Google Plus has the same number of U.S. users as Twitter and more opportunity for brands, according to a new survey from Forrester Research.
Peter Sherman is returning to Omnicom as an executive vice president after seven months at JWT.
Magazines may be struggling on the newsstand, but there’s at least one place where they’re still a hot commodity: airports. Now Forbes is taking advantage of the age-old relationship between print mags and weary travelers with the launch of its latest brand extension, licensed airport newsstands.
For the second time in the span of four months, ABC’s Good Morning America is weathering a defection in its ranks, as co-anchor Josh Elliott has left the show for a job at NBC Sports. Effective Monday, March 31, ABC News correspondent Amy Robach will assume Elliott’s GMA post, joining Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos and the rest of the five-person crew.
Two years ago, Anne-Marie Slaughter wrote a provocative essay in The Atlantic called “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All.” The piece, which sparked a national debate about the impossibilities of work-life balance, stressed that unless a profound change in mind-set occurred at the highest levels of business and government, professional women are basically screwed. The stats bear it out.
Specs Who Beth Buehler New gig Svp of digital operations and strategy, Rodale Old gig Head of digital ventures, Getty Images Age 36 Your title, svp, digital operations and strategy, is a new position. Why was it created? Historically, Rodale had done a lot of digital initiatives in different areas. People were building products within each of the brands in a very siloed manner, but that wasn’t going to bring Rodale to the next level. So this was put together to create a unified approach.
Illustration: Denis Carrier I believe we’re reaching an inflection point when it comes to corporate diversity in this country, and specifically women’s equity at the top. Today, companies are moving from an institutional era to a human era, from competition to collaboration and from secrecy to transparency. Yet we expect these changes to be ushered in by leaders who look a lot like they did in the ’60s and ’70s. We see the need for “disruptive” leadership even as the number of women in C-suite jobs flatlines.
Specs Who Kourtney Kardashian Age 34 Accomplishments Star of E!’s Keeping Up With the Kardashians (Sundays at 9 p.m.); co-designer of The Kardashian Kollection at Sears and Kardashian Kids at Babies”R”Us Base Los Angeles What’s the first information you consume in the morning? I usually look at my phone and just kind of check my emails and text messages first to see if anything’s been happening overnight.
Far from hearing crickets after streaming into the Internet abyss, former TV news talent are unearthing a flourishing market online. In mid-March, Katie Couric interviewed former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the former CBS Evening News anchor’s first assignment as global news anchor for Yahoo.
What you say out loud may soon be marketing data, and here’s why: Voice recognition-enabled ads are fast becoming a tool of mobile advertisers who want to ramp up response rates that often fall well short of 1 percent. The futuristic promos quietly emerged late last year, as JetBlue and Toys “R” Us began employing them.
