CBS News reportedly intends to provide an unedited transcript of its 60 Minutes interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris to the Federal Communications Commission. The move follows reports that the network's parent company, Paramount Global, is seeking to settle a legal case brought by President Donald Trump about the October interview between Harris and...
In the Coors Light Super Bowl universe, humans live among anthropomorphized sloths who can't catch a can of beer if you toss one in their direction. After a "Case of the Mondays" campaign that planted purposely misspelled text in ads and pasted "Mondays Light" onto 12-packs of Coors Light, the Molson Coors brand unveiled its...
Anything is possible during the Super Bowl season. In the case of Pringles' latest Big Game ad, that means mustaches can fly. The 30-second spot, created by FCB New York, stars actor Adam Brody, who calls for help when a party runs out of Pringles. Hearing the sound of distress, the facial hair of Nick...
Doritos Crash the Super Bowl ended a 10-year hiatus and months of voting and judging with an intergalactic snack battle that viewers felt was worth the fight. Doritos announced the return of Crash the Super Bowl in September, whittled thousands of contenders to just 25 by January, and introduced its three finalists by the middle...
The action in the Super Bowl moves pretty fast, and the commercials seem to fly by as well. But one brand has enlisted one of the fastest franchises in cinema to show that you can slow down and enjoy yourself. Haagen-Dazs has taken on a brand platform of "slow," positioning its ice cream as a...
Dame Annette King is exiting as global lead of Accenture Song's marketing practice and stepping back from executive leadership owing to a "recent health experience." In a statement, King said: "To those who know me, it's no exaggeration to say that this industry has been one of my great loves. I consider myself extraordinarily lucky...
The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism's (FCAS) second consecutive Super Bowl ad unites Tom Brady and Snoop Dogg to expose the often ridiculous and overinflated reasons behind hate. For Super Bowl 59, the nonprofit will air two 15-second spots, created by agency VML, featuring the football legend and rapper. "No Reason to Hate" urges viewers to...
The National Transportation Safety Board has announced it won't email reporters information about its investigations into the Philadelphia or Washington, D.C. air crashes anymore. "For media covering the airplane crashes in Washington and Philadelphia--all NTSB updates about news conferences or other investigative information will be posted to this X account," it wrote on Elon Musk's...
Morris Networks, the owner of six stations in the South, has reorganized its news leadership and has replaced the title of news director with a local content manager. Morris, based in Savannah, Georgia, created a position overseeing all six of its stations "Russ Geller is news operations manager, working out of the Lexington station, for...
Creator management company Whalar Group is launching Sixteenth Sports, a new talent division aimed at helping athletes become bigger stars. The goal of Sixteenth Sports is to help athletes extend their careers beyond sports by creating brand deals and other partnerships as well as intellectual property. The division hopes to elevate rising-star athletes to household...
Two years ago, after its CEO Arthur Sadoun was diagnosed and treated for HPV-related cancer, Publicis Groupe launched "Working With Cancer," a cross-industry coalition to erase the stigma of cancer in the workplace. Now, the holding company's nonprofit arm, La Fondation Publicis, has extended the initiative with "Screening Time Off," an awareness campaign rallying companies...
Artificial intelligence company DeepSeek's model is being cast as China's answer to OpenAI--seemingly throwing Silicon Valley and Wall Street into disarray, wiping out $600 billion in Nvidia's market cap in one day. But while some paint DeepSeek as an AI juggernaut poised to upend the industry, the reality about its capabilities--and the true competitive dynamics--are...
X (formerly Twitter) has added seven more advertisers to its lawsuit alleging brands collectively "conspired" to "withhold billions in advertising revenue," from the platform following Elon Musk's $44 billion 2022 takeover. Abbott Laboratories, Colgate-Palmolive, Lego, Nestle, Pinterest, Shell International, and Tyson Foods were named by Musk's lawyers in an expanded complaint filed in a Texas...
Prebiotic soda brand Poppi is returning to the Big Game. After making its debut last year, the brand is again working with creative agency Virtue Worldwide as well as media-buying agency Tinuiti. The brand did not disclose how long the commercial will be. Allison Ellsworth, cofounder and lead creative of Poppi, said the decision to...
If you thought holograms were a thing of the future, think again. Hologram Media Network, an ad network founded by James Andrew Felts and David Bridgers last fall, has inked a deal with Simon Malls to install more than 30 holographic Proto Luma devices in malls across the country, ADWEEK can exclusively reveal. The goal...
At CES this year, Amazon launched its Retail Ad Service platform into beta, describing it as "a cloud-based [adtech] solution that enables retailers to monetize their online web and app traffic by displaying contextually relevant sponsored products ads." Amazon is attempting to reel in retailers, saying that adopting the adtech will empower them by "leveraging...
It's been a bad few weeks for diversity advocates. On January 30, President Trump blamed the midair collision between an army helicopter and an American Airlines jet on diversity, equity, and inclusion hiring policies at The Federal Aviation Administration. That comment followed a Jan. 21 executive order to eliminate all DEI programs at federal agencies....
Move over, Taylor Swift. The DunKings are back for Super Bowl 59. Dunkin' announced its return to the Big Game during the Grammy Awards on Sunday evening, with an ad that reveals the next chapter of The DunKings--a fictional boy band, fronted by actor Ben Affleck. This time, Affleck has enlisted his brother, Casey Affleck,...
Female artists including Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, Chappell Roan, and Sabrina Carpenter will be in the spotlight at the 2025 Grammy Awards on Sunday (Feb. 2). Amid this celebration of female talent, Eli Lilly is looking to reach women with an urgent message about early breast cancer detection. The pharmaceutical company will...
Glen Powell is going on a joyride, hijacking a truck, and putting the pedal to the metal. In the first teaser for Ram's upcoming Super Bowl 59 ad, the red-hot Hollywood actor sets up a testosterone-charged retelling of The Three Bears fairy tale and dons a flowing blonde wig for the Stellantis brand. He's...Goldilocks? Apparently...
