It's been 50 years since McDonald's rolled out its iconic Egg McMuffin nationwide. To mark the breakfast sandwich's anniversary, the fast-food giant has debuted a national campaign alongside special and new offerings. Wieden+Kennedy New York is behind the campaign to reach new generations with a passion for breakfast. The first spot depicts a man "running...
Two New York holiday traditions, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and Macy's 4th of July Fireworks, will remain on NBC, Peacock, and Telemundo for the next 10 years following an agreement between the retailer and NBCUniversal. The 10-year pact covers broadcast and streaming rights to the two tentpole events, a special on the night before...
You can't keep a good owl down: Duolingo's owl mascot Duo, who met his demise on Feb. 11, has apparently survived his encounter with a Tesla Cybertruck after all. Duo was resurrected on the company's social channels Monday, with posts featuring a video of a person in a Duo mask and neon green suit busting...
The diversity, equity, and inclusion dominoes continue to fall, and Citigroup became the latest to tumble. CNBC reported that Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser sent a companywide memo Thursday, stating that it no longer require a diverse slate of candidates for job interviews, that it would only set "aspirational representation goals" where required by local law,...
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew said in testimony before Congress last January that the company would spend more than $2 billion on trust and safety efforts, but layoffs in those areas that reportedly began Thursday suggest a reversal of that strategy. Reuters reported that TikTok head of operations and trust and safety Adam Presser sent...
Publicis Media named Lonnie Limon head of its Cultural Quotient multicultural practice. Limon takes over for Lisa Torres, who is leaving the company to start her own business focused on helping brands navigate the multicultural marketing landscape. Publicis Media credited Torres with playing an instrumental role in shaping Cultural Quotient and co-founding the Once &...
ADWEEK is bolstering its Marketing Vanguard platform for chief marketing officers, bringing aboard Liz Kneebone as vice president of community programs and development to lead the effort. Kneebone had been vice president of the Sustainability Collective and global CMO Growth Council at the Association of National Advertisers. In her nearly three years with the ANA,...
In what is believed to be its first investment round since going private, Elon Musk-owned X is in talks with investors to raise money based on a valuation of $44 billion, reports Bloomberg News. If that $44 billion figure sounds familiar, it should. In 2022, Musk purchased then-Twitter for $44 billion. Bloomberg first reported on...
Marnie Boyer has logged into global nutrition and food tracking app MyFitnessPal as its new chief marketing officer (CMO). She succeeds Katie Keil, who left the company in September 2024 after nearly four years. Boyer was vp of growth marketing at Grubhub since 2022, leading initiatives including the food ordering and delivery platform's partnership with...
Bob Evans Farms has hired Colle McVoy as its first media agency of record. The appointment covers the Bob Evans namesake brands, as well as Egg Beaters, Owens Sausage, and Simply Potatoes. The manufacturer of quick-to-table, farm-inspired food said the competitive pitch process kicked off last July and was led by its internal marketing procurement...
TikTok's uncertain future isn't stopping it from rolling out new ad products off the assembly line, with the platform unveiling Automotive Ads Wednesday. The company described its Automotive Ads as a performance ad solution that lets advertisers target high-intent users with their available inventory of vehicles. "With TikTok's new Automotive Ads, dealers and manufacturers have...
TikTok is back on both the Apple App Store and Google Play as of Thursday evening. Apple restored TikTok after newly-appointed U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sent it a letter, Bloomberg reported. TikTok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, faced a ban Jan. 19 under the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which was...
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday under which the U.S. would increase tariffs to match those that other countries charge on imports, the Associated Press reported. "I've decided for purposes of fairness that I will charge a reciprocal tariff," Trump said at the proclamation signing in the Oval Office, as reported by the...
Embattled brand safety platform DoubleVerify detailed several steps it is implementing to further prevent its clients' content from appearing on sites that host child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Research firm Adalytics released a report earlier this month saying that ads for major brands such as the National Football League, Pepsi, and Sony appeared on two...
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is consolidating its global integrated account with Publicis Groupe as agency of record. Goodyear will be serviced by a bespoke Power of One solution, called "P1T Crew," with BBH USA leading creative. Publicis declined to disclose which other agencies are involved. Colle McVoy had been Goodyear's media and creative...
Longtime agency veteran Armando Turco is returning to the business as president of independent agency Mojo Supermarket. Turco spent two-and-a-half years at dairy alternative brand Oatly, before leaving last July for what he called "Me Time" on LinkedIn. Prior to Oatly, Turco was with Vox Media for more than five years, ascending to vice president...
Supply-side platform TripleLift has a new CEO: Dave Helmreich, former chief commercial officer at connected TV software platform Innovid, who left the company last November after two years following its acquisition by Mediaocean. At TripleLift, he will be tasked with accelerating strategic initiatives and growth plans via actionable data, advanced targeting, cutting-edge creative technology, and...
The numbers $130 billion+ -- Per its end-of-year financial update McDonald's global sales for 2024 hit over $130 billion. Revenues were up by over $1 billion year-on-year. -1.4% -- Same-store sales in the U.S. were down 1.4% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2024, but they ticked up slightly, by 0.2%, for the...
The round of performance-based layoffs announced by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg last month is underway. Business Insider reported that affected employees in Asia, Europe, and the U.S. began receiving notifications today. Vice president of people Janelle Gale said in an internal company post viewed by Business Insider that affected workers will receive emails on both...
T-Mobile's "A New Era in Connectivity" Super Bowl commercial, touting its beta partnership with Elon Musk-owned Starlink to use satellites and map zones in the U.S. that lack connectivity, dominated the list of Most Engaging Super Bowl Ads from TV outcomes provider EDO. EDO's Engagement Index ranked every national Super Bowl 59 spot based on...
