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Cynopsis: Sports
Cynopsis Sports 02/24/26: Hockey Is Having a Moment; ESPN Launching Women’s Sports Sundays
Tuesday February 24, 2026 Good morning! It’s Tuesday, and this is your monthly Cynopsis Sports newsletter. The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics came and went in the blink of an eye, capping what was a busy—and “legendary”—February for the folks at NBC Sports. That doesn’t mean sports are slowing down, with the NBA regular season […]
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B-to-C Events
Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Tarot Card Readings
Pew Research Center released survey findings in May that 30 percent of U.S. adults say they consult astrology, tarot cards or a fortune teller at least once a year. Reading horoscopes and tarot cards to get a glimpse into the future is an ancient practice, but event marketers are breathing new life into it by […]
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Branding/Marketing
PRNEWS Unveils the Winners of the 2026 Content Marketing Awards
PRNEWS has unveiled the winners of the 2026 Content Marketing Awards, which recognize the campaigns, creators and communicators redefining what public relations can achieve through content.
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Marketers
How Oura Is Bringing its Wearable Story to the Olympics
A look at Oura’s wearable story at the Olympics and how it’s approaching segmentation across various global markets.
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Crisis Management
PR Roundup: AI Mistakes, Bush on Substack, ANTM Resurrects Feelings
PR Roundup explores how trust and accountability are being tested across communications, from AI hallucinations landing in public-facing content to former President George W. Bush’s Substack debut and renewed backlash against Tyra Banks.
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Shopper/Retail
Date Brand Joolies Ignites Growth in ‘Sleepy’ Category With Vibrant Packaging, Micro-Influencers
Joolies’ top marketer shares how the brand shook up a quiet category and now boasts 46% year-over-year sales growth.
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Data-Driven Thinking
Ad Tech Says It’s Not In The Surveillance Business. Now Is The Time To Prove It
I’ve been thinking a lot about the RFI issued by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in late January. ICE asked data providers and tech vendors to share information on how their tools and services could be used to “directly support investigations.” The RFI spelled it out: “The Government is seeking to understand the current state […]
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Cynsiders
Retail Influence vs. Conversion: Turning Sports Advertising Awareness Into Action
By Murry Woronoff, Director of Research at Adtaxi Every year, brands invest billions to align themselves with the world’s biggest sports moments, from the Super Bowl to the Winter Olympics, the FIFA World Cup, and the NBA Finals. The promise is scale. Emotion. Cultural relevance. But here’s the uncomfortable truth revealed by consumer research: while […]
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Digital & Technology
If You’re Not Tracking These 10 PR KPIs in 2026, You’re Already Behind
Keep in mind that core KPIs typically hold steady for two to three years for year-over-year measurement, and the metrics beneath them change much more quickly as technology enables richer, faster insight.
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Marketers
I Asked ChatGPT Where My Ads Were – But It Was Wrong, OpenAI Said
It’s official: ChatGPT has launched ads and the test will expand in the coming weeks. But don’t ask the LLM for details, unless you’re looking for misinformation.