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  • Sincera Offers A Free API For Some Of Its Prized Metrics

    The ad industry speculated a great deal about how The Trade Desk might put Sincera to use after its acquisition of the ad metadata and  analytics startup in January. We now have one indication of how Sincera will be put to use. TTD publicly announced OpenSincera on Tuesday. The free API integration posts ad impression […]

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  • ESPN Unveiling Just the Beginning of Modern DTC World

    We continue to await the full rollout of what Charter is billing as its “seamless entertainment experience,” which includes the integration of DTC apps, but it’s clear the DTC world is changing.

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  • Disney’s Sports-Fueled Upfront

    As Jimmy Kimmel put it, there may have been more athletes at Disney ’s upfront Tuesday than there were at Monday’s Knicks-Celtics game. Peyton and Eli Manning , Patrick Mahomes and Saquon Barkley were

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  • The Brief: Fuel Stores and ‘Mothers of Max’

    This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Fuel Stores, retro block parties and floral moms.

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  • Reconnecting with Journalists Amid AI and Information Overload

    It’s time for the communication industry to reboot how it approaches PR, because in the next era of digital storytelling, strong journalist connections will be pivotal to both reporters and PR pros.

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  • In the Wild: AMC’s The Walking Dead Haunts NYC for Dead City Season 2

    Almost 15 years since the franchise’s debut on AMC, “The Walking Dead” is still haunting our dreams as well as our IRL streets. Ahead of May 4’s Season 2 premiere of “The Walking Dead: Dead City”, the network hosted a series of zombie-filled events and spooky appearances across New York City. “Taking over the Big […]

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  • The Honest Kitchen CMO bets on authenticity in new marketing campaign 

    The 23-year-old pet food brand highlights messy pet moments in its first full-funnel marketing campaign. Chief marketing officer Miki Dosen details the campaign’s inspiration, strategy and early results.   For the first time in its 20-plus years, pet food company The Honest Kitchen launched a full-funnel marketing campaign.   With its launch into PetSmart stores across […]

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  • Pop-up Perfumeries

    The power of fragrance to elicit deep emotional responses and improve memory recall at live events isn’t a new concept. But several brands have been offering a fresh take on scent-centric experiences to cut through a beauty category that is becoming increasingly oversaturated—and the data fueling the surge in pop-up perfumeries doesn’t lie. According to […]

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  • AI Will Replace Marketing Jobs As CMO Budgets Stagnate, Says Gartner

    It’s official: AI is coming for marketing jobs. CMOs’ ad budgets are flat this year compared to last year, according to Gartner’s annual CMO Spend Survey. Fifty-nine percent of CMOs said they don’t have enough budget to execute their strategy this year. Overall, brand marketing budgets will average 7.7% of company revenue in 2025, the […]

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  • Upfront Out Front: NBCU, Fox Corp. Make Their Pitches

    Economic concerns may be in the headlines, but networks still pulled out all the stops for the splashy spectacle of the network upfronts Monday. They also announced some real news.

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