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  • Papa Johns Toy Story collaboration
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    Papa Johns’ CMO on driving cultural relevance with a ‘Toy Story’ tie-up

    The chain revealed a TV spot produced by Pixar and shared details about Pizza Planet experiences in Los Angeles, London, Seoul and Madrid.

    Updated 6 hours ago
  • Mangaroo ad for Skittles Gummies
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    Campaign Trail: Skittles stays surreal for ‘uncomfortably soft’ gummies

    TBWA\Chiat\Day updates the uneasy “magic” of the brand’s long-running “Taste the Rainbow” creative, choosing to shoot without CGI or AI.

  • Campaign imagery for Manischewitz's "Manischewitz Matchmakers" dating show.
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    Manischewitz celebrates Jewish matchmaking with reality dating series

    The kosher foods brand is tapping into trends around episodic content with “Manischewitz Matchmakers,” which will air on social media in July.

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    Zevia’s CMO on how the ‘radically real’ soda is stepping up marketing

    The better-for-you beverage brand recently teamed with Cardi B and has doubled marketing spend as a percentage of revenue over the last two years.

  • One cat is inside a Litter-Robot while two are near it.
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    How Litter-Robot’s first CMO uses marketing to drive cat ownership

    Hew Loyd discusses how parent company Whisker is positioning itself as a player in the connected home device category.

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    Athletic Brewing opens marketing tap to stand out in crowded summer

    The nonalcoholic beer brand expects to hike its national media spend 120% over the year-ago period to capitalize on events like America250 celebrations.

  • Google's Gemini AI interface is displayed on a digital tablet screen
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    Google upgrades AI search ads: What marketers need to know

    A range of new tools announced at Marketing Live follow the platform enacting a significant overhaul of the search experience to prioritize AI chats.

  • E.l.f. collaboration with Survivor
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    E.l.f. blends into ‘Survivor 50’ finale with challenge-themed spots

    A trio of vignettes drop content creator Delaney Rowe into the cutthroat world of the show, where she gets a leg up by applying E.l.f. products.

  • Centenario campaign
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    Centenario Tequila celebrates Mexican pride in campaign ahead of World Cup

    “Todo o Nada” was led by an all-Mexican creative team and will run in the U.S. across linear TV, digital video and both paid and organic social channels.

  • A white sign covering the side of a parking garage reads "Actually go to the bank? Bless your heart." The Ally wordmark and "Do it right." slogan can be seen in the bottom right corner.
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    Ally courts millennial, Gen Z customers with new brand platform

    Developed with Anomaly LA, the “Life Today” campaign sees the digital bank throw playful shade on competitors’ brick-and-mortar model.

  • Snapchat unified attribution
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    Sociable: Snapchat offers unified optimization approach to app marketers

    The platform is integrating a wider range of response signals into a single view, which is designed to show more insights across multiple measures.

  • Oscar Mayer's Wienie 500
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    Oscar Mayer’s Wienermobile race returns with bolder media blitz

    After boosting hot dog sales last year, the event is jumping from streaming to broadcast as the Kraft Heinz brand looks to win Memorial Day weekend.

    Updated May 19, 2026
  • Amazon executive Tanner Elton appears on stage at Amazon’s 2026 upfront presentation
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    Amid upfronts sports overload, pitches around data, AI come into focus

    Legacy firms NBCU and Disney, tech titans Netflix and Amazon and publishers shaped by M&A showed off evolving offerings during last week’s shows.

  • Dr Pepper's “It’s a Pepper Fling” microdrama
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    Dr Pepper gets into microdramas for return of dirty soda-inspired flavor

    The social-native series, designed to promote the return of its Creamy Coconut LTO, comes as Keurig Dr Pepper looks to increase marketing investment.

  • A soccer ball and bronze "2026" lettering in front of an American flag.
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    How brands are taking the marketing pitch for the World Cup

    Major marketers across alcohol, beverage, snacks and retail are rolling out campaigns that look to engage soccer fans during the tournament.

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    Publicis buys LiveRamp for $2.2B to improve AI agent sophistication

    Publicis CEO Arthur Sadoun says LiveRamp’s co-created data sets will provide a leg up over rivals that rely on stagnant, generic signals. 

  • A delivery bag in front of bottles of alcohol in a store.
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    DoorDash taps ex-Amazon exec as CMO

    Tim Castree will replace Kofi Amoo-Gottfried, who announced plans to depart the delivery platform in March.

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    9 national TV publishers join initiative to address industry fragmentation

    Industry giants, including Paramount and NBCUniversal, have teamed with OpenAP to introduce a standardized way to activate and measure campaigns.

  • Three people sit on a sofa, heads not visible. All three hold Miller Lite's, with the person in the center holding the matchball.
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    Miller Lite puts 12-pack in soccer ball as part of World Cup campaign

    The effort includes ad spots, influencer partnerships, consumer promotions and the limited-edition Miller Time MVP Matchball.

  • TJ Palma for Garnier
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    Garnier taps ‘Love Island’ star to pitch hair ‘moose’ to next generation

    The L'Oréal brand is using social chatter to tease a new campaign featuring TJ Palma, who misinterprets instructions around promoting hair mousse.

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    Social insights fail to reach decision-makers: Here’s what the numbers say

    Just 14% of social media professionals feel their organization is able to use social data properly.

  • TikTok app on an Apple iPhone on Aug 7., 2020 in Washington, DC
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    TikTok looks beyond brand discovery with travel booking and more

    At an ads showcase this week, driving intent and consumer action, including via the new TikTok Go travel offering, were in focus, as were AI capabilities.

  • Amy Reinhard at Netflix's upfront
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    Netflix flexes new capabilities as ad biz doubles geographic reach

    At its upfront presentation, the streamer unveiled new tools, capabilities and partnerships that span planning, buying and measuring ad campaigns.

  • Svedka campaign imagery introducing it's Svedphone flip phone.
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    Svedka’s senior brand director on the vodka’s future-forward marketing

    David Binder talks about the vodka maker’s controversial AI-generated Super Bowl debut and its future marketing plans under Sazerac.

  • Carmelo Anthony for CeraVe
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    CeraVe taps into basketball lore for latest social-first campaign

    The effort uses what Cha Spruce, executive creative director of earned media for North America at Ogilvy, calls a “little fires everywhere” approach.