Village Soapbox: Van Halen, "black·ish," 2021 Forecasts, Disney+, Colaco Joins AT&T, Diversity Week, Ampersand Conversations

amp160MTV Lost Weekend 1984MTV Monsters of Rock Contest 1988Crystal Pepsi 1992 quotRight NowquotNissan 300ZX 1996 quotYou Really Got MequotTop Media News This WeekWarnerMedia has named JeanPaul Colaco to lead Ad SalesPixar will skip the theater and release its new film Soul on Disney on December 25A bipartisan House Committee has released a damning report on the anticompetitive and monopolistic practices of Facebook Google Amazonamp160and Appleamp160see report While Democrats and Republicans agreed on the core issue that these companies exhibit anticompetitive behavior they disagreed on the solutionsWarnerMedia announced a restructuring that will reduce costs by 20 and result in thousands of layoffs in the coming weeks at Warner Bros HBOamp160and Turner This is a direct result of the impact that COVID19 has madeThe Roku Channel is now available on Amazon Fire TVCBS introduced new branding The long iconic CBS eye remains but will be modernized deconstructedamp160and animated to reflect a new multiplatform worldOver 50 million viewers watched the Vice Presidential debate this week and Fox News set a record for the most watched Vice Presidential debate on a single network with 111 million viewersThis Week on MediaVillageIn quotTo Boost DampampI Ad Industry Needs to Lean Into Dataquot Alli Romano shines a light on what several brands are doing to begin to execute the changes necessary to make their organizations more inclusive and how data from a recent 4A39s diversity report emphasized the need for real actionamp160From IBM to GM to PampampG organizations are using guidelines like MediaVillage founder Jack Myers39 four immediate actions to foster diversity and curtail bias as a north star in bringing about a long coming change to the makeup of their organizationsWrapping up Diversity Week 103 1011 check out Natasha Dure39s piece quotBuilding a Radically Inclusive Environment at Ampersandquotamp160aboutamp160the numerous steps that Ampersand has taken to put actions to words including a commitment that 30 of all new hires will be from underrepresented groupsquotIn Terms of ROIquot columnistamp160Bill Harvey teamed up with Dynata39s awardwinning researcheramp160Steven Millman to look at a recent Dynata study that surveyed over 2100 registered voters on their feelings about CEO compensation The results just might not be what you expect Find out what they were in quotDynata Survey Results Which American Dream Are We HavingquotOne of my favorite movies in the 3980s was The Right Stuffamp160 based on Tom Wolfe39s 1979 book That movie sealed my fascination with everything NASA and space Jacqueline Cutler writes about the new National Geographic series version of The Right Stuff now available on Disney This version allows for a much more nuanced profile of the astronaut39s wives both their challenges and triumphs Disney39s quotThe Right Stuffquot Also Salutes the Women with the Wife StuffquotAndradeSays reviewer Ainsley Andradeamp160gives his critique on this week39s special episodes of ABC39s hit social comedyamp160blackishamp160which tackleamp160the subject of voting The first episode is live action but the second is animated and marks the return of actress Yara Shahidi to the show that launched her Freeform spinoff grownish The episodeamp160revolves around the character Junior portrayed by actor Marcus Scribner and his first time voting in a national election In a way that very few shows have ever excelled at blackish manages to tackle serious historical and social issues while maintaining a consistently high level of comedy quotABC39s blackishamp160Puts Voting in PerspectivequotBehind the Scenes in Hollywood columnistamp160Steve Gidlowamp160had the opportunity to interview actress Chaley Rose who appears in Hallmark Channel39s new romance My Best Friend39s Bouquet Steve speaks with Chaley on the challenges of filming during the pandemic and how it felt to be playing opposite not one but two handsome leads actors Jaime Callica ampamp Nathan Witte quotChaley Rose on Filming Hallmark39s quotMy Best Friend39s Bouquetquot During the PandemicquotThis week Comcast39s Lee Singletary introduced us to an excitingamp160new webcast series that they are producingamp160Comcast Advertising39s Culture Conversationsamp160explores the nuanced issues and opportunities facing the marketing community through the voices of several industry luminaries such as Ogilvy39s Nadja BellanWhite Unilever39s Esi Eggleston Bracey National LGBT Chamber of Commerce senior vice president Jonathan Lovitz and many more quotFrom Talk to Action Brands Authenticity ampamp ResultsquotExecutive Director of AdvancingDiversityorgamp160Phillip McKenzieamp160takes a hard look at the everevolving role of fatherhood especially as the pandemic with its school closures and company lockdowns has accelerated the move to gender parenting role equality Read Phil39s thoughts in quotThrowing the Spotlight on Fathers39 Care to WorkquotWe are now far enough into the pandemic where the impact on media consumption and the advertising economy is clear and full of enough data and insight to provide some guidance on 2021 MediaVillage39s Jack Myers and MoffettNathanson39s Michael Nathanson who have been tracking and forecasting for our industry throughout returned for their third Leadership Conversation Not only is there some positive news for parts of the industry but also some eyepopping thoughts that Michael shares about his belief in an inevitable wave of MampampA due to the pandemic If you missed the MyersNathanson Economic Update and 2021 Forecast you can catch up right hereHave a wonderful weekendClick the social buttons to share this story with colleagues and friendsThe opinions expressed here are the author39s views and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet

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