Monday, October 30, 2017

Business: Corona "goes for weed" and other quick hits

Constellation Brands, the U.S. distributor of Corona beer, has agreed to take a stake in Canadian marijuana company Canopy Growth and plans to work with the grower to develop and market cannabis-infused drinks. [WSJ]
Facebook plans to launch a publicly searchable archive next year, detailing all the U.S. federal election ads that run on the platform. The company also announced that it is rolling out a “view ads” feature so users can see all the ads a particular page is running on Facebook, Instagram and Messenger, and all ads will be required to be associated with a page. [Ad Age]
Myspace shut down a video page last week after a BuzzFeed News investigation found it was part of an ad fraud scheme. [BuzzFeed]
Fox plans to air nine six-second ads during its Thanksgiving Day NFL broadcast. [Ad Age]
A look at how Wal-Mart is pitching its advertising business to ad buyers by promoting itself as a media platform. [Digiday]
Monica Lewinsky has teamed up with BBDO to launch an ad campaign against cyberbullying. [New York Times]

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