Tuesday, May. 18, 2021

AICP’s Equity & Inclusion committee has released a set of Best Practices for Engagement aimed at helping ad agencies and brands address barriers in how they bid and award production and postproduction assignments. Assembled by an E&I subcommittee headed by Sophie Gold, founder and...

Wednesday, May. 12, 2021

VMLY&R has launched Inclusion Experience Practice, a strategic consultancy partner that works with clients to bring about sustainable cultural change within organizations. The new offering serves as a critical step toward creating connected brands and companies that are culturally sensitive...

Monday, May. 10, 2021

Amid growing pressure on the Hollywood Foreign Press Association from studios, stars and large swaths of the film industry, NBC said Monday that will not air the Golden Globes in 2022, putting in doubt the viability of one of Hollywood's oldest and most-watched award shows. 

Criticism of...

Sunday, May. 9, 2021

Growing up an avid reader, Kwana Jackson knew where to look for romance novels with Black characters: Segregated in the "African American interest" section where only determined shoppers would find them. 

When Jackson became a published author she saw other ways in which writers of color...

Monday, May. 3, 2021

The One Club for Creativity has advanced its commitment to creative activism by urging agencies, brands, ad schools and other organizations to step up and help support workplace equity in the industry by signing its new Paid Internship Pledge.

The initiative launches with a number of...

Monday, May. 3, 2021

#ChangeHollywood, an initiative of the civil-rights group Color of Change, has joined Pearl Street Films and Endeavor Content to issue a reimagined version of the inclusion rider, a contract provision designed to bring about workplace diversity through inclusive hiring on film and TV projects....

Thursday, Apr. 22, 2021

In 93 years of existence, the Oscars have been postponed by shootings — the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and the attempted killing of Ronald Reagan — and by a flood, when 1938 rainstorms overwhelmed the Los Angeles River. Sunday's ceremony will be the first Academy Awards delayed by a...

Friday, Apr. 9, 2021

STARZ will partner with Alliance of Women Directors (AWD) to increase representation of female directors through the STARZ #TakeTheLead Directors Program. The partnership--announced by STARZ president and CEO Jeffrey Hirsch during the company’s first #TakeTheLead “Transparency Talk” session--...

Tuesday, Mar. 30, 2021

The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) has created an expansive content creation, talent development and partnership platform that enables and advocates for increased inclusion of Black creators across the advertising, film and television industries. Titled “Widen The Screen,” it will...

Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2021

More than 100 Hollywood publicity firms that collectively represent the majority of stars in film and television said they will advise their clients to skip the Golden Globes if the Hollywood Foreign Press Association does not commit to "transformational change."

In a letter sent late...

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