Our November cover star and 2025 @Adcolor Beacon Award honoree, Richelieu Dennis, has built an empire on equity and community. It started with Sundial Brands, the company behind @SheaMoisture and Nubian Heritage, which he founded in 1991 with his mother and college roommate.

#Exclusive for @Adweek: Documents obtained by Adweek show major cuts to PTO, holidays, 401(k), parental leave, healthcare and severance for legacy IPG employees. Workers I interviewed called the new benefits “the worst [they’ve] ever had.” https://t.co/6rQkNLG3U2

SCOOP: Bloomberg Media COO Julia Beizer is leaving the company this month to join Microsoft. There, she will lead Microsoft’s AI news product and work under Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman. Story below ⏬

EXCLUSIVE | A discretionary 401(k) match, "60% decrease in days off that aren’t PTO," and parental leave slashed from six months to 10 weeks. Omnicom’s benefits policies are a significant downgrade from IPG’s legacy package in the U.S., and it's led some employees to start

New: The publisher network URL Media received a three-year, $5 million grant from the Knight Foundation today, a transformative capital injection for the startup. Launched in 2021, URL Media operates a network of 37 publisher partners that serve BIPOC communities. (1/3)

New: Condé Nast has hired Vasanth Williams as its new chief product and technology officer. He starts Dec. 8. Williams plans to focus on integrating AI into the company, although he joins from Major League Baseball, so perhaps Condé will also implement a pitch clock. (1/2)

.@FoxTV announced its 2026 upfront presentation will take place Monday, May 11, 2026. The event will showcase new programming across @FoxSports, @FoxNews, Fox Entertainment, and @Tubi, as well as the tech and research advancements the company can offer.

Maurice DuBois has announced that he will be departing CBS Evening News, with December 18 being his final broadcast. DuBois is the latest major talent to leave @CBSNews. This signals a major revamp on the horizon for @CBS Evening News, which now falls under the purview of Bari

Brands are rushing to put their digital ad spend on @Reddit after the platform claimed it leads to a higher chance of showing up in AI search results. @TrishlaOstwal spoke with ad buyers and agencies about this trend, and also reviewed a pitch deck from Reddit on the topic.

How we imagine the @Pantone color of the year meeting went.

.@CondeNast named Vasanth Williams its new chief product and technology officer today, bringing on the product and engineering executive as the publisher deepens its investment in artificial intelligence. The appointment arrives as Condé Nast also becomes a pilot partner in a

The @iab's Annual Leadership Meeting will feature Kevin Bacon, @Nissan CMO Allyson Witherspoon, creator Remi Bader, and @badassboz.

The @LVAces are proof that investing in women's sports is a massive opportunity. During ADWEEK House: The Raceway, President of the Aces Nikki Fargas detailed how the championship team set the standard for what @WNBA teams deserve.

.@Pantone's 2026 color of the year is... white. Specifically, 'Cloud Dancer' White. The “billowy, balanced white” will serve as a symbol of “calming influence in a frenetic society rediscovering the value of measured consideration and quiet reflection,” the color authority’s

.@CBS, @FOXTV, and @nbc ll set Thanksgiving viewership records. CBS's Chiefs vs. Cowboys drew 57.23 million viewers, Fox's Packers vs. Lions had 47.7 million, and NBC's Bengals vs. Ravens attracted 28.4 million.

EXCLUSIVE | On Wednesday, Omnicom Media held its first company-wide town hall following its parent company's $13 billion acquisition of former rival IPG.

.@Google's AI Overviews are creating recipe that hurt home cooks and starve recipe publishers of traffic and revenue. Major food publishers are launching dedicated recipe apps to build direct audience relationships and protect their content.

EXCLUSIVE: 5 years in, @cleancreatives has appointed a new leader. Laura Ranzato succeeds Duncan Meisel on Dec. 12 to shape the next chapter of the climate advocacy group's mission to cut ties between the ad and PR industry and fossil fuels. https://t.co/cInQIzmaMN

SCOOP: Inside Omnicom Media’s first town hall post-IPG takeover: new structure, bullish tone, and CEO Flo Adamski frustrated with recent headlines. @Adweek was able to access the (mistakenly) unencrypted livestream while it was briefly open. Full story: https://t.co/CDWDUy4A7Q

@url_media @knightfdn The grant comes at a pivotal moment, according to Sara Lomax, cofounder and president of URL Media. The funding, during an otherwise challenging year for diversity initiatives, validates the animating concept behind URL Media and provides it three years of runway to transform its

🧵 The publisher network @URL_Media has secured a $5 million grant from the @knightfdn, a transformative investment for the startup that will enable it to grow its business, build new revenue infrastructure, and expand support for the communities it serves.