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The Culture, the Content, the Connection
At Cannes Lions 2025, the real buzz wasn’t just about AI — it was about culture, community, content, and connection. Here’s how brands, content creators, and publishers can tap into human moments to truly resonate.
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It’s Gonna Be the Year of AI for the Next Five Years
Grant Gudgel, SVP of Marketing at Verve, reflects on how the AI narrative at Cannes Lions has shifted from theoretical buzz to practical use cases, smarter segmentation, and long-term strategy.
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What Podcasting Gets Right About Attention (Even If the Budgets Don’t)
At Cannes Lions 2025, Sounds Profitable’s Bryan Barletta explains why podcasting still hasn’t reached its ad spend potential, despite capturing the attention of audiences across platforms.
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How UChicago Medicine’s CMO Uses Agentic AI to Improve Patient Interactions
Marketing innovation is what healthcare needs, says UChicago Medicine CMO Andrew Chang. Read how he is infusing artificial intelligence, including generative and agentic AI, into the organization.
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What Hilton Gets About Storytelling That Most Brands (and Publishers) Miss
Dan Reynolds, Hilton’s SVP of Global Content, Media, and Partnerships, explains how the hospitality giant became a storytelling machine—powered by creators, AI, and an in-house brand team that knows its story best.
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AdRoll Report: Prospecting Ad Spend Dips 27% as Marketers Target the Bottom of the Funnel
Facing an uncertain economic climate and wobbly customer sentiment, marketers are collectively tightening their belts and allocating more digital ad spend toward lower-funnel campaigns.
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Twilio Survey: Consumers Want AI to Deliver Service with a Human Touch
More than half (55%) of consumers are tired of hearing about AI, according to Twilio’s 2025 State of Customer Engagement Report. And while they do want the technology to improve their brand experiences, what they want is more high touch than high tech.
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Why Zach Rosen Created Supernova PRIDE to Reframe the Conversation at Cannes
Major holding companies and even some publishers are pulling back from LGBTQ+ issues and content under mounting political pressure. Zach Rosen, founder of Supernova, an ad tech growth consultancy, is running in the other direction. He created Supernova PRIDE Summit, the first of its kind, during Cannes Lions.
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Spanish Airline Iberia Taps AI Personalization Tool to Update Creative in Real-Time
Spanish airline Iberia wanted more control over its campaign planning and creative optimization. To accomplish that goal, it tapped AI personalization platform Clinch, adopting a self-serve model.
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Survey: CMOs Are Using AI for Predictive Analytics, Video and Overall Growth
Among the CMOs recently surveyed by Boston Consulting Group, 79% are confident that the technology will improve their outcomes, up from 71% two years ago. And use cases are becoming more sophisticated.
