Ad holding giant WPP has settled a lawsuit alleging racist and sexist behavior by ad agency J. Walter Thompson's former chief Gustavo Martinez.
The lawsuit was filed in 2016 by JWT chief communications officer Erin Johnson, who alleged that Martinez engaged in a pattern of misconduct, creating a hostile work environment that amounted to gender discrimination and a violation of her civil rights.
Johnson is receiving a substantial settlement, according to The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the settlement. Johnson has resigned from her role at the ad agency, the company said in a statement.
To read more about the settlement, click here.
In other news:
NBCUniversal wants to reinvent the way TV advertising is sold. It is introducing a new viewing metric called "CFlight," which will take into account impressions across live audiences, as well as people viewing on-demand on digital platforms.
Facebook admitted that 87 million user profiles were harvested by political research firm Cambridge Analytica, which is more than previously thought. CEO Mark Zuckerberg told reporters during a call that the company had made a "huge mistake" in not admitting its responsibilities.
Facebook also said that most of its 2 billion users probably had their data scraped by "bad actors" at some point. The issue lies in the reverse search feature, which allowed anyone to look up a Facebook user with their email address or phone number.
Facebook will limit developer access to user information as a result of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. And developers will need to get company approval before offering certain types of apps.
Here's all the personal information of yours that Facebook says could have been scraped by 'malicious actors.' Facebook announced in a blog post Wednesday that it will disable its search feature that allows users to be found based on a phone number or an email address.
Altice is the latest cable company trying to become a serious player in advanced TV advertising in the US. The company has made a series of ad-tech and data acquisitions over the past few years.
Taboola has signed a deal with smartphone manufacturer ZTE to create an Android rival to Apple News, The Wall Street Journal reports. Taboola is a content recommendation firm known for placing sponsored links on thousands of publishers’ sites across the web.
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