The Archdiocese of Washington Sues Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for Refusing to Run its Christmas-Themed Ads
The Archdiocese of Washington has sued The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for refusing to run its Christmas-themed bus ads on the grounds the ads are too religious, reports…
Maryland News: Weitzman Appoints Reiter President; Sottosanti is CMO at Transamerica; Updates from Warschawksi and Merkle
Annapolis-based Weitzman Agency has appointed Rich Reiter as president. He joined Weitzman in December 2016 as executive creative director, coming from Planit in…
Chuck Donofrio, 62, Dies After Battle with Early-Onset Alzheimer’s
Chuck Donofrio, former CEO of Carton Donofrio Partners and known as a brilliant strategist and empathetic mentor to many Baltimore-area communicators, passed away…
YouTube Purging “Non-Family Friendly” Content As Advertisers React, Reports Deadline
YouTube has begun purging the site of channels and videos it deems predatory or non-family friendly, resulting in some channels with millions of…
The Cyphers Agency Promotes Grain Benefits for Healthy Aging for Grain Foods Foundation
Integrated marketing agency, The Cyphers Agency, has promoted the benefits of grain foods for healthy aging on behalf of their client, the Grain Foods…
Baltimore Sun’s ‘People on the Move’ Section Shifts to Advertising Department and Personnel Announcements Will Now be Paid Placements
The Baltimore Sun has turned its personnel announcements section, previously managed by the newsroom, to its advertising department. Listings for new hires, promotions and…
Ads May Soon Stalk You on TV Like They Do on Your Facebook Feed, Reports Bloomberg
Targeted ads that seem to follow you everywhere online may soon be doing the same on your TV, reports Bloomberg, which added that the…
Facebook’s Ad Technology Allows “Scams, Fake News and Foreign Interference to Slip Through the Cracks”, States One Media Report
Facebook says 126 million people may have seen Russian content aimed at influencing Americans, reports West Virginia Public Broadcasting, which added that lawmakers on…
Agencies Launch ‘Universities’ to Help Employees Keep Up With a Rapidly Changing Industry, Reports Adweek
It’s hard to keep track of what people consider to be “the next big thing” in advertising when that thing—be it AI,…
U.S. Ad Market Flattens In Q3, Reports MediaPost
U.S. advertising market revenue in the third quarter of 2017 — and for the month of September — was virtually flat with the respective periods…
Cade Martin Looks at His Cutting Room Floor
Cade Martin, the award-winning photographer behind Capitol Communicator’s “up close and personal” profiles, told us that he’s been looking at his…
Startup Brings Geo-Targeting, Real-Time Updates to Electronic Taxi Ads, Reports ARLnow.com
The roofs of D.C. taxis could be set for electronic advertising that can update in real time or be targeted to specific areas…
Use of Ad Blockers Rising Nationwide
An OnAudience.com study reveals that the use of ad blockers continues to rise in the U.S., with 26% of consumers now using…
Baby Boomers: Advertisers’ “Forgotten Generation”
As much of the marketing world focuses on new ways to woo and dazzle the highly coveted millennial generation, some companies are setting their…
Maryland Updates: News from Planit, August Jackson, Words Count, Red Thinking, Jellyfish and Mindgrub
Ashlene Larson is now Public Relations Director at Planit, joining from Early Light Media where she was Director of Marketing and Client Development. She…
