diversity
More than 100 companies have met the requirements to be included in the ANA’s first ever list of “Certified Diverse Suppliers for Advertising and Marketing.”
The list includes agencies, media, production, promotion, and research companies and follows an ANA report released in May, “The...
Procter & Gamble will use its Olympic and Paralympic sponsorship to campaign for racial equality after extending its backing of the games through 2028.
The brutal death of George Floyd at the hands of police in May has reinforced to corporations like P&G the need to use their...
Last year saw record representation of LGBTQ characters in the 118 films released by major studios, according to a new study by GLAAD. But for the third straight year, the racial diversity of LGBTQ characters has waned and transgender characters again went unseen.
GLAAD called the...
CBS Television and the NAACP has reached an agreement to develop content to further tell stories of the African American experience.
The television studio and civil rights organization announced the multi-year agreement in a joint statement Wednesday. The partnership will focus on...
For Michael B. Jordan, timing is everything. So when the SAG award winner marched in a Los Angeles Black Lives Matter protest last month demanding that Hollywood drastically increase its diversity in the executive ranks, it was a moment he felt prepared for.
"I think it's always been...
While the event’s physical get-together had to be canceled this year due to the pandemic, PROMAX’s annual conference was able to live on virtually this week (7/7-9).
The Promax Virtual Experience featured varied speakers, providing much-needed content, connection and community during...
Gina Prince-Bythewood knows what good fighting looks like. The "Love & Basketball" director has been an athlete her entire life, but she also just loves action movies. So when she started dreaming up the template for a bare-knuckle clash between Charlize Theron and KiKi Layne in the new...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 819 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. The 2020 class is 45% women, 36% underrepresented ethnic/racial communities,...
At LIONS Live, Cannes Lions and The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media at Mount Saint Mary’s University, have released the results of a major study that examines representations of gender, race/ethnicity, LGBTQ+, disability, age, and body size in Cannes Lions ads from 2006 - 2019. The Bias...
Since being founded just a couple of weeks ago by Nathan Young, group strategy director at Periscope, and Bennett D. Bennett, principal at Aerialist, 600 & Rising, an organization designed to give a strong voice to Black advertising professionals, advocating for their hiring and advancement...