Digital + Social
Paramount Skydance Is Trying To Buy WBD. Now What?
Late last week, Netflix walked away from plans to acquire Warner Bros., clearing the way for Paramount Skydance to scoop up the whole company with its hostile takeover bid. But if his merger really does happen, what would it mean on a practical level for the TV advertising industry writ large?
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Social
Why 2016 Is Everywhere Again and What Marketers Should (and Shouldn’t) Do About It
The 2016 trend on social media reveals how people are searching for connection right now — and how nostalgia can resonate when brands tap into it.
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CTV Roundup
AI Made A Record Play During Super Bowl LX
Bad Bunny’s halftime show aside, AI companies stole the spotlight on Super Bowl Sunday. Anthropic, OpenAI, Salesforce, Meta, Amazon-owned Ring and a smaller company called Genspark.ai all used Super Bowl spots to promote their products as AI tools meant to help boost productivity and inspiration – rather than replace, annoy or deceive. “A lot of […]
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Influencer Marketing
Gordon Ramsay Says Yes to I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter
CMO Olga Osminkina-Jones shares how the butter-substitute brand snagged celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay as the face for the brand’s new campaign featuring its reformulated product.
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Marketers on Fire
Intuit CMO Thomas Ranese on Marrying AI + HI, Courting Younger Buyers and CMO Leadership
In part two of our discussion with Intuit CMO Thomas Ranese, we dig into marketplace competition, appealing to younger consumers, lessons from previous gigs and leadership advice.
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Shopper/Retail
CMO at Beyond Yoga Taps into ‘In Real Life’ Marketing
Beyond Yoga, a Levi’s-acquired fitness apparel brand, now operates 14 stores with plans to expand in 2026. CMO Katie Babineau shares the retailer’s hyperlocal approach to marketing a store opening and other initiatives.
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Marketers
Under the Hood of Honda’s Olympics Marketing Strategy
We spoke to Ed Beadle, VP of Digital Services & Marketing at American Honda Motor Co., for a look under the hood of its new Olympics campaign, influencer marketing efforts and overall sports strategy.
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Email
What Makes a Newsletter Worth Opening?
Newsletters have moved from “nice-to-have” to a critical owned-media channel for brands, experts and executives alike. But with so many to choose from, what practices garner real success? Marketing and comms pros share their thoughts.
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Shopper/Retail
Diaper Brand Coterie Uses Stores as a Marketing Channel
Coterie CEO Jess Jacobs shares how the company keeps customers subscribed and how retail stores help the diaper brand gain even more subscribers.
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CTV Roundup
TV Ad Buying Is ‘Massively Siloed’ – Can AI Help Change That?
Walton Isaacson’s Albert Thompson is speaking at the Convergent TV World conference on March 5-6 in New York City. Click here to register. While marketers worry about AI disrupting TV ad buying, AI also has the potential to help break down the silos plaguing modern-day video advertising. Despite industry discussions around channel convergence, “most marketers’ […]
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Influencer Marketing
How John Hancock Uses Video and Influencers to Promote Health And Longevity
Investment, retirement and life insurance brand John Hancock has seen great returns from prioritizing consumer health and wellness in the form of increased customer loyalty and engagement, CMO Lindsay Hanson told Chief Marketer.
