Confectionery company Storck USA, which owns candy brands including Werther’s Original, Riesen and Mamba, has selected UM as its media agency of record. The selection came after a competitive pitch, but UM did not disclose the other agencies involved. GSD&M’s Chicago office was the incumbent. The agency, part of IPG Mediabrands’ global agency network, will
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Misinformation about climate change — i.e. “content that contradicts well-established scientific consensus around the existence and causes of climate change” — will not be monetizable under a new Google policy for advertisers, publishers and YouTube creators. Per the company, the new policy comes at the request of advertisers who say they don’t want their ads
Kallana Warner, SVP and client business partner, UM As a member of UM’s new business team, Warner has helped the media network secure big-name clients like Spotify and Emirates. And as global lead of UM’s Accenture account, she helped grow the consulting giant’s business during the pandemic by increasing its ad budget, rolling out a
Technology companies including Apple and Google are giving people more ways to protect their online privacy, limiting the availability of consumer data that help advertisers reach target audiences. Contextual ad placements within quality content are making a comeback. “Contextual advertising feels a lot like ‘back to the future’ in the sense that we have been
A new report from IPG Mediabrands calls out Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter, in particular, for allowing misinformation to spread. But the report from Mediabrands’ Magna research arm, “The Dis/Misinformation Challenge for Marketers,” also stresses the advertising community’s need to intervene forcefully to protect brands, as well as the public good. Specifically, it argues that
Investor and advertiser sources are scrutinizing Ozy after a New York Times article called into question the media company’s audience numbers and reported its cofounder Samir Rao impersonated a YouTube exec on a call with Goldman Sachs. The fallout has already begun. Ozy faces an FBI probe. Its board announced it hired a law firm
Ad giant IPG this month published a new report that says the major social networks have failed to contain the spread of false information and conspiracy theories, posing a threat to advertisers. The report went to select clients of IPG’s ad-buying division Mediabrands, which include Coca-Cola, American Express, and T-Mobile. “The Dis/Misinformation Challenge for Marketers”
IPG Mediabrands has released a new study that examines the accelerating amount of inaccurate and misleading content appearing across online news outlets and social media platforms. The Dis/Misinformation Challenge for Marketers reveals the dramatic rise in both disinformation and misinformation; which social media outlets are making strides to eliminate misleading content, and those that are
Platform policies struggle to keep pace in an increasingly dangerous advertising environment with few checks on simple inaccuracies through to deliberate disinformation campaigns A new study by IPG Mediabrands examines the accelerating amount of inaccurate and misleading content appearing across online news outlets and social media platforms. The Dis/Misinformation Challenge for Marketers reveals the dramatic
A new study by IPG Mediabrands examines the accelerating amount of inaccurate and misleading content appearing across online news outlets and social media platforms. The Dis/Misinformation Challenge for Marketers reveals the dramatic rise in both disinformation and misinformation; which social media outlets are making strides to eliminate misleading content, and those that are not and
