Year: 2025
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The Big Story
Warner Bros., Netflix, Paramount: The CTV Chessboard
Netflix could acquire Warner Bros., unless Paramount swoops in or regulators intervene. How rearranging the streaming leaders could affect the CTV ad business.
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Corporate Social Responsibility
PR Roundup: Nuzzi and Vanity Fair Split, Instagram’s Carversations and the Social Media Word of 2025
This week’s PR Roundup looks at how Vanity Fair and journalist Olivia Nuzzi decided to part ways after a public scandal, how Instagram is promoting its Teen Accounts through conversations with Usher and his kids, and what was the word of the year on social media in 2025?
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Tech & AI
Digital Trends Report: The Tech Set to Influence the Sports and Media Landscape
Sports marketing agency IMG has released its eighth annual Digital Trends Report, highlighting the technologies and innovations set to influence the sports and media landscape over the coming year. Ashley Shaner, IMG’s Vice President of Strategy & Operations for Digital, shares key insights.
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Cynsiders
The Magic Publication Formula: Audience, Medium, Message.
For Michael Giusti, an analyst and writer with insuranceQuotes.com, effective communication isn’t accidental; it’s a deliberate process of aligning the right message with the right audience through the right channel. How does marketing in the insurance industry differ from other sectors? When I am approaching what I do, I think of what I call […]
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B-to-C Events
How 14 Brands Lit up the Strip for the 2025 Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix
Back for a third year, the Formula 1 Heineken Las Vegas Grand Prix took over the Strip for a 3.8-mile night race that passed by all of the city’s iconic landmarks, Nov. 20-22. The Sphere was once again integrated into the spectacle, with larger-than-life video imagery of the drivers and sponsors illuminated on its surface […]
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Research
Harris Poll: Marketers Must Combat Algorithmic Sameness and Appeal to a Lottery Mindset
According to Harris Poll research, marketers need to oppose the trend of “beigeification” created by repetitive, omnipresent digital media and social algorithms, and cater to a public that has adopted a lottery mindset.
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Cynsiders
Designed for Change: How Modern Brands Reinvent in Real Time
Erin McCallion, CMO of Perion, says brands must innovate “relentlessly” to stay relevant and capture consumer attention – in fact, a study from Kantar found brands perceived as innovative grow 7 times faster than others. McCallion shares her perspective on how forward-thinking companies are redefining the way they do business. You’ve said the best brands […]
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Pop-Ups
QVC Showcases its Breadth of Product with Holiday Pop-Up
TV and online retailer QVC hosts a two-day pop-up store in New York City to increase awareness for its brand in person and on TikTok.
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Branding/Marketing
Oshikatsu: How J-Pop and K-Pop Singers Can Help Fuel Your PR
How can PR specialists harness the cultural phenomenon of K-Pop oshikatsu in their own work?
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AI
The Best Of This Year’s Sell Side Summits: Three Takeaways Publishers Need To Know
In 2025, AdMonsters transformed our Publisher Forum into the Sell Side Summit. But we still covered the highs and lows of the digital publishing business. Here’s a recap of the lessons we learned.
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