Month: January 2025
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Corporate Social Responsibility
How Businesses Can Build Brand Capital Amid Shifting Voter Sentiment
With Congress slated to consider a host of measures that could profoundly impact businesses in 2025—ranging from taxes to trade to artificial intelligence—it’s more important than ever that business leaders leverage a trusted army of authentic stakeholders and validators. Our author outlines the ways in which communication teams can take up this task, through proactive and creative storytelling.
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Events
Auto, Finance and Tech: 9 Brands at Sundance
How nine brands showed up for the film industry this year, from Chase’s glass chalet to Acura’s energy house to Audible’s listening lodge.
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The Big Story
Ever-Elusive Transparency
CTV transparency remains a flashpoint between advertisers who want it and broadcasters who won’t provide it. Our special guest, Jounce Media’s Chris Kane, weighs in. Plus, we examine a persistent issue in ad tech: the chronic mislabeling of instream video.
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Acquisition
Siggi’s Taps Peloton Instructor Emma Lovewell as Brand Ambassador in Customer Acquisition Push
Siggi’s partners with Lovewell to increase its brand awareness among her health-and-wellness-focused audience. The yogurt brand aims to double its share of the yogurt market in the next few years.
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CTV Roundup
Nielsen’s Long-Awaited Measurement Offering Is Ready For The Upfronts
Nielsen told ad buyers that it plans to drop panel-only ratings later this year. The decision signals an inflection point in media measurement that publishers and buyers have both been waiting for.
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B-to-B Events
L.A.-Based Event Profs Share Perspectives on the Wildfires’ Impacts
In the wake of the wildfires that erupted across the L.A. area on Jan. 7, the events and entertainment industry has come together to offer support, resources and aid to neighbors, friends, families and colleagues. Tonight, stars like Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Olivia Rodrigo, Sting, Jelly Roll, Anderson .Paak and Stevie Nicks will be performing […]
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Crisis Management
PR Roundup: DEI Proponents, Acosta to Substack, Change and Reputation
This week’s PR Roundup looks at companies not backing down from their DEI policies, Jim Acosta and the White House embracing “new media,” and the result of change on a company’s reputation.
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B-to-B Events
Q&A: How Bosch Recreated a Hands-on Work Site at World of Concrete 2025
World of Concrete, the annual trade show for the concrete construction and masonry industries, brought over 57,000 attendees to the Las Vegas Convention Center, Jan. 20-23. While there was plenty of innovation inside, the hottest action was taking place outside, where brands let attendees get hands-on with the latest power tools and technology—full-blast mode. EM […]
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CES 2025
Multimodal AI, Gamified Ads, Co-Creation: CES Marketing Takeaways From Deloitte’s Chief Innovation Officer
Deborah Golden, Chief Innovation Officer at Deloitte, provides the most important takeaways from CES 2025 for marketing executives.
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Decoder
FTC’s COPPA Rule Update—What Publishers Need to Know
The FTC has finalized significant updates to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule, marking the first drastic overhaul since 2013. These changes, set to take effect in early 2025, reflect growing scrutiny of how companies handle children’s data online.
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