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Meanwhile, in a galaxy far, far away from the parent company, WPP Media has downgraded its forecasts for global ad spend growth by 1.7%, a consequence of clients responding en masse to U.S. President Donald Trump’s ongoing trade wars. According to the agency group’s latest biannual forecast report, global advertising investment will rise 6% this […]

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify Next week, thousands of marketers and ad execs are expected to once again brave the French Riviera’s heat, rosé-laden soirees and back-to-back meetings that make the annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity from June 16 to 20. The festival is as much about stamina as it is about lavish

Michael Rubenstein, co-founder and co-CEO, Firsthand The old model is breaking. Digital media’s foundational ad model — capturing attention and monetizing it through volume — is no longer sustainable. Publisher site traffic is declining, consumer behavior is evolving and AI-driven platforms are fundamentally changing how people discover, learn and act on information. Licensing publisher content

For generations, advertisers have been trying to get people to notice and buy their products. But what happens when advertisers need to reach something that isn’t a person? That’s the question media agency Kepler is trying to answer with its new software, Kip AIR, created in response to the rise of AI shopping assistants. These

Brands are united (ironically, perhaps) over their shared frustration of fragmentation. They need help making sense of data flowing in from multiple different sources, said James Banks, head of digital for Dentsu’s Amplifi Global division. This need is becoming even more acute as we enter what Banks referred to as the “algorithmic era of media.”