Marketing

Pinterest bets measurement and SMBs will boost performance revenue

As Pinterest pushes further into performance advertising, measurement is central to proving its value to advertisers and winning more small-to-medium business spend. That focus is reflected in Pinterest’s recent reorg, which includes the hire of Vik Gupta, who has joined the visual search platform in the newly-created role of vp and gm of monetization – […]

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Media Buying Briefing: What will Meta’s and YouTube’s legal losses mean for the marketplace?

In many ways, the week of March 23 was one of the worst in recent memory for both Meta and YouTube, as courts in New Mexico and California ruled that they were found liable for harming young users (read teenage and younger) by using addictive tactics. Although the actual amounts of damages represent not even

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What AI disruption means for experimental ad budgets

Experimental ad budgets are getting a second look nowadays. AI platforms are rolling out ad products, tried and true channels are more saturated than ever and marketers are desperate to find new audiences.  Those marketers are revamping their test-and-learn budgets to account for things like generative search optimization (GEO), ChatGPT pilot ads and even out-of-home.

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After newsroom cuts, The Washington Post turns to creator-led video deals 

The Washington Post’s creator network has debuted its first creator-led video series, opening up a new revenue stream as it looks to keep content costs down following recent devastating cuts to its newsroom. Central to the approach is a key distinction: creators hired by the publisher retain ownership of their IP, according to Sara Kehaulani

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AI influencer discovery tools are changing how agencies cast creators

Whether an influencer campaign succeeds or fails often comes down to creator selection – and increasingly that’s a job being handled by AI. Dentsu, for example, has been using an AI agent system dubbed “Creator & Trends Studio” (CATS), which aids influencer selection decisions. In use since January, the tool is built around an API deal

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DMWF Spotlight: How to make your digital marketing work harder and supercharge results

Digital marketers are under constant pressure to do more with their budgets. But what if the answer isn’t more digital spend – but instead  it’s about making your existing investment work harder? At JCDecaux’s sessions at DMWF, we’ll share new insight including, ‘The Point of Search’ and unveil an important new study ‘The Point of

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DMWF Spotlight: Why video-first social intelligence is the new standard for authenticity

Marketing is walking into a quiet trap: synthetic everything. Generative tools are flooding the feed with polished, high-volume content that looks convincing but says very little. At the same time, most brands are still steering with instruments built for a text internet. That creates a widening reality gap. You are optimizing for what your tools

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