Marketing

Kid-focused brands have to jump through a lot of hoops – which isn’t a bad thing. Kids need protection online. But contextual intelligence platform Precise TV is hoping to make it easier for these brands to reach their target audiences without compromising on privacy. On Wednesday, Precise TV formally announced the launch of PACE, a new […]

Ahhh, “Diversity” Google has often had to defend its generative AI search product, called AI Overviews (AIOs), to investors, long-tail publishers, large pubs, advertisers and regulators. Two of Google’s most common refrains are that AIOs are simply superior answers (as in, fewer people click a link and immediately bail back to the Search page) and

This week’s Media Briefing looks at how publishers including Financial Times, Immediate Media and Reuters adopting AI tools to augment their journalism. AI-assisted newsrooms Gannett’s DE&I pullback, AP’s White House ban and more — Jessica Davies, senior media editor, Digiday This is a member-exclusive article from Digiday. Continue reading it on digiday.com and subscribe to

In Digiday+ Research’s end-of-year survey in 2024, we learned that marketers expect to grow their investments in influencer marketing in 2025 compared with 2024. Of marketer respondents, 57% said their company would increase their budget for influencer marketing in 2025, the highest among the asked channels. Influencer marketing also had the lowest rate of marketers

With brand budgets under pressure, marketers are reaching for every lever they can pull to make their campaigns more efficient. One area that’s often overlooked? The creative itself. Creative quality contributes to nearly 50% of media impact, according to Kantar, ahead of reach or frequency control in the pecking order. Keeping quality consistent isn’t easy,

WPP’s acquisition of data clean room InfoSum has raised eyebrows both inside and outside the industry, not just because of what it signals about the holding company’s ambitions but also because of what it reveals about its anxieties. Let’s start with the upside.  The holdco has bought a business it believes, rightly or wrongly, can

When Temu sneezes, paid social advertising catches a cold.  The Chinese e-commerce juggernaut has been one of the most aggressive spenders in digital advertising, blitzing Facebook and Instagram with a volume and velocity of ads few could match. But that spending spree is now showing signs of strain – thanks to a familiar force: President

Sabrina Sierant joined Mondelez more than 12 years ago, working on some of the company’s candy brands like Sour Patch Kids and Swedish Fish and its confectionery business. In December 2019, she took on marketing for the US Chips Ahoy! business, as Mondelez orchestrated a major rebrand and reinvestment in its cookie brand. Five years