New York City has been complaining about poor Adland diversity numbers for decades. A new thinktank report offers ideas to improve the situation.

If the Clio Health awards are any indication the answer is pretty big. The campaign for CeraVe skin moisturizer won 5 Grand Clios two nights ago and some gold as well.

The Lions organization cites the fact that device driven creativity has expanded into almost every channel and discipline as part of the decision for retiring the Mobile Lions. Among other changes, the luxury vertical now has its own Lion.

Highlights include a session with CEO John Wren and others about commerce and the evolving consumer landscape. Each day sessions will be dedicated to a single topic: AI on Monday, Content on Tuesday, Commerce and the New Consumer on Wednesday, Creativity on Thursday, and Talent on Friday.

The session, hosted by WPP, will be held at the Lumiere Theater June 18. The holding company also has a week-long lineup of events scheduled for its WPP Beach venue.

"Trading in the first four months continues to reflect the impact of volatile global macroeconomic conditions," company head Martin Sorrell stated at the firm's recent annual meeting.

The holding company is kicking off a webinar series with a session looking at the next five years in marketing.

For the central image on ads and a parade float, agency Blue Chip drew inspiration from Puerto Rican artists, like Jean-Michael Basquiat and Juan Sanchez.

Among the shortlisted campaigns is the CeraVe skincare effort featuring actor Michael Cera, Dove's "The Code" campaign and other efforts that address issues like extremism, tolerance, opioid addiction and more.

The "Silence Hurts" campaign was launched following research from Amnesty, Catalysts and NIM that showed that 56% of Norwegian citizens do not intervene when they witness hate speech.