Posts made in August, 2017

on Aug 23, 2017

By Jessica Goodfellow Jon Snow has delivered an emotive call to the media to prevent so-called “digital media barons” Facebook and Google from devouring local and national sources of information, at a time when public service broadcast journalism has “never been more vital”, and yet so disconnected. Speaking as the keynote MacTaggart lecturer at the Edinburgh International TV Festival, Snow spoke at length about both his failure – and the wider media’s – in connecting with and understanding those who are not part of the elite that makes up most of the media industry. This, he said, was most harrowingly evidenced in the Grenfell Tower Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Aug 23, 2017

By Lisa Lacy In recent weeks, Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has said artificial intelligence (AI) is riskier than North Korea and he has called on the United Nations to ban autonomous weapons before they turn into killer robots. Musk has also reportedly called for AI regulation, saying AI is a “fundamental risk to the existence of human civilization” and he said Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg’s rosier spin proves “his understanding of the subject is limited.” It is a decidedly grim view of a technology infiltrating the marketing industry via channels like Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Aug 23, 2017

By Kyle O'Brien CP+B announced today (August 23) that the agency has named Erik Sollenberg co-global chief executive officer. He will work with current global chief executive Lori Senecal until her retirement at the end of the year, at which time he will become global chief executive of the agency. In his position, Sollenberg will oversee all of CP+B’s offices around the world and help shape CP+B’s product development, innovation initiatives and global growth. He will be based in CP+B’s Boulder office. Sollenberg joins CP+B from Swedish agency Forsman & Bodenfors (F&B), where he’s been chief executive officer for Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Aug 23, 2017

By Kyle O'Brien CP+B announced today (August 23) that the agency has named Erik Sollenberg co-global chief executive officer. He will work with current global chief executive Lori Senecal until her retirement at the end of the year, at which time he will become global chief executive of the agency. In his position, Sollenberg will oversee all of CP+B’s offices around the world and help shape CP+B’s product development, innovation initiatives and global growth. He will be based in CP+B’s Boulder office. Sollenberg joins CP+B from Swedish agency Forsman & Bodenfors (F&B), where he’s been chief executive officer for Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Aug 23, 2017

By Kyle O'Brien Creative incubator Sid Lee Collective and Massivart have called on artists for a ‘Posters for Peace’ movement to celebrate this year’s Bed-In for Peace. With it, their creative call to action video juxtaposes happy faced animations with harsh real photos and videos. The Bed-In for Peace event commemorates John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s famous event of the same name that took place in 1969 in Montreal. This year’s bed-in event will take place in Montreal on September 21, 2017, the International Day of Peace. To bring attention to the day, Sid Lee and Massivart are calling on creatives, designers Read full story › Source: The Drum...