View Post Revolving Door Former Arnold New York CCO Aaron Griffiths Joins Facebook Creative Shop as Creative Lead By Erik Oster on Dec. 7, 2016 - 11:51 AM Facebook Creative Shop adds to its roster of agency veterans.
View Post Ad Biz Facebook to Remove ‘Ethnic Affinity’ Targeting From Certain Ad Categories By Erik Oster on Nov. 11, 2016 - 11:57 AM The decision follows a ProPublica report last month and a civil rights lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California.
View Post Ad Biz Facebook Faces Civil Rights Lawsuit Over Ad-Targeting Based on ‘Ethnic Affinities’ By Erik Oster on Nov. 7, 2016 - 11:41 AM The new suit alleges the social network's ad-targeting practices violate The Fair Housing Act of 1968 and The Civil Rights Act of 1964.
View Post Agencies | People Martin Sorrell Thinks Google Is Cooler Than Facebook to the Tune of $5 Billion By Erik Oster on Oct. 31, 2016 - 1:36 PM "Facebook is ... a little bit more difficult to deal with," Sorrell told Business Insider.
View Post What The?? Facebook Explains Why It Allows Advertisers to Exclude Viewers Based on ‘Ethnic Affinities’ By Erik Oster on Oct. 28, 2016 - 10:57 AM Facebook added the "ethnic affinity" categories within the past two years as part of a "multicultural advertising" initiative.
View Post People Sir Martin Sorrell Has Harsh Words for Facebook’s Fake Data in ‘Overstategate’ By Erik Oster on Sep. 23, 2016 - 11:32 AM "The referee and player cannot be the same person."
View Post Revolving Door Andrew Keller Heads to Facebook By Erik Oster on Jan. 29, 2016 - 12:14 PM He's global creative director of the social giant's in-house agency, Creative Shop.
View Post Campaigns CP+B Embraces Silence for Hotels.com By Erik Oster on Jun. 3, 2015 - 10:59 AM CP+B built a couple of ads around Facebook's silent autoplay format for videos.
View Post Campaigns Friday Morning Stir By Erik Oster on Feb. 27, 2015 - 10:03 AM Roundup of industry news from around the web.
View Post Ad Biz Wednesday Odds and Ends By Erik Oster on Feb. 18, 2015 - 4:57 PM A late roundup of the day's news.