Day: 25 March 2023

Global ad spend in publishing media set to decline 7.7% in 2023 to $47.2bn

Stuart Mitchell

The media industry has entered a period of flux. What constitutes a media owner is being challenged by structural shifts in the global advertising market worth $993bn this year.  It is becoming harder for content-creating publishers to remain competitive against data-rich performance channels like retail media, and sustain publishing businesses through online display revenue alone, finds WARC in its latest Global Ad Trends report: Media models in flux. Amazon earned $37.7bn from advertising services in 2022, almost the exact amount print was worth globally last year. The entire global publishing…

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AllBright Launches the AllBright Alliance to Empower Women in the Workplace

Stuart Mitchell

AllBright, the networking group making the workplace work better for women, has launched the AllBright Alliance, a global collective of businesses committed to driving positive change for ALL women in the workplace. The AllBright Alliance launches with seven founding corporate partners that include Eldridge, BNY Mellon Investment Management, HSBC, Simba Sleep, Northern Bloc, Visionable Healthcare and Chelsea FC. Viviane Paxinos, CEO of AllBright, says: “We are delighted to formally launch the AllBright Alliance and welcome our founding partners. They are joining a movement with a mission to find solutions to…

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Global marketing industry launches 2023 DEI Census

Stuart Mitchell

Marketing and advertising professionals from around the world are being asked to share their views on the state of diversity, equity and inclusion in the industry by participating in the second Global DEI Census in marketing, which went live on 15 March here. The initiative, which is supported by a coalition of 10 global marketing and advertising organisations –WFA, VoxComm, Campaign, Kantar, Advertising Week, Cannes Lions, Effie Worldwide, IAA, Global Web Index (GWI) and Adweek – has also been backed by a growing list of leading companies from across the…

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Amnesty International UK Media Awards finalists and host announced

Stuart Mitchell

Finalists span 10 award categories celebrating exceptional human rights journalism over the past year BBC presenter Maryam Moshiri will host the ceremony in London on April 26   Amnesty International UK has announced the full list of finalists for the 2023 Amnesty Media Awards.   The 10 awards categories celebrate excellence in human rights journalism over the past year and applaud the courage and determination of journalists who have shone a light on human rights issues in their work – often putting their lives at risk in doing so.   The winners of…

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Converting food waste to protein could help the global hunger crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Transforming food waste using sustainable technologies could produce enough protein to tackle the global food crisis. Researchers from King’s College London have found using just one of these processes to convert agricultural food waste could provide three times the amount of protein the average person needs to feed every person in the world, every day.The paper, published in Green Chemistry, is the first time researchers have extensively reviewed sustainable technologies that convert organic waste, which includes food waste, from agriculture, kitchen and restaurants, and the food industry. The authors argue…

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