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Data-Driven Thinking
When Conversation Becomes Inventory: How OpenAI Could Reshape Digital Advertising
For decades, digital advertising has relied on proxies for intent: demographics, behaviors, cohorts and fragmented signals inferred from clicks and cookies. As of this week, that model is being tested. OpenAI has begun experimenting with ads in ChatGPT, matching sponsored messages to the topics and prompts within a user’s conversation. In a prompt-driven environment like […]
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AI
How GEO Startup Evertune Found Its Way Back To Programmatic Targeting
Evertune’s new feature allows advertisers to run programmatic ad campaigns directly on the sites and pages most often cited by AI chatbots.
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The Big Story
The Publisher Path Through AI
At the IAB Annual Leadership Meeting this week, IAB CEO David Cohen demanded publishers receive payment from AI companies who are taking their content. As publishers grapple with AI redirecting the attention they receive from consumers, what’s their path forward?
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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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Data-Driven Thinking
The Fastest Path To Agentic AI In Advertising Isn’t Reinvention. It’s Using Existing Standards
We are on the brink of an exciting top-to-bottom structural transformation of our industry, with agentic AI reshaping everything from how media is discovered to how it’s planned, bought and measured. But this transformation won’t happen instantly and without effort. Agentic AI needs schemas and standards to work. They provide invaluable, referenceable context, so the […]
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Marketers on Fire
Marketers on Fire: Intuit CMO Talks New Platform Positioning, AI’s Role in Marketing and QuickBooks’ Latest Campaign
Intuit CMO Thomas Ranese discusses the company’s strategy for growth, its new platform positioning, the idea behind the new QuickBooks campaign and leveraging AI in marketing.
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B-to-C Events
Inside the First-Ever ‘X Games Aspen Driven by Jeep’ Title Sponsorship
Don’t call it a comeback. But after a two-year lull, Jeep returned to the Winter X Games last week with some extra swagger as the action-sports competition’s first-ever title sponsor. And the timing was just right. Between the property entering a new chapter, and the brand marking its 85th anniversary this year, the debut of […]
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Cynsiders
Sports Sponsorship Redefined
By Noah Ziegler Fragmentation isn’t only indicative for viewing experiences—it applies to platforms, networks and brands looking to capture the attention of viewers in a highly competitive environment. However, gone are the days where dedicating a high number of dollars for ad buys translates to resonation among fans. Instead, attention is earned by partnerships and […]
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Cynopsis: Sports
Cynopsis Sports 01/27/26: Peacock Introduces Rinkside Live
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM WURL Tuesday January 27, 2026 Good morning! It’s Tuesday, and this is your monthly Cynopsis Sports newsletter. Congratulations to the Indiana Hoosiers for accomplishing an unthinkable turnaround to win a college football national championship. It’s a timely reminder that anything is possible in sports—even in the midst of NIL-induced upheaval. […]
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Branding/Marketing
PR Roundup: Dr Pepper Goes Viral as PR Faces a Reality Check
From Dr Pepper’s savvy elevation of a creator’s viral jingle to new data revealing what’s holding PR teams back, we examine how brands and agencies are adapting to shifting media dynamics, AI realities and a changing early-career pipeline.