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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[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alice Jolly has been awarded 2016 PEN Ackerley Prize, the UK’s only literary prize dedicated to memoir and autobiography, for crowdfunded book Dead Babies and Seaside Towns (Unbound). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Boys' basketball: Lawndale hires Dave Miller to be its head coach

Lawndale has pulled off a coaching coup. The school announced on Wednesday that Dave Miller, who has coached at the collegiate and professional level and served as a Lakers analyst for Time Warner Cable, will be taking over as basketball coach. Miller was best known as a college assistant at USC,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ AdWeek | 2016-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2016-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Greengrass wins £10k Edge Hill Short Story Prize

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[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Folio Magazine | 2016-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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McInerney claims Desmond Elliott Prize in second major win

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[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2016-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Christofi debut wins £10k Betty Trask Prize

Debut novelist Alex Christofi from Dorset has won the £10,000 Betty Trask Prize at the Society of Authors annual Authors' Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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