Transparency has become the currency of credibility in advertising. Larger holding companies and black box AI platforms must recognize that their opaque practices are no longer sustainable.

Both A.1. and Oreo exemplify “hopping on the brand wagon:” When a brand quickly circles its wagons around a cultural moment to break through the noise and blaze a trail. 

After 2.5 years, Goodwill’s online marketplace GoodwillFinds abruptly closed. The brand’s CEO, retail veteran Matthew Kaness, shares wins and woes from the resale venture.   Matthew Kaness is no stranger to challenges. The retail veteran has more than two decades of experience at top retail and technology brands including Burton Snowboards, Urban Outfitters, Mod Cloth […]

The dramatic art-filled lobby of Miami’s Hotel Fontainebleau was overtaken by the trappings of ad tech this week for the third-annual Possible conference, a show that has rapidly established itself as an influential industry event.

  Tuesday April 29, 2025 Good morning! It’s Tuesday, and this is the monthly Cynopsis Sports newsletter.    PLAY BALL! BIG3 has added the newly launched VICE Sports to their season eight media lineup. VICE Sports will receive 14 live hours of BIG3 games and join CBS as the distributors for the BIG3’s summer slate […]

Joetta Gobell, SVP of Data Strategy and Insights at Dotdash Meredith, shares how her journey from shy student to data leader shapes her work driving contextual targeting innovation, measurement strategies, and smarter audience insights.

Angelina Eng will be speaking at Programmatic IO in Las Vegas from May 19-21. Click here to register. AI has taken over the ad and media industry conversation. It’s in the room, the road map, the pitch, the QBR. If your company hasn’t mentioned AI in the last 48 hours, check for a pulse. But […]

This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Daisy Gardens, Sperm Races and the “Cadillac of Reservations.”

With social media and short news cycles, brands feel the need to churn out fresh stories to maintain engagement. As a result, communicators tend to focus on content volume over impact, creating a flood of disconnected narratives that fail to leave a lasting impression.

Professional  Bull Riders is being presented with a Luminary Award at the 2025 Cynopsis Sports Media Awards on June 4 in NYC. PBR is recognized as the League of the Year not only for its vision of innovation within sports media, but for the growth of an entity that started with a group of 20 […]