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The right CDO can help firms reap the benefits of data-informed decision-making. Here’s what your data chief should do for your organization.

A year into the pandemic, one thing hasn’t changed for office workers: remote work. Working from home isn’t just a “phase” but a way of life now; and many love it. It’s become the new norm, even for those with reservations. However, while work from home is an undeniable part of the future, it requires empathy from companies — and a reworking to how businesses operate structurally.

Repairing the frayed social fabric in the United States is one of the most pressing issues of our time. It’s not a new problem.

Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc.  announced the completion of its recapitalization and the closing of its previously announced offering of $310 million in aggregate principal amount of its senior secured notes due 2026.

A plurality of experts think sweeping societal change will make life worse for most people as greater inequality, rising authoritarianism and rampant misinformation take hold in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. Still, a portion believe life will be better in a ‘tele-everything’ world where workplaces, health care and social activity improve.

Simply put, Hispanics and the Hispanic industry are much more than Broadcast and social media.

The Latino-owned company will leverage decades of expertise, strategic alliances, and insights to provide brand marketers with innovative Latinx branded entertainment, media and experiential storytelling.

The COVID pandemic is having a dramatic and potentially lasting impact on business travel among U.S. marketers, according to a new ANA study.

Take the chart from my article about how purchase decisions are made, wrap it into a circle, and you get the buyer cycle shown above. Profitable brand growth is the result of applying effective marketing pressure at each point of the buyer cycle. Brand building advertising is important to get people into the cycle and keep them in it, but it does not guarantee profitable growth on its own.  By Nigel Hollis

Red Havas released its 2021 “Red Sky Predictions” report. Forecasting 10 fundamental trends that will shape the integrated communications and PR landscape post-pandemic, the report represents the collective insights of expert Red Havas communicators from around the globe.

The unemployment rate has come down significantly since last spring, falling to 6.3% in January 2021. But labor market disruption remains a hallmark of the COVID-19 recession.

The way advertising really pays for itself is by seeding positive impressions that will influence people when they are ready to buy the category, at some point in the future.   By Nigel Hollis

The past year has hastened the evolution of the agency new business landscape. As larger pieces of business disintegrate into smaller opportunities and more projects are undertaken with speed, the path to new business has changed.  Competitive reviews don’t make sense for smaller projects. Decisions for smaller projects are typically made faster. There is increasing diversity in the way agency prospects make new business decisions. That is reason enough for agencies to revisit their buyer journeys — and specifically, how their websites support the modern B2B buying experience. But it’s certainly not the only one.  By Mark Duval / The Duval Partnership

The vibrant multicultural imagery and prose radiating from the recent presidential inauguration sent a clear message – the U.S. is undeniably multicultural and the new administration has gone all-in on multiculturalism.  By Lee Vann

Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. announced that it has launched an offering of $310 million in aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due 2026 (the “Notes”). The Notes will be guaranteed on a senior secured basis by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries, and secured, subject to certain exceptions, on a first-priority basis by the Notes collateral.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion took center stage in 2020, with many brands rushing to restructure internal teams and re-evaluate advertising campaigns in response to calls for social justice. There was a cultural shift among the general population. Multicultural consumers became the focal point, and forward-thinking brands responded by creating culturally relevant marketing that appealed to multicultural consumers.

Rapidly changing markets, rising geopolitical tensions and the Covid-19 pandemic have created unprecedented challenges for tech companies.

The United Nations chief called Thursday for global rules to regulate powerful social media companies like Twitter and Facebook.  Source: AP News

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the US economy. Headlines highlighting a return to economic growth mask a deeply unequal recovery for workers.

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