This Year's Adweek 50

Each year, Adweek reveals the most indispensable execs from media, marketing and tech companies. This year's list features some well-known stars in the industry like Target's Rick Gomez, ViacomCBS' Jo Ann Ross and Disney's Rita Ferro. However, the Adweek 50 also contains breakout stars with long lists of accomplishments like Walmart's Suresh Kumar, who oversaw the deployment of 130 new features during the pandemic, and JiYoung Kim, who joined Carat earlier this year and helped the media agency build multiple tools that proved invaluable to clients during the Covid-19 crisis.

Read the list: Check out some of the most notable accomplishments by this year's class of star executives.

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Hours before a ban on new TikTok downloads was set to take place, a federal judge granted an injunction. Here's what's next in the TikTok/President Trump saga:

Read more: TikTok lawyers explained their side of the lawsuit.

Holiday shopping will look decidedly different this year as retailers shift plans to accommodate shoppers who will a) shop virtually this year and b) shop on a budget because of the economy. So what does that mean? Here's a few impacts:

Keep reading: Here's everything marketers need to know about the holiday shopping season.

The technology now exists to send all of your customers personalized sales pitch...videos. Using deepfake tech, real people and a script, marketers could reach their entire email list with specific videos targeted to individualized users. Will it work? Bangalore-based Rephrase.ai says the videos have doubled clickthrough rates for marketing campaigns.

Watch it in action: See how the videos work here.

Correction: In Friday's First Things First, we incorrectly stated that P&G is pulling out of the TV Upfronts. P&G is instead planning to negotiate directly with networks whenever possible.

Cerveza Patagonia will send saplings to customers through 'Tree Protection Program.'

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The country's hospitality sector has lost nearly $1.2 billion in revenue amid the pandemic.

The newsletter's gone domestic, despite fewer 'eye-popping' deals.

Ad spend dropped 48% during Q2.

The luxury retailer's restructuring bolsters efforts prior to Covid-19.

As streamer's struggles continue, experts suggest how it could turn itself around.

A long history of environmental activism exemplifies purpose-driven marketing.