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<p> Welcome to Ad Age's wake-up call, our daily round of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. <em> You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device. Look for "Ad Age" under "Skills" in the Alexa app. </em><strong> What we are talking about today: </strong> John Schnatter, who founded Papa John's more than three decades ago, resigned from his position as chairman of the board Wednesday after using the word "n" during a conference call. Jessica Wohl of Age writes that the move comes after a Forbes report that Schnatter used the word "n" during a May conference call with the laundry service, which was the creative agency of the company at the time. Schnatter said during the call: "Colonel Sanders called the black N [and never] in the face of public reactions." <br /> Schnatter did not deny the report and first excused himself in a statement for his "inappropriate and hurtful language" at what was called a media training session regarding race. "Regardless of the context, I apologize, but in simple terms, racism does not belong in our society," he said. Late on Wednesday night, he announced that he had resigned from the board of directors and that his resignation had been accepted. <br /> Also on Wednesday, Major League Baseball indefinitely suspended its Papa Slam promotion with the pizza chain, confirmed Yahoo Sports. Ogilvy Ends Creative Chef Tham Khai Meng </strong><br /> In another highly publicized start, Ogilvy ended the job of his creative director, Tham Khai Meng, after an investigation into his behavior as a result of employee complaints. According to Megan Graham, Ogilvy's CEO, John Seifert sent a note Wednesday staff stating that he had been informed of employee complaints two weeks before and after investigations, concluding that Tham's behavior constituted a flagrant violation of the values and code of conduct of our company. Ogilvy had appointed Tham as its global artistic director and chairman of his global creative board in 2008. He declined to comment further on the situation and Tham could not be reached for comment. <br /> In Cannes Last month, Tham announced that the agency was planning to hire 20 senior women in creative positions globally by the end of 2020 and would badociate with the 3% Movement for create and monitor reference points for employee satisfaction. </p>
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In its latest effort to focus on spam and fraudulent activity, Twitter announced that "locked" accounts n & # 39, will appear more in follower numbers, reports Garrett Sloane of Ad Age.Sloane explains that locked accounts are those that Twitter has deemed suspicious, and then freezes tweeting.These accounts appeared in the counters followers t an inflated impresion of the active public for a given brand or creator. This decision follows calls from the advertising industry, among others, to take a closer look at the accounts. Keith Weed, CMO at Unilever, is among the advertisers who claim that platforms like Twitter and Facebook only have genuine audiences and fight spam.
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Oprah's next food move : Oprah Winfrey makes a significant investment in True Food Kitchen and joins the board of directors of the restaurant chain, specializing in seasonal and healthy products. However, as Jessica Wohl reports from Ad Age, although the idea looks like Winfrey's with Weight Watchers in 2015, so far there is no project to showcase it in the marketing of True Food Kitchen
. Fox : Sky's shareholders could be the big winners of the increasingly fierce battle between Comcast and 21st Century Fox to take control of British pay TV. Comcast has increased its takeover bid for Sky Wednesday, reports Bloomberg News, and now offers about $ 17 per share (£ 14.75) for the broadcaster, pricing it at $ 34 billion. That compares to a proposal of about $ 16 per share (14 pounds) Fox made earlier in the day, according to Bloomberg News.
Just for Kicks: Nissan launched its first US, listing for the subcompact Kicks crossover and, reports Ad Age's EJ Schultz, the automaker and the agency TBWA Chiat / Day New York did not start with a script but went straight to the soundtrack. After listening to "literally hundreds of titles," says Jeremy Tucker, vice president of marketing communications and media at Nissan North America, he chose Louis's "Strange" and Child to amplify it, the brand hopes, the emotional impact of advertising. 19659012] Billboard's Amato Resigns: John Amato, the CEO of the Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group, has resigned. The New York Times reports that Amato has been accused of having removed critical articles about former Republic Records group president, Charlie Walk, who was fired on charges of badual harbadment. However, the group gave no explanation for his resignation
RIP Nano: The cheapest car in the world, the Nano, made in India by Tata Motors, is on its deathbed, reports Bloomberg News. The car has been hailed as a "milestone in frugal engineering," but after 10 years, Bloomberg says, production numbers have dropped, exports are zero (up from 25 in June 2017) and the company acknowledges that the car in its shape can not continue beyond 2019. "
Creativity choice of the day : Kids complain about their tough days on glbades of milk in a new California Milk Processing Board campaign , who has renamed his 25 years Have milk? " campaign with new announcements from Gallegos United, writes I-Hsien Sherwood of Ad Age. "I'm so slammed today," said a boy, as he leaves early to head for scouting and taekwondo. The new strategy, says Sherwood, reflects the place of milk in the United States. It must compete with all the alternatives, both inside and outside dairy products. Gallegos won the entire account of Goodby Silverstein & Partners earlier this year after 12 years as an agency for Hispanic campaigns. Discover the work here.
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