diversity

E.l.f. Beauty’s “So Many Dicks” campaign targets corporate leaders via contextual advertising with the goal of increasing diversity in corporate boardrooms.

The end of third-party cookies isn’t “Armageddon for marketers,” says Wendi Dunlap, Mediahub’s newly appointed EVP of business intelligence and audience science. It’s an opportunity to test, learn and do better.

“You don’t have to know everything” as a DEI expert, said Femi Olu-Lafe, a 2022 Top Women honoree in the DEI Champions category. As Kinesso’s SVP of global culture and culture, Olu-Lafe stays curious and open to learning from others.

To make the most of AI, advertisers must diversify data analytics teams to bring varied perspectives and talents to data collection and decision-making, writes Ashley Tsai, head of analytics at mSix&Partners.

Brands and tech vendors can do a lot more to make good on their public promises to support diverse and Black-owned media, says Rhonesha Byng, the CEO and founder of Her Agenda, a digital media platform for millennial women, and co-creator of the Black Owned Media Equity and Sustainability Institute.

Media leans white, from the content studios of Hollywood to the ad agencies of Madison Avenue. Where does the lack of diversity come from? A lot of it has to do with insufficient industry exposure to Black college students and graduates, said Steven Golus, a digital advertising trainer and consultant. Golus founded The Boyd Initiative […]

Marketers often rely on a combination of assumptions and incorrect, faulty data that perpetuates stereotypes. Former WarnerMedia executive Larry Adams experienced this firsthand and founded LVA, an “anti-racist” agency that uses proprietary technology to measure the level of inclusion in content.

Historically, many industries and verticals have tended to overrepresent white men. Finance is one of them. Voya Financial, an investment company that helps its clients prep for retirement, is trying to bridge that gap by making the messaging in its ads more inclusive. On January 13, Voya launched two new commercials, both in thirty-second and […]

A weekly comic strip from AdExchanger that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem… This comic first ran in June 2020.

The first half of 2020 was pretty lean. This year is on track to be the slowest since 2015 in terms of deal activity, according to LUMA Partners. But set the table and get out the gravy boat, because strategic M&A started to pick back up in Q3 and the momentum has continued into the […]