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After six months as CEO of Mediabrands Australia, Mark Coad talks about the Group’s approach to the pandemic, why pitching has become more humanised and what media agencies and marketers should be thinking about. This is the second of a two-part interview, where Mark explains why he thinks Mediabrands will emerge from 2020 in better

IPG Mediabrands released its Media Responsibility Audit of social media platforms as part of a larger effort to enhance brand safety and media responsibility in advertising. The social media platform audit, based on the media responsibility principles, looked at the impact of harmful content and evaluated the policies of different platforms and their enforcement. The audit

YouTube’s Headstart In Brand Safety Efforts Help Them Top The Audit Rankings NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IPG Mediabrands today released its Media Responsibility Audit, the first-of-its-kind, as part of a larger effort aimed at enhancing brand safety and media responsibility in advertising. The social media platform audit was based on the Media Responsibility Principles Mediabrands recently released

IPG Mediabrands begins a quarterly report on social platforms’ practices By Nat Ives The July advertiser boycott against Facebook Inc. over the way it handles unwelcome content generated some results, at least in the eyes of organizers, and a flood of headlines. But parts of the ad industry also are taking a wider look at

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mediabrands today released its 10 Media Responsibility Principles (MRP) as part of a larger effort to balance brand safety and brand responsibility in advertising. While “Brand Safety” protects the brand, “Brand Responsibility” protects the communities that a brand serves, weighing the societal impact of the content, the publishers and services, and the platforms

It goes without saying: these are difficult times. Recent events – including the pandemic and numerous injustices that have been committed against Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) – have weighed heavy on us all. We as a society are at an inflection point, and it’s time for us as marketers to get off the

“Hire more women.” “Hire more Black and Brown people.” “Take an ad out at NYC Pride.” Some organizations follow a haphazard checklist for diversity then wonder why their efforts produced no tangible results – goals aren’t met, projects are stagnant and the halls look the same as ever. That’s because true diversity reflects meaningful change,