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Yelp boosts ad offerings for national and multi-location businesses
Expanded ad formats and new cookieless measurement tools are part of the platform’s plan to help brands generate high-intent leads.
By Aaron Baar • July 25, 2024 -
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Spotify revamps self-serve ad platform on heels of record Q2
Brands including World Rugby, Ionos and Contiki have already leveraged the new Spotify Ads Manager, which boasts improved targeting functionality.
By Jessica Deyo • July 25, 2024 -
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A look at how areas of growing investment, including retail media networks and the creator economy, could be impacted by the death of the cookie and generative AI.
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Deep DiveAnd just like that, Google won’t be deprecating cookies. What now?
The tech giant backs off plans to implement a huge shift in digital marketing that faced pushback from adland and regulators around the world.
By Chris Kelly • July 23, 2024 -
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Kellanova expands partnership with IPG to accelerate brand growth
The marketer prioritizes digital-first innovation and “creative firepower” as it shakes up its agency roster for the first time since Kellogg was split in two.
By Chris Kelly • July 22, 2024 -
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WPP brings back data hotshot Brian Lesser to lead GroupM
The agency holding group’s media investment arm names a new leader with a successful track record for applying data and technology to marketing.
By Aaron Baar • July 22, 2024 -
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Martin Sorrell explains why Monks dropped ‘Media’ from its moniker
The branding evolution accompanies a simplification of the advertising, marketing and technology services company’s artificial intelligence offerings.
By Chris Kelly • July 22, 2024 -
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How Heinz, Heineken and other brands got their claws into ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’
Maximum Effort’s George Dewey explains how the agency approaches brand partnerships and why the film series is not “ashamed” of advertising.
By Chris Kelly • July 22, 2024 -
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Q&AHow Albertsons’ retail media business is incorporating AI, in-store tech and more
Kristi Argyilan, the retailer’s senior vice president of retail media, talks about the grocer’s priorities and where the industry stands today.
By Peyton Bigora • July 22, 2024 -
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Publicis raises outlook as new business wins keep rolling in
Recent account wins from Hershey and The Lego Group could help the ad-holding giant preserve momentum heading into the year’s second half.
By Peter Adams • July 18, 2024 -
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Hershey hands US media duties to Publicis, adding to agency’s win streak
Publicis has formed a bespoke unit, MiltonOne, that features a custom business solution and draws on top talent from across the network.
By Peter Adams • July 15, 2024 -
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Omnicom unveils ArtBotAI to drive digital content at scale
The next-generation intelligent content platform leverages large language models to assemble clients’ digital assets and create personalized experiences.
By Aaron Baar • July 15, 2024 -
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Deep Dive6 campaigns that signaled a creative resurgence in H1 2024
As marketers emerged from two strenuous years, innovative media strategies and bets on buzzy technology like generative AI stood apart from the pack.
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Häagen-Dazs taps indie Nice&Frank as creative AOR, plots Super Bowl debut
The ice cream brand positioned the big-game buy as the next step of a “That’s Dazs” campaign that is a key part of its outreach to young consumers.
By Peter Adams • July 8, 2024 -
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GroupM taps McDonald’s CX maven to lead Wavemaker US
Described as a “change agent,” Alycia Mason joins Wavemaker as its parent pushes to realize a data-driven transformation.
By Peter Adams • July 1, 2024 -
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Havas preps for future with hefty tech investment, integrated communications
The holding company is doubling down on artificial intelligence to meet clients’ growing demands for integrated communications solutions.
By Aaron Baar • June 24, 2024 -
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WPP promises brands ‘exponentially more content’ with AI Production Studio
Ford and L’Oréal piloted the tool for quickly creating text, image and video assets with the aid of cutting-edge Nvidia technology.
By Peter Adams • June 24, 2024 -
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Forrester: 91% of US ad agencies are currently using, exploring generative AI
More than half of agency decision-makers expect the tech to have a significant or very significant impact on key aspects of their agency’s ecosystem.
By Aaron Baar • June 24, 2024 -
Courtesy of Carl's Jr
How Carl’s Jr. is driving in-store visits with AI-fueled CTV advertising
The QSR paired contextual targeting data with IRIS.TV’s private marketplace to engage young men with shared interests like anime and gaming.
By Aaron Baar • June 21, 2024 -
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ANA bows new cross-media measurement unit, Aquila
The entity will support a broad range of use cases and is expected to eliminate $50 billion in wasted spending over a three-year period.
By Aaron Baar • June 17, 2024 -
Courtesy of Albertsons
Albertsons aims to remove silos as retail media, connected TV converge
The grocer’s new Collective TV unit wants to help advertisers launch and measure the impact of ad campaigns across streaming and digital video.
By Peyton Bigora • Updated June 13, 2024 -
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Uber expands Journey Ads to programmatic buyers across Rides app
The expansion allows programmatic clients to purchase display and video ads on the app and target consumers across three distinct phases of their trip.
By Aaron Baar • June 13, 2024 -
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Omnicom consolidates global production under one banner
Omnicom Production will be led by former Publicis Production Global CEO Sergio Lopez and is the holding company’s latest bid to streamline creativity.
By Aaron Baar • June 10, 2024 -
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United Airlines takes flight with airline industry’s first media network
Macy’s and Dentsu are among the launch partners of Kinective Media, which uses consumer insights to drive ads across its app and seatback screens.
By Chris Kelly • June 10, 2024 -
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Advocacy group taps creators to call for gender equality in ad industry
Women in Advertising, Communications and Leadership’s new campaign asks women creators what representation in the industry means to them.
By Aaron Baar • June 6, 2024 -
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Dentsu now expects global ad spend to reach 5% growth in 2024
Following a strong start to the year, advertisers are likely to open the spigots in the months ahead for digital opportunities, the Olympics and the U.S. election.
By Aaron Baar • June 3, 2024
