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Scibids Alum Eric Schwartz Joins AI Sales Optimization Startup Scowtt As CRO
Long before the AI hype kicked off in earnest, Eric Schwartz was already working with machine learning tools to develop optimized ad tech products.
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Taking Ad Ops Out of the Weeds: The Stillness Isn’t the Move in the Age of AI
Maybe AI isn’t taking over ad ops. Maybe it’s elevating it. From prompt engineering to creative alignment and data stewardship, ops teams are moving from the weeds to the frontlines of strategy. Here’s what it takes to keep up.
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This Company Says It’s Found A Way To Balance Automation With Human Control
Brands are being constantly barraged with the message that agentic AI is the future of advertising. But marketers are struggling with the question of how much power to put in the hands of a machine. Making Science believes it’s hit the sweet spot. The digital marketing consulting firm recently launched a tool called Creative Hub […]
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Eight Ways Supernova PRIDE Put Inclusive Leadership Into Practice
At Supernova PRIDE, industry leaders turned the Cannes conversation on its head. From travel media to fandom to AI ethics, here are eight takeaways that prove inclusive innovation is good for culture—and business.
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Study: Enterprise B2B Marketers Focusing More on Financial Metrics and Efficiency
Enterprise B2B marketers are now emphasizing revenue-focused KPIs over vanity metrics such as clickthrough rates and lead volume, according to a study from B2B marketing specialist 2X and management consultancy Avasant.
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Dow Jones’ AI Game Plan: Inside Jesse Waldele’s Strategy For Smarter Ad Ops
As SVP of digital operations and client success at Dow Jones, Jesse Waldele brings a coach’s mindset to everything from cross-functional alignment to client relationships.
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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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This AI Startup Encourages Hallucinations For The Sake Of Creative Inspiration
AI has a tendency to generate false information in response to queries and present it as fact – which is a bad thing, right? Not always, according to Springboards, a self-described “creative AI tool” designed to generate inaccurate information for the sake of sparking creativity. Instead of trying to reduce hallucinations, Springboards is leaning into them, […]
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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.