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Not Another White Christmas: How Advertising Has Progressed Its Representation

Adweek

In 2016, a protest campaign dubbed "#ChristmasSoWhite" took aim at the British advertising industry for consistently featuring predominantly white, straight, middle-class families in their.

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Tribeca Festival Expands Its X Programming and Awards for Advertisers

Adweek

Having observed a growing connection between marketing and the film industry, Tribeca Festival is responding by broadening Tribeca X, its programming track for the creative marketing and advertising industries. Tribeca X debuted in 2016 as a one-day program, and it is now growing to a two-day festival event June 10 and 11.

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‘Do or Die:’ How Climate Change Underpins All of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

Adweek

Over the last seven years, advertisers and marketers have struggled to determine what their role is in helping to achieve those goals. At Cannes Lions in 2016, former U.N. In 2015, the United Nations agreed upon 17 sustainable development goals: a set of targets that member states aim to achieve by 2030.

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Top 10 Agency New Business Articles of 2016

Fuel Lines

Which topics were the most popular with our readers in 2016? Despite their tradition with print-based content marketing, advertising agencies are struggling to understand and convert their content-marketing efforts into actual new business success. The post Top 10 Agency New Business Articles of 2016 appeared first on FUEL LINES.

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Why This Sportswear Brand Turned Andy Murray’s Hip X-Ray Into A Billboard

Adweek

Since its 2016 launch, premium sportswear brand Castore has built its name through partnerships with teams and athletes. Deals with England Cricket, Tennis star (as well its own investor) Andy Murray and the Oracle Red Bull racing crew have helped the business reach a billion that's teetering on $1 billion.

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Jules Chalkley of BMB: best ads of 2016

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Best ads of 2016 Libresse – Blood I love the provocative nature of the idea. Whilst other advertisers may go out of their way to avoid showing blood with graphics or metaphor this takes real life head on, breaks down a taboo and empowers. The expression in film is really striking and disruptive. Channel.

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Political Advertisers Promoted Polarization. Now We Need To Help Fix It

AdExchanger

The 2016 presidential election gave Americans a taste of the disinformation, misinformation and platform manipulation that’s coming for political media. These strategies aren’t new, but tactics are more effective than ever. Now We Need To Help Fix It appeared first on AdExchanger.