Agency Brief: get into the weeds of the latest wins, hires and acquisitions

Judging by the dozens of cannabis pitches I receive weekly, weed—which is increasingly gaining recreational legal status across the U.S., despite the hundreds of thousands of people who continue to be arrested for it every year—is ripe for advertising opportunities. Here’s one standout cannabis campaign. Charlotte’s Web—a CBD health and wellness brand that makes oils, gummies, capsules and even products for dogs—unveils its new out-of-home campaign this week. Intended to raise awareness to the health benefits of cannabis, the effort was created in partnership with experiential design agency Fake Love, which was bought by The New York Times in 2016, and Studio Number One, a creative shop founded by artist, graphic designer and activist Frank Shepard Fairey, known for his President Barack Obama “Hope” posters and Obey Clothing line. It features a massive mural on the corner of North 11th Street and Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, depicting a hand holding a cannabis stalk with a call to action, “Trust the Earth,” which is also the name of the campaign. While initially launching in New York, the billboard is beginning to go out in additional U.S. cities including Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, D.C. Fake Love handled the art development as well as the overall strategy for the campaign, which will include digital elements such as videos, banners and a platform for Americans to educate themselves on CBD. “We trust in what the earth has to offer. As more and more... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-04 20:07:05 UTC ]
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A Nobel Prize-winning French author looks at a shopping mall. Magic ensues

In 'Look at the Lights, My Love,' an extended essay about a Parisian superstore, Annie Ernaux proves she can master any subject by melding experience and recollection. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-05-19 13:00:25 UTC ]
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Vice Media files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the latest in a string of digital media setbacks

Vice Media is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the latest digital media company to falter after a meteoric rise Continue reading at ABC News

[ ABC News | 2023-05-15 11:47:06 UTC ]
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Roy Finamore, James Beard Award–Winning Author and Editor, Dies at 70

A notable author and editor of lifestyle and cookbooks, Finamore died on May 6 after a brief illness. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Sask. Cree journalist Connie Walker wins Pulitzer Prize for residential school podcast

A Saskatchewan First Nations woman's story about her father's residential school experience has won the world's top journalism award. Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2023-05-08 23:02:08 UTC ]
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Two novels, "Demon Copperhead" and "Trust," shared the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction while "His Name Is George Floyd" took home the nonfiction prize. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-05-08 21:55:41 UTC ]
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Digiday+ Research: Nielsen gets boost in NewFronts, upfront cycle — but Comscore wins as measurement provider

Digiday's survey found that Comscore and Nielsen will be the dominant measurement providers during this year's NewFronts and upfronts. More than half of publishers said they will accommodate Comscore this year, and nearly half said they will accommodate Nielsen. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2023-05-05 04:01:00 UTC ]
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10 New Bookish Tote Bags for Your Latest Library or Bookstore Haul

Your library and bookstore hauls will be looking good in these new bookish tote bags. - Kelly Jensen Continue reading at Book Riot

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Dead Ink wins Republic of Consciousness prize with Missouri Williams’s ‘astonishing’ debut

The award, championing small presses with fewer than five staff, was won by The Doloriad – an audaciously original novel set in a post-apocalyptic dystopiaDead Ink Books has won the Republic of Consciousness prize for small presses for Missouri Williams’s “astonishing” debut novel The Doloriad.... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2023-04-26 08:35:38 UTC ]
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Why Nielsen Isn’t Joining TV’s Latest Measurement Collaboration

Measurement's biggest player will not participate in the industry's latest effort to enable multiple currencies. The Joint Industry Committee (JIC)--formed earlier this year by OpenAP, along with a working committee of media agencies, premium video programmers, streaming platforms and trade... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2023-04-25 14:14:53 UTC ]
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The Morning After: Apple wins appeals court ruling against Epic Games

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[ Engadget | 2023-04-25 11:16:04 UTC ]
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Jamil Jan Kochai Wins $35,000 Aspen Words Literary Prize

Jamil Jan Kochai wins the Aspen Words Literary Prize for his short stories focused on the absurdity and violence Afghans have endured. The post Jamil Jan Kochai Wins $35,000 Aspen Words Literary Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Bookworm in a Chrysalis: How Language Acquisition Nourishes a Love of Literature

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John Lewis and Adam & Eve/DDB win Excitable Edgar case

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[ Media Week | 2023-04-03 16:40:44 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-31 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The New-York Historical Society award goes to Beverly Gage, whose “G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century” puts a notorious character in context. Continue reading at The New York Times

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School Reports 2023: Creative agencies rise – and fall

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Tom Benn Wins England’s Young Writer of the Year Award

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-03-15 17:35:58 UTC ]
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Nobel Prize-Winning Author Kenzaburo Oe Has Died at 88

Kenzaburō Ōe, the Nobel Prize-winning Japanese novelist known for his fiction addressing social and political issues, has passed away at 88. Continue reading at Book Riot

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VideoAmp Hires Former Nickelodeon Exec as First CMO as Measurement Wars Continue

Measurement company VideoAmp has hired its first CMO as it works to establish itself as a serious contender in the battle to dominate the space. Top line There's been a vacancy for a lead measurement company since Nielsen lost its accreditation, and VideoAmp is looking to fill the gap. The... Continue reading at AdWeek

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PW's Jim Milliot Wins BISG Lifetime Service Award

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