Great Minds Think Unalike: Advertising Week’s 20-Year Evolution
Adweek
JANUARY 2, 2025
In this episode of The Speed of Culture Podcast, Suzy founder and host Matt Britton chats with Ruth Mortimer, global president of Advertising Week.
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Adweek
JANUARY 2, 2025
In this episode of The Speed of Culture Podcast, Suzy founder and host Matt Britton chats with Ruth Mortimer, global president of Advertising Week.
Adweek
MARCH 3, 2025
BlackRock-backed CTV advertising platform MNTN is divesting production shop Maximum Effort "to an affiliate of its original owner," according to an IPO securities filing made Friday. Maximum Effort was founded by actor Ryan Reynolds and producer George Dewey in 2018. In the filing, MNTN said that on Feb.
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Basis
DECEMBER 10, 2024
Advertising agencies are entering 2025 with a mix of excitement and uncertainty. Nearly two-thirds of agency professionals feel good, optimistic, and/or confident about the future of digital advertising. Despite these hurdles, agencies are increasingly focusing on innovation as a way forward.
Adweek
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
agencies, most recently as ECD at BBDO New York for five years. Tom Brady's creative studio Shadow Lion has hired Philip Sicklinger as its first executive creative director (ECD). Sicklinger has held senior creative roles at several U.S. Before that, he had tenures as vp group creative director at MullenLowe and creative director at BBH.
Adweek
DECEMBER 3, 2024
Out-of-home advertising could reduce the carbon emissions of your ad campaign. Global OOH ad agency Billups worked with carbon intelligence firm Cedara to measure the environmental impact of OOH compared with other ad formats.
Adweek
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
YMCA of the USA has named The Martin Agency as its advertising agency of record, following a competitive review by the organization. Details of.
Adweek
AUGUST 26, 2024
Google planned to spend hundreds of millions of dollars incentivizing agencies to purchase certain types of its media, according to new documents filed last week in the Department of Justice's upcoming antitrust trial against Google. The documents reveal the inner workings of Google's incentive programs with agencies and advertisers.
Martech
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
TikTok is no longer just the platform for viral dances and trends; it’s transforming how brands connect with consumers and driving unprecedented advertising success. TikTok: An essential advertising platform TikTok is quietly revolutionizing the way that brands connect with people. billion by 2026. With over 1.9 Processing.
Adweek
JULY 1, 2024
In recent months, there's been a series of notable private equity investments in up-and-coming advertising agencies. Last month, Svoboda Capital Partners invested in creative agency Highdive. In September, the London and New York-based independent agency Brainlabs nabbed funding from another private equity firm,
Adweek
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Incentive programs between large media companies and agencies continue to lead to poor advertising decisions and less transparency for smaller clients, 10 sources from agencies, brands, and publishers told ADWEEK. There is.
Adweek
AUGUST 15, 2024
ADWEEK's Agency of the Year honors the advertising agencies setting the standard for where the industry is heading in 2024. ADWEEK values creativity, business results and, ultimately, how agencies treat their people--because it's the people who drive the business forward. The winners will be revealed in December.
Martech
JULY 26, 2024
A pair of influencer marketing platforms were acquired by agencies this week, in a sign the advertising industry sees a future in influencer-led strategies that’s bright enough to attract investments in the technology behind them. The post Acquisitions signal agencies are betting on influencer marketing appeared first on MarTech.
Adweek
APRIL 18, 2024
If you caught my LinkedIn post, you know I've got some serious beef with the current ad agency model. I mean, let's call a spade a spade--it's broken. And in desperate need of a shake-up. Apparently, I struck a nerve because that post blew up. We're talking over 800,000 impressions, 5,000 reactions and a.
Martech
OCTOBER 21, 2024
If you’re an agency in the world of data collection (analytics, marketing, etc.), In all instances, the client’s old agencies claimed things like, “We use proprietary code, so we can’t share it,” or “It’s all under our account and can’t be transferred.” This is a warning to all business professionals.
Adweek
OCTOBER 7, 2024
Global independent agency Tombras has acquired The Burns Group, an independent advertising agency based in New York. The acquisition further bolsters Tombras' capabilities with top CPG clients, including the Swiss cough drop brand Ricola, which Tombras will take over as creative AOR.
Adweek
JANUARY 7, 2025
general manager of agency business, left the company on Jan. A second source from an advertising agency told ADWEEK that a TikTok rep confirmed Bamberger's departure to them. Jack Bamberger, TikTok U.S.' 3, according to a person with direct knowledge. ban slated for January.
Adweek
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
This week's roundup highlights the latest agency moves, mergers, and strategic initiatives shaping the industry landscape. Adnami Adnami launched Sonar, a tool designed to simplify attention measurement in digital advertising.
Adweek
JANUARY 9, 2025
TikTok ban is not putting off advertisers from committing ad spend to the platform. In fact, agencies are pledging a year-over-year increase in ad dollars in 2025. One agency executive, speaking anonymously to protect industry relations, plans to increase the agency's TikTok spend by 20%-30% this year.
Adweek
JUNE 5, 2024
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today condemned the advertising industry for greenwashing, demanding that agencies drop fossil fuel clients and calling for a ban on fossil fuel advertising.
Basis
DECEMBER 17, 2024
2024 brought a variety of twists, turns, and evolutions for everyone in the advertising industrybut for agency leaders, it was a particularly bumpy ride. Indeed, as one agency CEO put it , The business of agencies right now is staying in business.
Adweek
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Only 27% of global advertisers believe their current pay structure with their media agencies is fit for the future, and 75% say they'll amend how they pay within the next three years.
Adweek
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
We're kicking off September with a roundup of the latest agency moves, partnerships, and initiatives making headlines this week across the industry. The UK-based digital experience agency will help optimize Rite-Hite's paid digital advertising across six key European.
Adweek
DECEMBER 11, 2024
Industry insiders predict that Omnicom Group's takeover of Interpublic Group (IPG) will likely lead to the consolidation and elimination of legacy creative agency brands. 9) that it is acquiring rival holding company IPG, creating the world's largest advertising group. Omnicom announced on Monday (Dec.
Adweek
APRIL 9, 2025
The used-car retailer is moving from The Martin Agency after a competitive review.
Adweek
OCTOBER 10, 2024
The chaos of Advertising Week New York didn't slow agencies down in the least, as awards and announcements of new clients, divisions, partnerships, and products were aplenty.
Adweek
MARCH 27, 2025
LinkedIn has appointed R/GA as its global strategic creative agency for LinkedIn Ads following a competitive pitch.
Martech
DECEMBER 9, 2024
billion acquisition of Interpublic Group, Omnicom has vaulted past WPP to become the world’s largest agency holding company. Among the agencies owned by Omnicom are BBDO and TBWA, while Interpublic owns McCann, Weber Shandwick, Mediabrands and others. And martech is advertising too. Through its $13.25 The technology angle.
Martech
AUGUST 6, 2024
Google’s loss in its federal antitrust case may mean huge changes for the company, web users and digital advertisers. It could result in a big hit to parent company Alphabet’s bottom line; more and better search choices for people; and lower-priced, more effective advertising. We won’t know until U.S. said Waddington. Processing.
Basis
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Inefficient processes, rising costs, and shrinking profits are some of the biggest challenges agencies face today. To stay competitive, many agency leaders are turning to their advertising and marketing technology stacks to drive innovation, improve efficiency, and deliver better results.
Adweek
DECEMBER 10, 2024
Horizon Media now has a full-service creative agency, with the launch of One Horizon. media agencies and the largest independent agency globally on Tuesday revealed advertising agency Horizon One, with veteran creative Roberto Alcazar at the helm. One of the largest U.S.
Basis
JANUARY 9, 2025
But Googles new plans, which involve providing Chrome users with an informed choice experience around cookie-based tracking, dont actually change much for advertisers: Cookie loss will remain the effective result. Read on for his insights on how auto advertisers can adapt to a privacy-first model.
Martech
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Today’s advertisers face a daunting operational challenge: scaling customized, local advertising campaigns across a growing number of channels. As the space gets more complex, both in-house and agency ad teams are stretched thin, trying to do more with the same — or less — people and budget. One approach is to hire more staff.
Adweek
JULY 15, 2024
As Oracle Advertising winds down--with it, contextual firm Grapeshot and media quality firm Moat--ad verification firms like Integral Ad Science and DoubleVerify are in the best position to scoop up former clients, (neither has said how many inbound leads they've had).
Adweek
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Ogilvy has promoted Fiona Gordon to global chief executive officer (CEO) of advertising. She will join the agency's global executive committee and report to Devika Bulchandani, Ogilvy's global CEO. Gordon previously served as Ogilvy U.K. She boasts a long career at.
Adweek
JANUARY 17, 2025
Things are looking positive in the digital advertising world. This week, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) released its 2025 Outlook report, which digs into ad spending trends for the new year.
Adweek
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
This week in the world of advertising, agencies are expanding their creative capabilities, launching new divisions, and securing major client wins, all while continuing to evolve with cutting-edge technologies.
Martech
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Today, Meta announced new generative AI video creation tools for advertisers on Facebook and Instagram. The tools are rolling out in Advantage+ creative and will be more widely available to advertisers early next year. The tool allows advertisers to create more immersive video ads for Instagram and Facebook users. Why we care.
Adweek
JANUARY 24, 2025
Prebiotic soda brand Poppi has confirmed that it will return to the Super Bowl this year, after advertising for the first time during last year's game. Its 2024 Super Bowl ad, titled "The Future of Soda Is Now," included a 60-second spot created by agency Virtue. Poppi declined to share further details about the creative.
Adweek
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Google is offering advertisers credits and free ad space to drive adoption of its AI-powered automated media buying tool, Demand Gen. ADWEEK spoke to five advertisers across media agencies and brands who said Google has been aggressively pushing Demand Gen over the past year.
illumin
JANUARY 14, 2025
As we dive into 2025, the advertising landscape is undergoing a massive transformation driven by new technologies, evolving consumer behavior, and changing regulatory frameworks. Brands, agencies, and retailers need to navigate these shifting trends to stay competitive. Dont feel like youre prepared?
Adweek
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
With performance and measurement top of mind, brand safety is dropping down the list of priorities for marketers advertising on YouTube and connected TV. media agency professionals who buy ads on video platforms. That's according to a new study from Pixability, which surveyed U.S.
Adweek
MARCH 5, 2025
Cinema advertising platform National CineMedia (NCM), the U.S. NCM also revealed that Omnicom-owned media agency OMD USA has joined the U.S. representative of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity's Young Lions competition, revealed this year's 25 finalist teams on Wednesday.
Digiday
MARCH 24, 2025
Though the tech is clearly still in a larval stage, theres real implications for brands, agencies and publishers relating to it. Continue reading this article on digiday.com.
AdExchanger
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
At long last, Meta appears to have resolved a glitch in its ad platform that prevented new financial services advertisers from running campaigns, according to three UK-based agencies, one affiliate network and two financial brand advertisers, all of whom spoke with AdExchanger on condition of anonymity.
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