‘This is one of the quick things you can do:’ The ad industry reconsiders terms like ‘blacklist’ and ‘whitelist’

'“It’s a sort of institutional microaggression. People don’t realize constantly associating black with [a] negative is insidious and tiring,' said communications consultant Tanya Joseph.

‘Never given a clear path forward’: Black employees say it’s hard to get to middle management at agencies

Without being set up for success at agencies, Black employees often don’t make it to middle management.

Digiday Research: 74% of publishers have seen ad CPMs drop

About 74% of 127 publishing executives surveyed by Digiday this month said the crises have driven ad CPMs down, while 75% said they’ve had difficulty in ad sell through. Programmatic ad CPMs have been driven down between 10% and 20%, with some publishers choosing to reduce inventory instead of selling it at an extremely low rate.

As calls for improving diversity increase, many VCs are silent

Over the past two weeks, there's been a flood of direct-to-consumer startups issuing statements about steps they will take to better support the black community, and build more diverse companies. But venture capitalists have remained largely quiet.

Bottom-up revolt: How media’s ‘super-empowered individuals’ will drive change

The rank-and-file in media organizations aren't waiting for change; they're forcing it directly.

How Bloomberg Media is managing churn and retaining subscribers

In order to ensure that not only the number of subscribers increases but subscription revenue increases as well, Bloomberg's global head of subscriptions & consumer marketing, Lindsay Horrigan, said that her team implemented a lot of experimentation.

‘Never happened before’: Advertisers prepare for a September logjam of live sports

The NBA's expected collision with other major sports has agencies trying to game out how a glut of games may affect viewership.

‘Over-inflating their importance’: Why many marketers are wrong-footed on race

This pivotal moment serves as a reminder that companies need to get their own houses in order first before attempting to take a stand publicly. Listening is usually more powerful than tweeting.