Adweek

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The digital publisher G/O Media has shuttered Jezebel, the feminist publisher, amid a broader sweep of layoffs across the G/O Media portfolio that will affect 23 staff in total, according to an internal memo shared by chief executive Jim Spanfeller. The cuts come just two days after the company dismissed Merrill Brown, a pedigreed media.

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Adweek

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The cuts primarily affected sales and sales support staff, and they follow a previous round of reductions held by the publicly traded Canadian company.

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Adweek

JULY 13, 2023

Digital agency Huge has made more layoffs of its global staff and has reorganized its executive team while bringing in a new global client president. In an internal memo obtained by Adweek, CEO Mat Baxter--who came on as Huge's fifth CEO in four years in 2021--stated that, due to ongoing economic challenges and changes in.

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Adweek

JULY 22, 2022

The entire editorial staff of Mel Magazine--roughly 15 people, including editor in chief Josh Schollmeyer and general manager of the lifestyle division Ryan Brown--was laid off on Friday, one year exactly after the title was acquired in July 2021 by Recurrent Ventures, a media company backed by the venture equity firm North Equity.

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Adweek

JUNE 3, 2022

The food and home goods publisher Food52 laid off 21 employees Thursday evening, a figure that represents about 15% of its total staff, the publisher confirmed to Adweek. The remaining editorial staff, as well as part of its creative. The cuts primarily affected the editorial team, which has been thinned to a headcount of 15.

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Adweek

AUGUST 31, 2022

While announcing that it intends to make up to 20% of its staff redundant, camera company Snap has also restructured its international leadership beginning with the hiring of Google's U.K. and Ireland chief Ronan Harris.

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JANUARY 30, 2023

If you've ever found yourself wondering what life must be like for the staff at luxury resorts while watching HBO's The White Lotus, this campaign from Peninsula Hotels beautifully gives us a glimpse--sans the messy plot twists.

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Adweek

JULY 27, 2022

Ecommerce platform Shopify has laid off 10% of its global workforce, with its chief executive telling staff in a memo the business made the "wrong bet" on how long a pandemic-fueled surge in online shopping would continue. The Canadian company reported 10,000 employees at the end of 2021 in a securities filing. By the end.

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Adweek

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This includes how and when to communicate company goals to a disparate staff. As the Covid-19 pandemic enters its 32nd month and an economic crises looms, agency leaders have a lot to deal with away from the day-to-day operations.

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Adweek

DECEMBER 13, 2023

News and lifestyle media company theSkimm laid off 12 employees in late November, or roughly 10% of its workforce, in the latest of a series of headcount reductions sweeping the media industry, according to three people familiar with the situation. A representative for theSkimm confirmed the news. The cuts mark the third round of layoffs.

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Adweek

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Lifestyle media company Outside Media, which houses titles including Backpacker, Ski and Climbing, laid off 12% of its workforce Tuesday, according to a memo sent by founder and CEO Robin Thurston.

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More About Advertising

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The detained trio “took advantage of their positions to accept huge bribes” between 2019 and February … The post WPP GroupM staff detained on China bribery charges first appeared on More About Advertising.

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Digiday

MARCH 31, 2024

But the plan, shared internally with employees last month, has been met with resistance from staff and fans alike. This strategic shift is a gamble for G/O Media, spurred by the industry’s most significant slowdown in three decades and the need to adapt. Continue reading this article on digiday.com.

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Exchange Wire

MAY 9, 2023

Shopify sheds staff, sells logistics business Shopify will lay off around [.] The post Shopify Shed Staff and Logistics Arm; PubMatic Launch DSP-Less Solution appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

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Adweek

JUNE 4, 2022

Los Angeles-based agency The Many has confirmed to Adweek that it has undergone multiple rounds of job cuts. The indie shop declined to comment on how many employees it laid off, but multiple sources with knowledge of the layoffs indicated to Adweek that nearly half of the 130-person agency was let go. The first round.

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Digiday

JANUARY 30, 2024

But even so, many publishers maintained their full-time staff and published titles. Interested in sharing your perspectives on the media and marketing industries? Join the Digiday research panel. Last year was not a great one for publishers’ traffic, it turns out. This is a member-exclusive article from Digiday.

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Adweek

JULY 20, 2023

Chicago Portfolio School (CPS), once an institution that steadily fed new talent to top agencies, has ceased operations after periods of disorganization and lulls in communication, six former students and five instructors tell Adweek. Administrators cut off contact before the winter quarter, which was scheduled to begin in January.

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Adweek

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The news and culture publisher BuzzFeed Inc., which houses the editorial titles BuzzFeed News, Complex and HuffPost, announced Tuesday that it is laying off around 12% of its workforce, or roughly 180 employees, according to a memo from chief executive Jonah Peretti obtained by Adweek.

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Exchange Wire

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In today’s ExchangeWire digest: Crypto scams surge 23% in 2023; OpenAI seeks further Microsoft investment; Staff return to tills at Booths supermarket. The post Crypto scams surge 23%; OpenAI seeks further Microsoft investment; Staff return to tills at Booths supermarket appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The lifestyle and culture publisher Bustle Digital Group, which houses titles including Bustle, Gawker and Nylon, told employees Friday morning that it plans to transition from its current part-time staffing model into a full-time staffing model, according to a document obtained by Adweek.

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Adweek

APRIL 23, 2024

In a memo to staff, Paramount CEO Bob Bakish noted the timing worked for the decision, with Ross "having. After more than three decades at the company, Jo Ann Ross is exiting Paramount. On Tuesday, Paramount announced that Ross, chairman of Paramount Advertising, is stepping down from the position at the end of the month.

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Adweek

OCTOBER 31, 2022

For Halloween, Adweek staffers decided to put together a goodie bag of treats for our readers. Here are our favorite Halloween ads over the years, from humor to horror, including some iconic spots from brands like Mars, Ikea and Geico. Take a look and see if your favorite ad made the cut (get it?)

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Chief Martech

AUGUST 16, 2023

They also ask about commercial vs. homegrown martech, what the approval process was like, and how the replacement affected staff. Did existing employees get retrained or were new staff or service providers added? When companies are replacing martech products, they’re mostly (66%) keeping their existing staff.

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Martech Series

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

ReliaQuest, the force multiplier of security operations, announced that Kim Hill was named Chief of Staff and Head of Corporate Communications. As Chief of Staff and Head of Corporate Communications Hill will manage executive communications and strategic priorities for ReliaQuest CEO Brian Murphy. I’m thrilled to be a part of it.”

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AdExchanger

MAY 4, 2023

Stores Of Value From regional chains to the largest department and grocery stores, seemingly every retailer is in The post Ad Tech’s New Favorite Acronym Is RMN; Google And Amazon Staff Up On Trade Group Know-How appeared first on AdExchanger.

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VideoWeek

JANUARY 8, 2024

Since then, the company’s headcount has risen to over 1,200 staff, giving the business an annual wage bill over £108 million. The plans spell Channel 4’s most extensive layoffs since the 2008 financial crash, when the UK broadcaster was forced to cut almost one quarter of its 875 employees.

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Adweek

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The downturn in the digital advertising market has affected yet another publisher, marking at least the third official round of layoffs prompted by the slowdown since May. On Monday, executives at Bustle Digital Group shared internally that by the end of the day the media company would be shuttering its tech title Input, which reports.

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Adweek

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The digital media company Bustle Digital Group (BDG) laid off seven editorial staff of its title Fatherly on Friday and will significantly decrease its editorial output going forward, according to two people familiar with the matter. The decision marks the latest in a series of retrenchments from BDG, which over the last two years has.

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Digiday

MAY 19, 2023

This morning, FaZe Clan, the prominent esports organization that went public at a $725 million valuation last year, laid off roughly 40 percent of its remaining staff. Today’s layoff is FaZe Clan’s second in 2023, following a February layoff of roughly 20 percent of the org’s staff.

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Digiday

JANUARY 8, 2023

Unfortunately, staff cuts and layoffs are on the brain these days — for publishers just as much as any other industry. And on that note, staff increases were down for publishers last year, with the economy as a likely driving factor, according to data from Digiday+ Research. Join the Digiday research panel.

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More About Advertising

AUGUST 12, 2021

‘Ask our Athletes’ features Nike store staff who are also sports folk in their own right. The post BMB wins staff-focussed Nike brief first appeared on More About Advertising. Here’s a coup for London agency BMB and its owner Cheil, a brief from Nike to promote its stores. BMB was appointed after a pitch.

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Martech

AUGUST 5, 2021

Yelp is introducing two new COVID-related profile attributes, the “Proof of vaccination required” and “Staff fully vaccinated” attributes, the company announced Thursday. The post Yelp introduces “Proof of vaccination required” and “Staff fully vaccinated” profile attributes appeared first on MarTech. Image: Yelp.

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Adweek

JUNE 22, 2022

Alo Yoga is giving its customers the option to make online purchases via cryptocurrency, according to the lifestyle brand. Salaried corporate employees can also elect to have some or all of their paychecks deposited into their crypto wallets and converted from U.S.

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MAY 6, 2022

Didn’t know there was an Institute of Advertising Ethics but there is, it seems, developed with Creighton Business School and the University of Texas at Austin and Havas has signed up as its founder agency member, offering its Certified Ethical Advertising Executive (CEAE) course to staff and clients globally at no cost. Our goal is.

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Adweek

JANUARY 25, 2024

But in the nearly two years since, it has only shed properties, eliminated staff and churned through executive leadership. In May 2022, media company Recurrent Ventures announced that it had raised $300 million from private equity firm Blackstone to finance the expansion of its editorial portfolio.

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TechCrunch Ads

JULY 12, 2022

Sundar Pichai, boss of Google and its parent Alphabet, told employees to “be more entrepreneurial” and work with “more hunger” in a staff-wide email that warned of consolidation, several news outlets reported. Effectively, Google is calling on its staff to work harder, or else.

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Adweek

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The staff at Bickerstaff.734 Watching your country go from a peaceful place to one of destruction and death is devastating. But those from Ukraine know that life goes on, even if it means standing up for what is right in the face of extreme adversity. 734 has remained focused and.

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