Advertising Week Daily: TikTok’s berries and cream, Hot Pockets in esports, and more

Welcome to Day 2 of Ad Age’s special edition Advertising Week newsletter. Whether you’re attending in-person at Hudson Yards or from the comfort of your home office, many marketers will likely be glad to see the return of Advertising Week New York. One of the biggest ad industry events has returned, at least partially in-person, after 18 months of COVID-19 cancellations, logistical nightmares and virtual-only presentations.  With more than 100 panels over the course of this week spanning everything from NFTs to diversity, equity and inclusion, Ad Age will bring you the biggest takeaways in our special edition newsletter. Here’s our recap of day two.  We all scream for berries and cream If you’ve been anywhere near TikTok over the past month, then this headline alone is likely enough to trigger a certain melody in your head: “Berries and cream, berries and cream, I’m a little lad who loves berries and cream!” Originally sung by the eponymous Little Lad in a 2007 Starburst commercial for a then-new Berries and Cream flavor, the vintage ad went viral on the video-sharing app recently, benefiting from the hashtag #TikTokReMake, which encourages users to reimagine iconic ads as TikToks. (“Berries and Cream” spoofs, remixes and lip syncs have racked up over 1.5 billion views on the platform to date.) “I was amazed to see it come back,” said Gerry Graf, co-founder of Knickerbocker Slapglobal, which worked on the original commercial. “We used to have our Skittles ads remade... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2021-10-20 13:34:45 UTC ]
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, February 4, 2019

This week: the shock of global population decline, plus a novel narrated by God. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Book Deals: Week of February 4, 2019

Dey Street picks up a title by a former New York Times Baghdad bureau chief about an Iraqi spy cell, Forge buys a book by a Sunday Times correspondent about the Mosul zoo, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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