In our 4th Update on then theme “When Black is LOUDER than Brown, we find that certain mainstream multinational agencies and buying services have created special PROJECTS to direct dollars towards Black Owned media companies. The count is Dentsu, IPG and now GroupM. Black activist have either done a good job shaming these companies and their clients to at least concede some effort or just to put forth Shut UP efforts. By Gene Bryan / HispanicAd.
Brands have to show they want to truly connect with people rather than just reach them
Dizzying changes in customer behavior are pushing brands beyond B2C or B2B, but what is B4H?
The Board of Trustees of The Latin Recording Academy® has appointed Manuel Abud as CEO of the organization effective August 1, further solidifying its future through the execution of its 10-year strategic plan.
The streaming wars were underway well before the arrival of COVID-19, but the global health crisis dramatically accelerated video streaming adoption and has forever altered our media diets. Once the domain of a handful of high-profile startups, the streaming market is now rife with hundreds of services to choose from, and the content they offer has become a staple part of our video viewing habits.
A majority of TV shows are not relevant to diverse segments of consumers and are, in fact, mostly inclusive and considerate of White, Non-Hispanic viewers, according to a new study by the Cultural Insights Impact Measure (CIIM™) from the ANA’s Alliance for Inclusive and Multicultural Marketing (AIMM) and partner company CIIMatters. The AIMM study coincides with television’s annual upfront marketplace.
In partnership with Enrique Santos, iHeartMedia’s top-rated on-air personality and President and Chief Creative Officer of iHeartLatino, My Cultura will offer creators a platform to share stories and perspectives relevant to Latinx listeners and all audiences.
WINNERS annonuced
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises unveiled its 2021-2022 programming lineup bolstering its position as the leading multiplatform content creator for today’s Latino.
U.S. consumers purchased barbecue-related consumer packaged goods (CPG) items at a faster clip this past April than they did over the same period in 2019, according to new analysis from NCSolutions (NCS). Also, consumers spent more in April 2021, compared to March 2021, than is typical at this time of year on a range of barbecue-focused products.
“Nobody knows anything,” summed up William Goldman, the most successful Hollywood scriptwriter ever (he wrote 33 produced screenplays), in a memoir written at the peak of his success. “Nobody knows anything. Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for a certainty what’s going to work. Every time out it’s a guess and, if you’re lucky, an educated one.” The same should be said about marketing, particularly for integrated marketing. By Michael Farmer
Over half of supply chain organizations have improving diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) as an objective or goal, but only a quarter have formal targets according to the Supply Chain Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Survey by Gartner, Inc. and the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM).
There’ve been quite a few headlines recently about agency employees being overworked to the point it affects their mental health. In this week’s post, I want to explore how that connects to agency new business and what can be done to address it. By Mark Duval – The Duval Partnership
According to researcher Jason Dorsey, Gen Z is “the most photographed generation in the world’s history.” Gen Z members 17 and under are also the first multicultural majority generation in America as of 2020, with Hispanics being the largest multicultural segment at roughly half. Our country’s changeover to a multicultural majority continues with all persons under 35 by 2028 and all persons under 50 by 2033. By: Nancy Tellet, Research Chair, Hispanic Marketing Council (HMC)
Nielsen has responded to the Media Rating Council (MRC)’s Monday news release regarding a confirmed understatement by as much as 6% of the Total Usage of Television (TUT) by Persons 18-49 during the ratings measurement company’s February 2021 measurement period. By Adam Jacobson / Radio TV Business Report
Let’s talk about planning. Even better, let’s be clear what we mean by the word, then let’s talk about it. By Brian Jacobs / The COG
The new report details how the self-reliant buyer and a chaotic, digital-first customer journey have flipped much of the sales action to the top of the funnel, making marketers responsible for nearly half of a company’s revenue. Yet scarce resources, mediocre data skills, and a skeptical CEO threaten to undermine marketing’s efforts.
HEINEKEN USA and its TECATE brand announced the official, multi-year U.S. sponsorship of LIGA BBVA MX. Tecate USA will also be a partner of LIGA BBVA MX’s other competitions, LIGA BBVA Expansion MX and LIGA BBVA MX Femenil.
Hemisphere Media Group, Inc. has announced that Pasiones, WAPA América and CentroAméricaTV will be fully distributed across Cox Communications’ (“Cox”) national footprint, joining their sister network, Cinelatino, also fully carried by Cox across the U.S.
Upland BlueVenn commissioned OnePoll to determine how and where consumers interact with brands, and if marketers are meeting their customers’ expectations. The research examines the way in which consumer-marketer interactions differ from sector to sector, and explores the top channels consumers and marketers use for various industries(and whether these align).
