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 ArticleSerena Williams Looks Toward the Future in Her First Full Lincoln Ad
Earlier this month, Lincoln named Serena Williams as its new celebrity ambassador and announced that she would star in a new campaign for the 2018 Lincoln Navigator. Following a brief teaser...
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 ArticleEricsson and Vodafone Are Using Virtual Reality to Show How 5G Works
BARCELONA, Spain--How do you promote one emerging technology? With another emerging technology. While 5G internet connectivity--and its potential to transform everything from smart cities and homes to...
View ArticleFacebook Pulled the Plug on Its Test of Separate News Feeds
Bruce Springsteen sings that two hearts are better than one, but Facebook has come to the determination that one News Feed is better than two. Head of News Feed Adam Mosseri announced in a Newsroom...
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