp. filed a lawsuit against artificial intelligence firm Perplexity, arguing that the AI-generated search company infringed on its copyrights by ingesting its work and repackaging it...
View ArticleWeek of Oct. 14 Ratings: Cable News, Morning Shows, Evening Newscasts
Fox News' Bret Baier's interview with Harris was no match for an active sports week that included the National Football League, college football, and Major League Baseball's postseason. (TVNewser) For...
View ArticleFox Announces Major Ad Sales Restructure
Jeff Collins, Fox's president of advertising, sales, marketing, and brand partnerships, announced that the company is implementing a strategic ad sales team restructure to strengthen its advertiser...
View ArticleCNN’s Clarissa Ward: I Was Captured by Gun-Toting Militia in Darfur
We had come to Darfur to report on the world's worst humanitarian crisis, never intending to become part of the story. But months of planning came apart in moments when we were detained by a militia...
View ArticleIsrael Names Al Jazeera Reporters as Gaza Militants, Network Condemns...
The Israeli military Wednesday named six Palestinians in Gaza as Al Jazeera reporters who it said were also members of the Hamas or Islamic Jihad militant groups--an allegation the Qatari network...
View ArticleLA Times Editorials Editor Resigns After Owner Blocks Presidential...
Mariel Garza, editorials editor of the Los Angeles Times, resigned Wednesday after the newspaper's owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong, blocked the editorial board's plans to endorse Vice President Kamala...
View ArticleProgressive is Driving Impact By Leading With Humor and Heart
Whether it's Flo's bubbly personality and signature red lip or Dr. Rick's deadpan advice for "un-becoming your parents," Progressive Insurance's creative strategy has led with humor at its core. Chief...
View ArticleHavas Media’s First Shell Campaign Is Under Fire With More Than 70 Complaints...
More than 70 people have filed complaints with ad watchdog the U.K.'s Advertising Standards Authority claiming a recent Shell ad is guilty of greenwashing. The spot is part of the first campaign that...
View ArticleAllbritton Journalism Institute Names CRO, Brings Ads to Notus
Nonprofit Allbritton Journalism Institute, which houses nonprofit political newsroom Notus, named media executive Brad Bosserman as chief revenue officer of both operations Thursday. (ADWEEK)
View ArticlePlayboy Rejects Cooper Hefner’s $100M Offer to Buy Company
Playboy has no interest in selling to Hugh Hefner's son--at least, not for his offering price. Playboy Group said Thursday that its board unanimously rejected Cooper Hefner's "unsolicited" $100 million...
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