Binge drinking and booze – this is the stuff those poisonous hip-hop videos are made up of. These and so many alcohol advertisements Black youth are exposed to have a pervasive effect on them. A recent report compiled by the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has shed some new light on the subject. An […]

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Kellogg is redoing its Corn Pops cereal boxes after a complaint that the artwork on the back is racially insensitive. The image shows a bunch of cartoon Corn Pops hanging out in a retail mall, with multiple yellow versions frolicking and going about their business. But there is one darker corn pop among them – […]

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Folks snapped off on the popular skin care company for a problematic African skin bleaching ad that surfaced online.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Pepsi on Wednesday pulled an ad after it was widely mocked and criticized for appearing to trivialize protests for social justice causes. “Pepsi was trying to project a global message of unity, peace and understanding,” the company said. “Clearly we missed the mark, and we apologize.” It said it was “removing […]

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On Tuesday, Sprint yanked a promo video that came under fire on social media over its use of the world “ghetto.” The spot shows Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure on a “listening tour” asking a customer, a white woman, what she thinks of rival cell phone company T-Mobile. “I’m going to tell you a carrier name, and […]

This comes after being dragged by Black Twitter for creating a campaign where a Black girl serves as an armrest.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — If you’re starting to notice more ads on Instagram, it’s all part of Facebook’s plan. Facebook, the world’s largest social network, has steadily built its advertising business to become the world’s second-largest digital ad platform after Google. Now it’s looking at ways to make more money from video ads and from […]

Roy Eaton may not be a household name, but his voice has been prominent a part of the advertising landscape since the early 1960s. Eaton’s pioneering work as a jingles composer earned him the distinction of being the first African-American to work for a major ad agency. Eaton’s path to making advertising history was a […]