Marketing

Why cookware brand HexClad is sitting out of the Super Bowl for a broader field

Any advertisers who want in on this year’s Super Bowl better be ready to cough up $8 million — and that’s just for the 30-second unit on NBCU itself. As one of the last bastions of monocultural moments in the U.S., demand for the Big Game has skyrocketed and inventory sold out last September.  “It’s […]

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Retail leaders at Target, Lowe’s and more on the AI investments they’re plotting for 2026

This story was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail. New artificial intelligence tools are poised to reshape the retail industry, but brands and retailers are still trying to identify the right playbook for incorporating this emerging technology into their business. Surveys conducted in the months leading up to Black Friday showed that anywhere from 33% to 83% of

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‘The net is tightening’ on AI scraping: Annotated Q&A with Financial Times’ head of global public policy and platform strategy

For much of the past year, publishers have been playing defense against AI scraping and copyright uncertainty. But heading into 2026, some see reasons to believe the ground is finally starting to move a little more in their favor. The Financial Times was the first U.K.-based publisher to strike a licensing deal with OpenAI in

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Amazon Ads Shares Interactive Video Best Practices At CES 2026

Interactive video ads make more of an impact than you might expect, according to new research by Amazon Ads and Publicis Media. But when it comes to interactivity, “Simplicity is key,” said Maggie Zhang, head of global video measurement GTM at Amazon Ads, during a chat with AdExchanger at CES 2026. Viewers overwhelmingly prefer straightforward

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