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  • Don’t Take Customers At Face Value

    Prepaid wireless has a perception problem. It tends to get treated as one big, undifferentiated category, with the lingering stigma that it’s the only option for people shut out of traditional plans. But prepaid customers run the gamut from families watching every dollar to people who could easily go postpaid but simply prefer not to […]

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  • How ‘Wrapped’ Insights Become Audience Segments

    Has Spotify ever described your musical taste as “yacht rock coastal grandmother” or “divorced dad hipster”? Even if Spotify’s very specific-sounding labels don’t exactly describe who you are, they probably accurately capture the vibe of your listening habits – and help explain why its daily personalized playlists and its annual Wrapped listening summaries are so […]

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  • Influencer Marketing Grows Up

    If creators want brand dollars, they have to play by the rules of data-driven marketing and measurement, says Ryan Detert, CEO and co-founder of Publicis-owned influencer marketing platform Influential.

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  • Zoom’s Next Act

    Zoom CMO Kim Storin has one of the rarer jobs in marketing: She’s responsible for promoting and evolving a brand that’s also become a verb.

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  • Manscaped’s Whole‑Body Media Strategy

    Behind the scenes with Manscaped CMO Marcelo Kertész on the brand’s first Super Bowl spot – a musical ad starring singing hair balls (just watch it) – and how he’s shifting Manscaped’s marketing from performance-heavy DTC to a broader, brand-led strategy.

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  • Ready, Set, Upfront

    Gone are the days when the TV upfronts were exclusive to legacy broadcasters. Amazon is gearing up for its third upfront event next month in New York City. Alongside Netflix, Amazon is one of a handful of digital-first companies that recently entered the upfront fray and are competing against traditional networks for annual advertiser budgets […]

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  • AI Is The New Ad Space

    AI isn’t just a productivity tool, says Debra Aho Williamson, founder of Sonata Insights. It’s a brand-new media environment that’s reshaping how people decide what to buy and challenging marketers to completely rethink the funnel.

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  • Betterment’s ‘Anti‑Marketing’ Machine

    Kim Rosenblum, CMO of investment app Betterment, unpacks her “anti‑marketing” playbook, which involves telling customers not to engage and shifting away from chasing cheap CAC to prioritizing lifetime value.

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  • Who Needs ‘Corrosive Intermediaries’ Anyway?

    The programmatic supply chain is “pretty flawed,” says Danny Spears, COO of publisher alliance Ozone, and value is leaking away from digital media brands. But that doesn’t mean they need to stand there and take it.

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  • Why Scripps Is All In On Women’s Sports

    Scripps CRO Brian Norris explains why the broadcaster is leaning into women’s and local sports – and how that shift is reshaping the media plan.

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