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Advertising Agencies and Diversity – Part 2

September 25, 2008 – 7:26 am

While the crisis on Wall Street has most people eyes glued to the television or your favorite newspaper’s business section, unbeknownst to most, there was another hearing held in City Hall (New York City) about the efforts to improve diversity at some of America’s biggest advertising agencies.
Some may remember that a similar hearing was called [...]

By Kenyatta Blue | Posted in African-American, Asian, Business, Economy, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop Business, Hispanic, Inner-City, Latino, Media, New Media, Urban, Urban Development, Urban Marketing, Wall Street | Also tagged advertising agencies, advertising industry, American Association of Advertising Agencies, DDB, Larry Seabrook, Nancy Hill | Comments (0)

Terrible Marketing

September 19, 2008 – 6:47 am

I can see why one of America’s top civil rights attorneys, Cyrus Mehri, has commissioned a survey of diversity in ad agencies. When agencies come up with creatives for these following commercials, it puts everyone on notice that there needs to be more voices, preferably ones of color, in the conference rooms on Madison Avenue.
I [...]

By Kenyatta Blue | Posted in African-American, Asian, Business, Latino, Media, Minority-owned, New Media, Urban, Urban Marketing | Also tagged advertising agencies, civil rights, civil rights attorney, civil rights litigation, commercials, Cyrus Mehri, Extended Stay Hotels, marketing, minorities in adversting, pepsi, Shaggy, T-Pain | Comments (0)