Friday Morning Stir

By Erik Oster 


-Samsung released ““Breaking Out,” the latest in its “#DoWhatYouCant” campaign promoting the Samsung Galaxy S8 (video above).

-SS+K associate creative director and copywriter Elena Knox and associate creative director and art director Alyssa Georg created “Read Between The Headlines” in an attempt to show how sensationalized headlines feed into political division.

-DDB Berlin collaborated with women’s rights group Terre Des Femmes to utilize a photo booth for a domestic violence awareness PSA campaign.

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-Activist group Sleeping Giants is putting pressure on more advertisers to cut ties with The O’Reilly Factor.

-CP+B London CCO and Karmarama founder Dave Buonaguidi addresses his industry hiatus, saying, “You shouldn’t hate working at your own agency – but I did.”

-Wondersauce founding partner, co-CEO John Sampogna explains how the agency evolved from products and platforms to full-service.

-MEC group strategy director Richard Bradford explains “How I came back to my dream job after battling a drinking problem.”

-Polls find most millenials don’t want to pay for Netflix. The answer, obviously, is advertising.

-In Australia, McDonald’s is encouraging candidates to apply for jobs at the fast food chain via Snapchat.

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