Year: 2025
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AdExchanger Talks
Context(ual) Switching, With Viant CEO Tim Vanderhook
Viant is on an M&A tear, with two acquisitions – IRIS.TV followed by lockr – in less than six months. Although the rationale behind these deals might be obvious to ad tech insiders, Wall Street investors speak a different language, one that Viant CEO Tim Vanderhook has become fluent in as the leader of a publicly traded company.
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B-to-C Events
The Brief: Tanq Holidays and the Wienie 500
This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Tanq Holidays, stroller valets and the Wienie 500.
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B-to-B Events
B-to-B Dream Team 2025: Meet Adele Bencsik
Adele Bencsik is “someone who’s always up for a challenge,” and in her career, she’s dedicated herself to learning the business inside out, making connections and exceeding expectations.
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Crisis Management
Your Story or Theirs: Why Narrative Risk Now Trumps Brand Risk
In 2025, most business leaders can rattle off their product risks, regulatory risks, even brand risks. But a more insidious threat lurks under it all: narrative risk—the danger that someone else tells your company’s story faster, louder or more convincingly than you do. And not always truthfully.
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B-to-B Events
Six Steal-worthy Trade Show Engagement Ideas from Licensing Expo 2025
The licensing industry took to the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas May 20-22 to explore brands and IP, unlock new licensing opportunities, and get inspiration from the show floor. And there was plenty of it. In fact, it started before even hitting the floor at Licensing Expo 2025… Branded Badge Printing …How […]
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B-to-B Events
Field Report: 10 Booths We Loved at Licensing Expo 2025
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Licensing Expo 2025 brought together more than 12,000 influential brand owners, manufacturers and retailers May 20-22 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas to shape the future of consumerism in the shifting global markets. Tariffs remain top of mind for this industry, with uncertainty surrounding the tariffs policy, major […]
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Cynopsis: Sports
Cynopsis Sports 5/27/25: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on stage at Netflix’s upfront presentation to discuss the streamer’s exclusive Christmas Day games.
Tuesday May 27, 2025 Good morning! It’s Tuesday, and this is your monthly Cynopsis Sports newsletter. Hope it was a great Memorial Day Weekend for everyone! UPFRONT(S) AND PERSONAL The early days of May are reserved for networks and their leadership to show off what they have in store for the upcoming year […]
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B-to-B Events
Low-Key Branding
The power of the logo is evolving, thanks to Gen Z and its cultural hold on the market. And as “low-key” has joined the library of modern-day colloquialisms—meaning “subtle, restrained or slightly” (kind of)—understated logo use is providing experiential marketers with an opportunity to embrace these vibes and push creative boundaries around the brand expression. […]
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Online Advertising
The Jay Friedman ‘Exit’ Interview (It’s Zesty)
If there’s one buzzword Jay Friedman would pay money to never hear again, it’s “brand safety.” Technically, that’s a buzz phrase, but fair enough. Not that brand safety isn’t important; it is, said Friedman, who stepped down as CEO of digital marketing services agency Goodway Group earlier this month, handing the reins to Chief Growth […]
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AI
What Google’s AI Mode Means for Search Traffic and Brands
Google launched “AI Mode,” a chatbot-style interface embedded into its apps, at its annual developers conference this week. The new feature stands to alter the search landscape even further, requiring brands to shift from optimizing for search to optimizing for audiences.
