Year: 2025
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B-to-C Events
NBA All-Star 2025: Sponsor Activations from Google, Nike, Amex and More
The 74th annual NBA All-Star Game and its new mini tournament format received some harsh criticism, but when it came to brand activations and events hosted over the weekend, fans gave rave reviews. Throughout NBA All-Star 2025, hosted Feb. 14-16 in the San Francisco Bay Area, sponsors flooded the NBA Crossover experience at Moscone Center, […]
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Shopper/Retail
Why happy engineers mean a better customer experience at Leatherman
Brand manufacturer Leatherman upgraded its legacy product information management system to Akeneo. The faster PIM system results in fewer on-site errors. Learn from the Leatherman brand: if your systems are outdated, your content will be too. Leatherman had a legacy product information management system, said Carl Ogden, software development manager at Leatherman Tool Group, […]
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AdExchanger Talks
The Power Of Creative Data
According to CreativeX, ad creative is responsible for nearly half of sales lift, which is more than reach, recency and targeting combined. So why doesn’t creative get the credit it deserves? Until recently, says Anastasia Leng, CEO and founder of CreativeX, technology wasn’t advanced enough to measure creative decisions at scale.
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Online Advertising
LinkedIn Launches Its Own Conversion API
To help B2B marketers make the most of their media budgets, LinkedIn unveiled a new conversion API and upgrades to its revenue attribution report. Together, these two products allow marketers to use their own first-party and offline data to measure their campaigns over a longer lookback window.
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Crisis Management
Explainer: Running a Crisis Drill
Making crisis drills a regular occurrence can improve communicator response skills and boost team confidence.
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AI
Happy Ever After or a Deal with the Devil? Why Ten-Year Ad Tech Contracts Set a Dangerous Precedent
Many publishers are in a period of acute financial vulnerability, making them ripe for exploitation. Unscrupulous ad tech companies have leveraged these hardships to lock publishers into restrictive 10, 15, or even 20-year contracts.
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B-to-C Events
The Brief: Third Nipples and Duo’s Death
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential cover Duo’s death, Third Nipples and pop-up radio stations.
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Cynsiders
Getting Ad Frequency Right in the Era of Streaming Overload
By Michael Scott, VP of Ad Sales & Operations, Samsung Ads In an increasingly crowded and fragmented media landscape, brands face a tough challenge: striking the right balance between reach and repetition. Overexposure to ads doesn’t just annoy consumers—it actively erodes purchase intent. Studies show that 71% of consumers are less likely to buy […]
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AI
Real Threats to Publisher Pageviews—and How to Combat Them
Generative AI, ad blockers, and platform shifts are chipping away at publisher pageviews and revenue. Explore the top threats publishers face today and the strategies they need to defend their audience and future-proof their business.
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AI
CDP-Turned-AI Marketing Platform Hightouch Raises $80 Million In Series C Funding
On Tuesday, data platform Hightouch announced it closed $80 million Series C funding at a $1.2 billion valuation.