Marketing

How extremely online culture is showing up outside of social media from ‘very demure’ to ‘Brat Summer’

Demure this, Brat Summer that.  If it seems like “extremely online” culture is showing up in mainstream marketing outside of social media, — that’s because it is, according to agency execs. Social media trends are infiltrating other media channels as is the language that originated on social feeds. “This appears to be the next evolution in […]

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How brands from Walmart to L’Oreal are stepping up their game in Roblox in 2024

Roblox has quietly become one of the biggest games in the world, with nearly 400 million users logging into the metaverse platform on a monthly basis. This year, brands are taking full advantage. The rise of Roblox as a marketing tool has been readily apparent this year at annual industry events such as IAB PlayFronts,

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How Amazon’s generative AI tool for developers is saving 4,500 years of work, $260 million annually

This story was first published by Digiday sibling WorkLIfe Developers don’t want to find themselves spending a significant amount of time on repetitive, thoughtless tasks. GenAI is helping them get out of that spot.  Specifically, at Amazon, developers previously reported that 70% of their time is spent on tedious and repetitive tasks rather than coding.

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Warner Bros. and CNN are extending audience targeting tools in bid for more CTV share

Connected TV (CTV) ad spend is rising, but broadcasters would like it to speed up. Warner Bros. Discovery is rolling out a first-party data platform across its international media portfolio — including CNN, Max, discovery+ and Eurosport in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America — in a bid to tempt advertisers

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A Call to Action for the Next Olympics and Beyond: Improve AAPI Representation

When I sat down to watch the prime-time broadcast of the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony with my three young children, we were excited. 9% of Team USA, like them, are of Asian Pacific heritage: 22 men and 29 women across 18 sports. And yet, not once were any of the Asian Pacific athletes featured…

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How the convergence of sports and streaming creates opportunities for platforms and advertisers

Kenneth Suh, Chief Strategy Officer, Nexxen Sports and streaming seem to be everywhere of late — at the upfronts, dominating the news and landing mentions on major companies’ earnings calls. They’re practically inescapable, and the subsequent convergence of sports and streaming is reshaping how fans access and experience live events. Major platforms, including Netflix, Apple,

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Colgate-Palmolive’s First-Party Data Strategy Is A Study In Quality Over Quantity

When Brigitte King heard about Google’s third third-party cookie deprecation delay in April, she thought, “Oh no, here we go again.” As the chief digital officer of Colgate-Palmolive, a big part of King’s job has been to evangelize the need for cookieless prep, which is hard to do without the urgency of a deadline. And

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