Going in-house can feel a little turbulent for advertisers. But brands, such as Spanish airline Iberia, increasingly want more control over their campaign planning, creative and optimization. Until relatively recently, Iberia’s workflow was almost entirely manual. Now, through a partnership with AI personalization platform Clinch and its Flight Control tool, Iberia has been able to […]

As “Phineas and Ferb” officially returns after a 10-year hiatus, co-creator and Executive Producer Dan Povenmire isn’t worried about whether new or longtime fans will be interested.

Retail chief marketing officers report a marketing budget that is 7.1% of a company’s revenue, a decrease from last year and lower than the average across industries. Gartner’s annual CMO Spend Survey finds that marketers are continuing to operate with a reduced budget post-pandemic, with a mean budget of 7.7% of a company’s revenue in 2025. […]

LiveRamp’s Travis Clinger shares that, as cookies fade and AI rises, marketers face a critical opportunity: leveraging data collaboration and authenticated identity to unlock omnichannel performance.

Nearly 44% of a retailer’s web traffic that ends in conversion comes from paid or organic search. Google’s new AI Mode will change that. Google is rolling out AI Mode, a chatbot-style interface within search, the behemoth announced at its annual developer conference, Google I/O in May. Instead of shoppers typing in a few keywords […]

Earlier this year, at a Signal Shift event in NYC, the IAB Tech Lab officially announced a new open-source initiative designed to shift more digital advertising operations server-side, “providing publishers on the open web with privacy-first control over their monetization that is independent of browser APIs and signal loss.” The unveiling of Trusted Server, an […]

The impact of anti-trans legislation is far-reaching, even impacting corporate sponsorships and branding, leaving PR professionals wondering how they must shift their approach to reflect the impact on their clients.

This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Better Halfs, UNO Social Clubs and laundromat soirees.

Hen Mazzig‘s digital weekly series “And They’re Jewish” takes audiences to the homes of Debra Messing, Mayim Bialik, Eyal Booker, Emmanuelle Chriqui and more as they share stories about their personal lives and careers. Mazzig explains why YouTube is the ideal platform for his project.   Why launch on YouTube? I didn’t want this show locked behind a paywall, […]

There’s a new contextual curation platform in town, and it has the backing of some industry heavy hitters. The startup, called Classify, aims to evolve contextual and semantic targeting beyond keyword-based taxonomies. It offers buy-side deal curation tools, as well as a sell-side product for publishers to package their inventory into curated deals. Classify is […]