56% Of All Undergraduates Are First-Generation College Students

First-generation college students across the U.S. bring dedication, grit and fresh perspectives to their higher education institutions. Many of them also face more academic and financial challenges than their continuing-generation peers. To read more, CLICK HERE.    

The People-First Advertising Lessons of the Hollywood Strikes

By Kaitlin Dunn Troutman The full impact of the ongoing Hollywood writers’ and actors’ strikes has yet to be felt within the TV programming ecosystem, but the continued lull in production of new long-form content is going to have reverberating effects on the media landscape as we head into 2024. Advertisers need to recognize and … Read more

Americans’ Dismal Views of the Nation’s Politics [REPORT]

Americans have long been critical of politicians and skeptical of the federal government. But today, Americans’ views of politics and elected officials are unrelentingly negative, with little hope of improvement on the horizon. Majorities say the political process is dominated by special interests, flooded with campaign cash and mired in partisan warfare. Elected officials are … Read more

Marketers Balance the Promise and Peril of Generative AI

By Tony Case While juggling concerns such as the volatile economy and the increasingly complex management of customer relationships, marketers now have the added responsibility of figuring out how to harness the power of the hottest technology around — generative AI — while confronting the myriad challenges it presents. AI has ignited great enthusiasm among … Read more

New CMO Council report examines relationship between marketing and finance [REPORT]

According to the report, economic headwinds have arrived, and chances are marketers aren’t prepared; only 10% of marketing leaders strongly believe their marketing investments, whose reins are often held by finance, position them to emerge from economic turmoil ahead of the competition. The report is titled Marketing & Finance: Fueling Innovation Or Falling Behind? and … Read more

Reimaging Agency Selection: Why is now a good time to go to pitch? [REPORT]

In this era of transformation and adaptation, rethinking your approach to agency selection isn’t merely a strategic choice — it’s an imperative. The current media landscape is marked by unprecedented fragmentation and complexity, especially when it comes to targeting through digital channels and platforms. And advertisers are confronted with the task of navigating this ever-evolving … Read more

How to Improve Marketing’s Value Within the Organzation

Though the scope of marketing has expanded considerably over the last ten years, CMOs and their teams still don’t seem to be getting the respect they deserve in the C-suite. This episode explores this strange phenomenon and also offers a series of key questions marketers need to answer if they want to get a handle … Read more

Latinos’ Views of and Experiences With the Spanish Language [REPORT]

Most U.S. Latinos speak Spanish: 75% say they are able to carry on a conversation in Spanish pretty well or very well. And most Latinos (85%) say it is at least somewhat important for future generations of Latinos in the United States to speak Spanish. But not all Hispanics are Spanish speakers, and about half … Read more

mitúTV App launches on Comcast Entertainment Platforms

Launched by NGLmitú, the Latino media and entertainment powerhouse co-founded by actor, activist, and entrepreneur John Leguizamo, mitúTV specializes in English-language programming created for Latinos by Latinos. Beginning September 15, the mitúTV app will be available on X1 and Flex. It will offer viewers more than 120 hours of original programming directed by Latinos. Likewise, … Read more

GALLEGOS United launches DoorDash campaign

GALLEGOS United and Superette (DoorDash’s internal creative studio) have unveiled the brand’s first-ever Spanish-language campaign for the Dasher audience. Titled “Everyone knows, you should too”, the campaign aims to recruit new Hispanic Dashers and further strengthen DoorDash’s relationship with Hispanic gig workers, one of the largest and fastest-growing audiences of gig workers in the Unite … Read more

Underrepresentation For Hispanic Audiences In Consumer Data Sets

Truthset released results detailing how the overall data industry is currently underrepresenting the Hispanic population in the United States. A Q2 2023 study revealed that the data industry includes just 58% of Hispanic audiences in the U.S. With 42% of Hispanic audiences not recorded in data sets, advertisers can’t properly allocate targeted ad spend, while … Read more

Luis Miguel Messianu, Richard Edelman and Peter Lerma launch MEL

MEL (Messianu/Edelman/Lerma) launched as a minority-owned and Hispanic-led, full-service communications agency. The independent entity will provide expertise in earned-centric media, creative, and digital solutions, through a distinct Latino lens enabling it to develop creative campaigns that represent the cultural traditions and modern lifestyle experiences of bilingual and bicultural Latinos. The partnership between three lauded industry … Read more

Healthcare The Final HISPANIC Frontier

By Pedro de Córdoba – Vice President, Client Solutions / eContent DIGITAL The COVID-19 pandemic should have been a wake-up call. It wasn’t. Covid laid it bare for all to see, and it’s very troubling that the Healthcare Industry doesn’t seem to have gotten the memo. The chronic underinvestment in Hispanic healthcare outreach is affecting … Read more

Latinos in the U.S. have the fifth-largest GDP in the world [REPORT]

Latinos in the United States helped propel the national economy forward with a total economic outuput, or gross domestic product, of $3.2 trillion in 2021, according to a new study by UCLA researchers and colleagues. The findings of the latest U.S. Latino GDP Report, produced annually by the UCLA Center for the Study of Latino … Read more

How agencies should talk about the money

By Steve Boehler Most agency executives and teams hate talking about money with clients and prospects. And they don’t do a very good job of it. Agencies often seem to approach the topic of money as a required nuisance or as an afterthought. The agency’s economic proposal may be a simple spreadsheet. Or a spreadsheet … Read more

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