Marketing

Media Briefing: From fringe to frontline – AI’s fast-track rise in newsrooms

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 […]

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​​Digiday+ Research Briefing: A look at the potential of Gen X and baby boomer influencers

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

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Amid tariff upheaval, marketers look to AI solutions to eke out creative gains

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,

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Temu’s tariff-induced ad retreat opens a window for retail rivals

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

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How Chips Ahoy, A Product Everyone Knows, Went About Reinventing The Brand

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

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Meet The AI Startup Founded By Ad Tech Vets That Wants To Replace Ads With ‘Adaptive Experiences’

It’s like that line from “The Godfather: Part III”: ​​“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” OG ad tech entrepreneurs just can’t seem to stay away from ad tech. Case in point: Firsthand, a startup that describes itself as an “AI-powered brand agent platform,” which was launched last year by

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The Brand Safety Myth: Why Most Marketers Don’t Need Brand Safety Verification

When I started working with marketers in the early 2000s, they were advertising on fewer digital channels than today, and there were fewer nefarious challenges, like fraud and malicious advertising attacks. But brand marketing has gotten more challenging over the years. Today, marketers expect their partners to monitor and measure viewability, engagement and conversions, because

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