Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians Consider Name Changes Capitol Communicator July 3, 2020 B to B, Bottom Left Sponsored, GeneralThe Washington Redskins launched a review of the team’s controversial name, "a stunning step that came just one day after a prominent corporate sponsor called for a change and after years of refusing to...
Up Close and Personal: Getting to Know Jefferson Liu, Group Creative Director at AKQA Capitol Communicator July 2, 2020 Profiles, Up Close and PersonalCapitol Communicator is running “Up Close and Personal” profiles of communicators in the mid-Atlantic. In this profile we feature Jefferson Liu. Photography for the series is by award-winning Cade...
Google Removes Ads Promoting False Voter Information and Scams Capitol Communicator June 30, 2020 Advertising, Social Media, Upper Left SponsoredGoogle has removed ads promoting false information and scams related to voting, reports Marketing Daily, which adds that "the search giant said it took the action after being informed about a new analysis from...
Bradley Lautenbach Joins The Washington Post as Head of Product Marketing Capitol Communicator June 30, 2020 Marketing, Media, Top Right SponsoredBradley Lautenbach has joined the Client Solutions team at The Washington Post as Head of Product Marketing. In this role, states The Post, Lautenbach "will be creating product solutions for the...
D.C.-Area Agency Acquisitions, Launches and Transitions Capitol Communicator June 29, 2020 Acquisitions, AgencyIDG Communications will acquire Triblio, based in Reston, VA, in a deal that, states a release, will accelerate the shift to ready-made, highly automated marketing technology platforms. The combination will...
Crystal Brown Joins Hager Sharp as Executive Vice President Capitol Communicator June 29, 2020 Agency, Top Right Sponsored1 CommentD.C.-based Hager Sharp adds Crystal Brown as executive vice president to lead its education, labor, and economy practice. According to a release, "Brown brings more than 20 years of strategic communications...
Starbucks Joins Growing List of Companies Cutting Social Media Ads Capitol Communicator June 28, 2020 Advertising, B to B, B to C, Upper Left SponsoredStarbucks is joining the "chorus of major brands" withdrawing ads from social networks to highlight complaints about online hate speech, reports Engadget. The coffee chain announced it would “pause” ads on...
Google Updates Auto-Delete Privacy Policies Capitol Communicator June 26, 2020 B to C, Bottom Left Sponsored, Social MediaGoogle tweaked its privacy policies to set data to automatically delete after 18 months for new accounts and will notify its billions of existing users that they can delete their data too, reports...
