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Claudine Waite joins MediaVillage as AdvancingDiversity.org Head of Partner Development

MediaVillage founder Jack Myers continues to build his AdvancingDiversity.org team with the announcement of Claudine Waite as Head of Partner Development at the B2B marketing, diversity and education company.

What’s Really Holding Women Back?

As scholars of gender inequality in the workplace, we are routinely asked by companies to investigate why they are having trouble retaining women and promoting them to senior ranks. It’s a pervasive problem. Women made remarkable progress accessing positions of power and authority in the 1970s and 1980s, but that progress slowed considerably in the 1990s and has stalled completely in this century.

Advice If You Are Considering Unpaid Internships

Since #unpaidinternships is trending, I want to provide advice if you’re starting your career and are considering an unpaid #internship today.

Tracking Job Losses for Mothers of School-Age Children During a Health Crisis

Around 10 million U.S. mothers living with their own school-age children were not actively working in January — 1.4 million more than during the same month last year, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data.

HRN Network Adds KMVK La Grande 107.5, Dallas, to Erazno y la Chokolata Affiliate List

La Grande 107.5 (KMVK-FM/Dallas) (La Grande 107.5 CON LOS SHOWS MAS PERROS DE LA RADIO)  is the newest affiliate for Erazno y la Chokolata, the top-rated afternoon-drive Spanish-Language radio show from the HRN Network.

‘The Future is Female, Multi-colored, and Marvelously Different’

Everyone can learn from the female energy in our lives and women’s contributions as much as we have to learn from males, ungendered or multiculturals, without it being mutually-exclusive, a diss on others, or descending into divisiveness, reparation for the past, or white male bashing. America is not perfect, but it’s the only place in the world you can start with nothing and end up with your own thriving business, and despite the blemishes, get a fair chance. I know. I’ve lived around the world. And with gender and ethnic fluid GenZ on the horizon, the best is yet to come. Marvelously different is America.  By Liz Castells-Heard, CEO & Chief Strategy Officer, INFUSION

ALMA announces Leadership promotions

Alma announced the promotion of Michelle Headley, Angela Battistini, Leo Peet and Angela Rodriguez within its executive leadership team. These promotions come on the heels of a year in which the agency saw significant new business growth, adding 11 new brand partners and effectively growing its roster by 44%.

COVID-19 Changed the Advertising Playbook. Now What?

Even as the world begins to re-open more permanently, it’s clear that the pandemic will have a lasting impact on consumer behavior and brand-to-consumer engagement.  By Heather Jordan, SVP, Product Management, Ad Intel, Nielsen

Roberto Orci joins Captura Group as Executive Vice President

In this role, Roberto will lead initiatives that drive growth for Captura Group and its roster of clients. Roberto will further develop Captura Group’s Hispanic and digital-first capabilities that will enable its clients to effectively engage with and reach multicultural consumers.

PARAMOUNT+ launches in Latin America

ViacomCBS launched the new Paramount+ streaming service in Latin America with more than 5,000 hours of content.

The racial equity imperative [REPORT]

Challenge the status quo. Transform long-held beliefs and behaviors. Build a more equitable future, together. Businesses can help lead the way toward racial equity and our perspective can help you drive the change.

The impact of race, ethnicity, and national origin on opportunities: Perceptions and personal experience [REPORT]

A new Ipsos survey for the World Economic Forum finds that across the 27 countries surveyed, an average of 65% of all adults think that, in their country, someone’s race, ethnicity, or national origin influences their employment opportunities. When considering their own race, ethnicity, or national origin, an average of 39% say it has impacted their own employment opportunities.

Experts Say the ‘New Normal’ in 2025 Will Be Far More Tech-Driven, Presenting More Big Challenges [REPORT]

When pandemics sweep through societies, they upend critical structures, such as health systems and medical treatments, economic life, socioeconomic class structures and race relations, fundamental institutional arrangements, communities and everyday family life.

ONCE MÉXICO announces new leadership

THEMA America, a Canal+ group, company, has announced new leadership for its Once México cultural channel and for its U.S. international channel, which serves the Spanish-speaking market in the U.S.

Boxeo Telemundo returns with new format and digital content

Boxeo Telemundo returns with a revamped format that will feature live match coverage coupled with fight analysis and discussions around the latest boxing and MMA news stories.

5 things defining successful communication in 2021

There’s no doubt 2020 was a remarkable year – in the literal sense rather than the positive. Individuals, businesses, brands, governments and society have been tested like never before, and it is clear that the upheaval we saw early in the year is set to continue well into 2021.

2021 CMO Survey: Market Trends, Growth Insights from Fortune 500 Leaders

Chief Outsiders released the results of their second annual CMO survey on what to expect this year in market trends and company growth.

CCOMGROUP Wins 15 ADDY Awards

CCOMGROUP won big at the 2020 American Advertising Awards presented by AAFMiami, taking home a total of 15 ADDY Awards— five gold and 10 silver.

The Business Case For Keeping In Touch

Why Advertisers Can’t Afford To Stop Advertising

4 Reasons To Revisit Your Agency’s New Business Strategy Annually

How often does your agency revisit its new business strategy? (Dare I ask…does it have a proper new business strategy, to begin with?)  By Mark Duval –  The Duval Partnership

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