Having analyzed the forecasts of development of global Coronavirus outbreak, organizing committee of International advertising festival White Square – one of the largest creative events in Eastern Europe, for many years opening international festival season and uniting in Minsk the representatives of communications industry from more than 30 countries –...
Facebook has launched a third-party Arabic fact-checking platform across the MENA region in partnership with Fatabyyano, an independent platform that specializes in news verification. The partnership works to support Fatabyyano’s efforts to combat false news by reducing the spread of misinformation on the platform. In its approach, Fatabyyano aims to...
Following the buzz of its call for entries campaign that saw purple mustaches sent to industry leaders while asking the question, “what does a woman have to do to get onto an advertising jury?” the Gerety Awards are extending their deadline. Gerety founders said: "Due to the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic,...
The WARC Rankings are a global index of creative, effective and media excellence in advertising. The WARC Effective 100 rankings take into account performance across top-tier strategy, marketing and creative shows around the world and are hence, the most rigorous rankings.In the 2020 WARC Effective 100 rankings, McCann Worldgroup’s agency...
Facebook announced the creation of the Business Resource Hub to support businesses being affected, whether directly or indirectly, by the recent outbreak of COVID-19.The Hub features recommendations as well as courses to help businesses and brands stay connected to customers and keep their business on track.As part of these recommendations,...
Digital Games Conference (DGC) recognizes it has a number of key international participants significant to the conference’s program that cannot attend due to travel restrictions in their home countries. Therefore, DGC will be postponed from April 1st & 2nd to June 21st & 22nd, 2020 and will take place at...
TBWAWorldwide has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2020, marking the second year in a row TBWA has been named one of the top 10 most innovative companies in the Advertising sector.The list honors the businesses making the most profound impact...
CallisonRTKL, a global consultancy specialised in architecture, design and technology with offices in Dubai and Jeddah, has appointed Four MENA as its communications partner. Four MENA has partnered with CallisonRTKL to drive its communications strategy in the Middle East, highlighting the firm’s design practices and distinctive projects in key markets across...
An online poll of 40,000 young people in over 150 countries reveals that many young people feel their current education is not preparing them with the skills they need to get jobs.One third (31 per cent) of the young people responding via the UNICEF engagement platform U-Report say that the...
Cannes Lions today provides an update on contingency planning for the Festival, in light of the evolving global situation regarding Covid-19.The Festival is still scheduled to take place, as planned, from 22-26 June in Cannes, France. "We continue to monitor the situation closely and follow all guidance from health and...
WARC, the international marketing information company, has released its annual Media 100 Ranking, which features the most awarded campaigns, agencies and brands in the world. The listing is produced by combining the results of the industry's most important global and regional media award shows tracked throughout 2019, as determined by...
On this International Women’s Day, the United Nations issues a call to action on women’s rights and gender equality in Lebanon.‘Gender inequality is the overwhelming injustice of our age and the biggest human rights challenge we face’ and women’s equal rights ‘offer solutions to some of the most intractable problems...
The IAA World Congress, the most influential global platform to discuss a development strategy of the marketing communications industry amongst the world’s leading, visionary founders as well as global, C-level suite executives, returns for its 45th edition in May 2020.The host cities for the IAA World Congress have always been the largest world’s business centers,...
With the Coronavirus outbreak spreading across the world, one-third of Gulf-based employers are planning to have staff work from home, according to a survey conducted by Middle East employment portal, GulfTalent.Based on the survey results, up to 35% of Gulf-based businesses could soon be asking employees to work from home....
Olivia Phillips has been named Editor in Chief of Harper’s BAZAAR Arabia. She joins from Grazia Middle East and assumes the role immediately. She will report to Sue Holt, Managing Director, ITP Saudi, ITP Consumer & ITP Live.“I am honoured to take the helm of Harper’s BAZAAR Arabia at one of...
