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AI
AI Is Spreading Inaccurate Information About Brands. This Tool Can Help Fix That
There’s an old adage that all press is good press – but, as pretty much any marketer can tell you, that isn’t always true. As more consumers turn to AI for conducting product research, brands need to pay attention to not just when they’re showing up in the results but how. Sentiment and accuracy should […]
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Data-Driven Thinking
Q2 2026 Was The Quarter AI Media Started To Scale
Advertising in AI-native destinations and experiences is already starting to look less like a series of experiments and more like an emerging market. Three months ago, I argued that AI platforms had started acting like media companies. Now, the conversation has already changed. It wasn’t simply that OpenAI introduced ads in ChatGPT and advertisers started […]
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Branding/Marketing
PR Roundup: Threads Finds Its People, World Cup Builds a New U.S. Fanbase, and Local News Decline Reshapes CSR
What Threads’ third birthday tells us about the platform’s evolving identity, record World Cup viewership, and new research on how the disappearance of local newspapers is changing CSR.
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Digital & Technology
85% of Tech Journalists Have a Primary PR Contact. How to Be That Person.
When Nycole Walsh and her research team at Kickstand surveyed 350 tech journalists about what’s working in their inboxes, 69% said they have warned a colleague about a specific PR person to avoid.
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AI
MFA Ad Spend Is Increasing. Is AI Slop To Blame?
This year, the percentage of ad spend going toward made-for-advertising (MFA) sites went up instead of down for the first time since 2023.
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AI
Why Retail Marketers Need to Treat AI Agents as Customers, Not Tools
According to Kartik Hosanagar, Faculty Co-Director of the Wharton Human-AI Research Center, AI isn’t just a new technology or tool; it’s a new customer. And brands must analyze how it makes purchase decisions.
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B-to-C Events
Crayola Grows Up: How a 123-Year-Old Kids’ Brand Is Rewriting its Playbook for Adults
With the launch of Crayola All Grown Up, the brand is making its biggest push yet toward marketing to adults.
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Shopper/Retail
How a Well-Known License Propels a Toothbrush Brand
How U.K.-based toothbrush brand Ordo is breaking into the U.S. by marketing its electric children’s brushes with Squishmallows, Wicked and Minions licenses.
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Digital & Technology
The Comments Section Is a Liability. AI Just Made It Worse.
Consumer brands can’t afford to ignore what’s going on in their comments sections. AI can hurt, but also help.
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Shopper/Retail
Naturium CMO Jake Galtere Explains Why Community Is the Skincare Brand’s Superpower
Naturium, the skincare brand owned by E.l.f. Cosmetics, launched a new campaign that features 11 real customers. CMO Jake Galtere shares the details.
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