Google Updates Auto-Delete Privacy Policies
Google tweaked its privacy policies to set data to automatically delete after 18 months for new accounts and will notify its billions of existing

Resonate Finds Four U.S. Consumer Segments Based on Their Comfort Levels with Business Reopenings Following COVID-19
Consumer intelligence firm Resonate finds four U.S. consumer audiences, broken down according to their willingness to engage with reopened businesses following the COVID-

Up Close and Personal: Getting to Know James Early, Independent Creative Director and Brand Strategist
Capitol Communicator is running “Up Close and Personal” profiles of communicators in the mid-Atlantic. In this profile we feature James Early. Photography for

GEICO Pulls “Fort Pillow” Ad
Historian Bob O’Connor could not believe the GEICO ad was still on the radio, reports The Washington Post, “but there it was. The

D.C.-Area Updates: ExxonMobil, GMMB and Subject Matter
Robert Zirkelbach, executive VP-PA at D.C.-based Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, above, joins ExxonMobil as head of global issues and

Sinclair Broadcasting to Launch “Headline News Service” in 2021
The Maryland-based broadcast group Sinclair Broadcasting will launch a “headline news service” that will air across Sinclair’s CW and MY network stations

Interns-On-Call.com Offers PRSSA Students an Opportunity to Promote Their Skills
By Mitchell. P. Davis Broadcast Interview Source (BIS), the company which publishes the Yearbook of Experts®, ExpertClick.com and runs News Release Wire.com,

I’m Laughing
Capitol Communicator is running an industry commentary series by Dennis Goris, president and creative director at Goris Communications. You can find more Brand Creep

‘Eskimo Pie’ to be Renamed by End of Year
Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, which owns the ‘Eskimo Pie’ dessert, said it would be changing the product’s brand name and marketing. “We

Washington Post to Create Newsroom Positions Focusing on Race, Including Managing Editor for Diversity and Inclusion
The Washington Post will create more than a dozen positions designed to “enhance coverage of the growing national discourse on race in this historic

The Creative Now: A Chat with John Gundlach, Co-Founder, Mighty Good
By Cade Martin As a kid, I spent many a dinner at a table surrounded by friends of my parents, an eclectic cast of

Consumer Culture in Flux: Fuel For Thought #3
By Maja Husar, Associate Director of Brand Planning, RP3 Agency How can brands contribute to reducing racism? A few lessons from behavioral science. Racial

Uncle Ben’s, Mrs. Butterworth’s and Cream of Wheat to Review Branding
Following an announcement from Quaker Oats that it will rebrand Aunt Jemima due to its racist origins, companies that make Uncle Ben’s, Mrs.

GMMB Announces Changes Related to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
GMMB released a statement announcing changes related to diversity, equity and inclusion. The GMMB statement follows: Just as we have spent our existence as

Quaker Oats to Remove Aunt Jemima Image from Packaging and Rename Brand
Quaker Oats will remove the controversial image of Aunt Jemima from its line of maple syrups, pancake mixes and other foods starting at the

