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AI
Rethinking Brand Safety: Lessons from Jana Meron on News Advertising in 2024
Advertisers miss out on reaching engaged, high-value audiences by fearing news content. Washington Post’s Jana Meron explains why it’s time to rethink brand safety in news advertising.
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Agency Life
LEO Events Launches Event Minor and Fellows Program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville
LEO Events has formed a strategic partnership with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, launching a new corporate event strategy, promotion and production minor offered jointly through the College of Communication and Information (CCI) and the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. Beginning this fall, students will learn b-to-b event marketing, production and event management […]
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Agency Life
Q&A: Award-Winning Perspectives with Grand Ex Recipient Little Cinema
Little Cinema, which burst onto the experiential marketing agency scene in 2016, has helped clients, ranging from Amazon Prime Video to the Kansas City Chiefs to Disney, reimagine their creative possibilities through technology integration and content. It’s been a busy season since the group picked up the 2024 Grand Ex award for Taco Bell’s Live […]
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AI
Creators vs. AI: Can Keeping It Real Save the Internet?
Last week, creators took a stand in New York City with the launch of Raptive’s ‘Keep It Real’ campaign, an advocacy effort designed to raise awareness about the impact of AI on their livelihoods. ABC News anchor Linsey Davis was the surprise host of the day, opening the event by celebrating creators’ work as the “heart and soul of the internet.” Her words resonated throughout, highlighting the core message: creators — and, by extension, publishers — are the lifeblood of the web, facing challenges that deserve urgent attention.
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B-to-B Events
Field Report: 10 Things We Loved at Dreamforce 2024
Equal parts music festival, cram marathon and family reunion, Dreamforce, Salesforce’s annual user conference and flagship marketing event, welcomed more than 45,000 attendees to its massive national park-themed campus around Moscone Center in San Francisco, Sept. 17-19, with millions watching online. What started as 2,000 people in a ballroom in 2003, has grown into a […]
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B-to-C Events
CSR Events: FOX Teases its New Drama with Beach Rallies for Lifeguards
FOX Entertainment’s new drama “Rescue: HI-Surf” shines a spotlight on the heavy-water lifeguards who patrol and protect the North Shore of O’ahu in Hawaii, one of the most well-known, dangerous stretches of coastline in the world. While the show and its scenarios are fictional, the life-saving actions of open-water lifeguards are very real, and FOX […]
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B-to-B Events
From Surfing to Rage Rooms, Five Ideas for Spicing up Internal Events
In the era of remote work and global teams, organizations have to work harder than ever to maintain company culture, motivate employees and ensure they feel connected to one another and to the business. And there’s one strategy that solves for each of those objectives: internal events. Whether it’s a meeting designed to galvanize the […]
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The Big Story
Waiting On A Judge And The Polls
Hear what the ad tech industry is saying about Google’s antitrust trial. Then, a rundown on how the election is playing out for political advertisers and news publishers.
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CTV Roundup
How Political Candidates Can Woo Swing Voters Ahead Of The Election
How, exactly, do campaigns know what issues to focus on? Companies like contextual ad platform GumGum are trying to help political buyers answer that question.
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Crisis Management
PR Roundup: The Amazon RTO Backlash Continues, B2B Agency Gold, PR Budget Cuts
This week’s PR Roundup looks at the backlash to Amazon’s return to office rollout, how B2B agencies can profit this year and where PR pros are tightening their budgets.
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