Shortlist unveiled for the 2020 Outdoor Media Awards #OMA2020

Top creative leaders, along with media heads from BT, GSK and Warner Bros, have chosen their 53 potential winners for this year’s Outdoor Media Awards, run by Clear Channel in partnership with Campaign. With three nominations apiece are BBC Creative, for their much talked about Dracula shadow special build and Peaky Blinders fan-art murals, as well as IKEA for their Steps campaign, encouraging walking and the use of public transport to their new Greenwich store. Led By Donkeys’ widely acclaimed, crowd-funded Brexit campaign receives two nominations, as does the Year…

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WePresent supports the UN and Talenthouse to give visibility to artists during COVID-19

WeTransfer are excited to announce their support of the UN and Talenthouse which solidifies their commitment to using our global platform to support the work of creatives and share positive messages through creativity. Since the Covid-19 outbreak began, different types of creatives and freelancers were affected by it. With most of the cultural organizations closed and creative agencies having to cut media spend, the impact on the creative community has been substantial. From the start, WeTransfer has proudly supported creative communities, donating 30% of its advertising space to causes we…

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PepsiCo Launches $7 Million Initiative To Help U.S. Communities Hardest Hit By COVID-19

In response to alarming evidence of the continued disparate, negative impact of COVID-19, PepsiCo, Inc. and its philanthropic arm, The PepsiCo Foundation, today launched an initiative to provide increased medical and economic aid to communities of color across the country where the company has long worked. The $7 million initiative is a comprehensive project to support immediate relief and long-term recovery. The program will provide $1 million each to the National Urban League and UnidosUS to help feed families and seniors, increase medical care and testing, expand access to government…

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MOBI Reimagines Pride Amid Coronavirus Pandemic With ‘MOBIfest’ – the First Virtual Pride Festival for Queer Communities of Color

While Pride events around the globe have either been canceled or postponed, Mobilizing Our Brothers Initiative (MOBI) has announced that MOBIfest, its annual free wellness festival for queer communities of color, will gather audiences virtually on Thursday, June 4, at 6 p.m. ET to celebrate in the age of social distancing. In its third year of programming, MOBI remains committed to producing one of the only free festivals focused on seeing its attendees as their holistic selves. The initiative is funded by a grant from the New York City Department of Health and…

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Help Musicians partners with Music Support to give thousands of musicians free access to mental health support app

Announced as part of Mental Health Awareness Week 2020, Help Musicians has partnered with Music Support to offer 4,500 musicians free access to the NHS-approved mental health support app Thrive. A recent Help Musicians survey saw over 80% of respondents confirm that the current crisis is having an impact on their wellbeing, signalling a need to invest in early detection and preventative mental health support for musicians. Thrive is the UK’s only NHS-approved app focused on the prevention and early detection of common mental health conditions. The app offers 24/7…

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