A delightfully absurd ad goes viral. Plus, the latest Kim Kardashian West branding controversy: Friday Wake-Up Call

Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device; sign up here. What people are talking about today A 3-year-old ad went viral yesterday; it’s a lovely tale with a surprise ending. No spoilers here. Do yourself a favor and watch it to find out what brand it’s for. It’s a tale of growing up, from birth to first steps to first love to independence. And as someone tweeted, M. Night Shyamalan "would KILL to be this good at plot twists again.” The ad went viral after Ryan Simmons, video director for SB Nation, posted the spot on Twitter with the comment, “i will give you one hundred thousand dollars if you can guess the brand by the end.” Simmons also thanked adman Kevin Weir for having spotted the ad, which got 2.4 million Twitter views in a day. Ad Age’s newsroom debated whether this was a spoof. Reporter Jessica Wohl reached out to the brand in question, which confirmed that it was a real ad from the brand released in Brazil in 2016. How could we have missed it back then? LoveFrom Jony Ive, Apple’s chief designer, is leaving the company after nearly 30 years. But he’s not going far; Ive is starting a new design company that will have Apple as a client. The new venture is called LoveFrom, and that’s a nod to late Apple founder Steve Jobs. Ive told the Financial Times that Jobs once said to Apple employees: “when you make something with love and with... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-28 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Case Study: How Trusted Media Brands is prioritizing video after acquiring a viral digital content company

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Audacity branded 'possible spyware' after controversial privacy policy update

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Netflix wins big at Golden Globes as ‘Queen’s Gambit’ keeps fueling chess sales: Monday Wake-Up Call

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[ Advertising Age | 2021-03-01 11:07:04 UTC ]
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Citi sticks with Justin Thomas and Twitter asks users to flag misinformation: Tuesday Wake-Up Call

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Virtual library 'a wake up call' for sector over promised national website

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Coke in giant agency review and FTC threatens Facebook: Thursday Wake-Up Call

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[ Advertising Age | 2020-12-10 10:59:27 UTC ]
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HC partners with D&AD on hunt for emerging designer for Narnia branding

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-29 10:43:11 UTC ]
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TikTok Tells Brands Not to ‘Make Ads’ at First-Ever NewFronts

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[ AdWeek | 2020-06-25 21:01:24 UTC ]
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B2B Publishers Call to End Data Misuse in Online Ad Auctions

A group of B2B publishers and ad tech firms are banding together to curtail the harvesting of publisher-specific data from online ad auctions by third-parties, a practice they argue is an unauthorized breach which places their relationships with their audiences at risk. Referred to as data... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

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As brands block coronavirus, streaming app Newsy opens an ad slot free from bad news

Digital publisher develops commercial break that avoids pandemic stories, as industry struggles with skittish advertisers. Continue reading at Advertising Age

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This Is The Controversy Behind Oprah's Latest Book Club Pick, 'American Dirt'

Jeanine Cummins' book has been lauded by Stephen King and Lauren Groff, but also lambasted as "problematic," "harmful" and "brownfacing." Continue reading at HuffPost

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Authors call out John Lewis for 'similarities' between Christmas ad and children's books

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-18 10:24:18 UTC ]
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Zuckerberg faces Congress as Facebook prepares to debut news tab: Thursday Wake-Up Call

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[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-24 10:29:51 UTC ]
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ANA’s annual conference starts. And Nike confronts a doping scandal: Wednesday Wake-Up Call

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[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-02 10:00:00 UTC ]
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What you missed at Day One of Advertising Week: Tuesday Wake-Up Call

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[ Advertising Age | 2019-09-24 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Conde Nast veteran Kim Kelleher tapped to lead AMC Networks ad sales

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[ Advertising Age | 2019-09-03 23:26:31 UTC ]
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