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How Activision made ‘Black Ops 6’ the biggest ‘Call of Duty’ release yet

In the world of video games, “Call of Duty” is still king. Earlier this year, the series experienced its biggest launch weekend ever following the Oct. 25 release of “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.” The buzz around “Black Ops 6” showed how “Call of Duty” has successfully worked its way into mainstream popular culture. […]

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Media Buying Briefing: How one independent agency CEO sees the advantages she has over holdcos

Fresh off an onstage appearance at last week’s Digiday Programmatic Marketing Summit in Nashville, Mary Ann Pruitt, CEO and founder of independent media agency Mosaic Media expounded on what she sees as the growing strength of independents against their bigger and better-armed holding company competitors. One singular reason she believes this shift is happening is

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AI personalization played a bigger role in this year’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday

This story originally published on sister site, Modern Retail. This past Thanksgiving week, furniture and home decor brand CB2 used artificial intelligence as part of its text messaging marketing campaigns. Over the busy holiday sales periods like Black Friday and Cyber Monday, when so many retailers are trying to reach customers, the more targeted messages

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True Crime Podcasts Can Win Advertisers – As Long As The Discourse Stays Civil

True crime podcasts are incredibly popular with listeners. But they’re a hard sell with advertisers. Roughly one quarter of the most-listened-to podcasts in the US are in the true crime genre – the most of any genre, according to a 2023 study by Pew Research. And 34% of American podcast listeners say they regularly tune

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