31 days of live and digital experiences designed to help optimize your events There’s never been a better time to be a part of an industry that brings people together and creates live experiences. Which is why Event Marketer is partnering with some of the world’s most iconic experiential brands to declare this October as […]

The FTC approved the Omnicom-IPG merger, but with a brand-safety caveat: The agencies cannot create agency-level blocklists of any media that’s political or ideological. With Ad Fontes CEO Vanessa Otero, we unpack the consent order’s ramifications.

By Francesca Bacardi, KARGO After a week on the ground at Cannes Lions, one thing is clear: creators have arrived not just as influencers, but as institutions. The Croisette was crawling with them—Pookie, Alix Earle, Jake Shane, and countless others—blurring the lines between celebrity and CEO. Their collective reach is on track to eclipse linear […]

By Josh Tierney, SVP, Head of Strategy, BMF Cannes Lions is a paradox. Anyone who’s built a career at the intersection of business and creativity, creating work for global brands and leading creative strategy for household names, understands the demands of the market, the pull of visibility, the pressure to perform. But even the most […]

“Hot bread, hotter guys?” Sign us up. HBO Max brought to life the cheeky Hot Fellas Bakery from “And Just Like That…” with an activation in New York City’s East Village from June 14-15. In the “Sex and the City” sequel series, character Anthony Marentino launches Hot Fellas as a bread delivery service staffed by […]

On June 26, Japanese video game designer Hideo Kojima, the medium’s foremost auteur, released “Death Stranding 2: On the Beach” on the PlayStation 5. That may not sound like it relates to the broadband industry, but hear me out.

Fabletics named Carly Gomez at its new chief marketing officer, leading brand, digital innovation and customer engagement initiatives. Gomez joined Fabletics in April 2024 as senior vice president. Gomez began working as the chief marketing officer in May, according to her LinkedIn profile. Prior to Fabletics, Gomez spent 11 years at Vans, the shoe brand […]

Zohran Mamdani’s campaign in New York City’s mayoral Democratic primary really defined what it means to connect and win in the digital age. Grounded in multilingual storytelling, community-first outreach, intersectional identity and multichannel presence, his campaign is a communications blueprint, and here’s why: Language & Narrative Clarity Mamdani speaks in the cadence of kitchen-table conversations. Clear, […]

This discussion addressed the changes in Pride PR, as well as the proactive methods of some who are doubling down on Pride this year. 

The scene: Sitting on a large wicker sofa 30 feet from the Mediterranean Sea drinking Perrier in the Riviera sunshine and talking to the chief marketing officer of a bank about generative AI, synthetic audiences and creative optimization. That’s how one rolls in Cannes. But rolling back the clock to 2023, which is when Michael […]