Threads’ Hashtag Feature Isn’t Enough to Really Benefit Brands
The introduction of tags--similar to other platforms' hashtags--to Threads has made the platform more discoverable for marketers, but a smaller audience base is still holding back more investment....
View ArticleMomentum Grows Around Brands Owning Ad-Tech Contracts Amid Supply Chain...
Increasingly, brands are working to forge direct contracts with their ad-tech partners--a relationship traditionally managed by their agency. While brands in-housing programmatic capabilities has been...
View ArticleVirginia Commonwealth University Acquires The Creative Circus
When The Creative Circus announced it was closing in 2023, it was yet another nail in the coffin for portfolio schools, which have seen fewer students because of high prices. Virginia Commonwealth...
View ArticleSeason’s Bleedings: ‘Mother Bitchmas’ Confronts Period Poverty in Fundraising...
Purpose-driven agency Public Inc. has put a cheeky feminist spin on Santa's demonic counterpart Krampus by introducing Crampus, who is spending the holidays distributing menstrual products to people...
View ArticletheSkimm Cuts 10% of Staff, Its Third Round of Layoffs This Year
News and lifestyle media company theSkimm laid off 12 employees in late November, or roughly 10% of its workforce, in the latest of a series of headcount reductions sweeping the media industry,...
View ArticleWhy Supply-Side Platform Fill Rate Is Just 1%
The overwhelming majority of the time that a bid request is sent out by a supply-side platform, offering an opportunity to advertise on a publisher's website, no one responds. The standard fill rate...
View ArticleInfographic: What Customers Want From Loyalty Programs
Inflation may be easing, but that's little comfort to consumers dealing with an already sky-high cost of living and a looming holiday shopping season. In response, companies should reevaluate their...
View ArticleNerd Alert! Nerds Candy Enters Super Bowl for the First Time
A bunch of Nerds will be at Super Bowl 58 this year, as Ferrara Candy's Nerds brand will make its Big Game debut after 40 years. Nerds will air a 30-second spot during the second quarter of the game,...
View ArticleShiv Gupta Embraced Education to Become an Ad-Tech Entrepreneur
Shiv Gupta is widely considered an early ad-tech guru, founding ad-tech education firm U of Digital to help tech workers be more savvy at their jobs. The platform reaches employees at 44 companies...
View ArticleVML Wins Ice Cream Brand Breyers for Strategy and Creative
VML has been awarded the brand strategy and creative AOR account in the U.S. for ice cream brand Breyers following a review run internally by the brand. The account was won by Wunderman Thompson New...
View ArticleHow Sperry Is Navigating the Waves All These Years Later
Sperry has been known for its boating shoes since 1935, and has grown into a classic footwear brand for everyday wear. In changing times, Sperry has stayed relevant by collaborating with various...
View ArticleBen & Jerry’s and Ava DuVernay Want You to Read Banned Books
Ben & Jerry's and Ava DuVernay are using their Lights! Caramel! Action! ice cream collaboration as a call to action--in more ways than one. The famed Vermont-based ice cream maker and the...
View ArticleWill Hyper-Fragmentation Bring the End of Shared Meaning?
This year marked a definitive turn in the U.S. media narrative, as time spent with online video overtook TV for the first time. Americans logged an average 3 hours and 11 minutes a day consuming online...
View ArticleCOP28 Is Over. Here’s What Marketers Should Know About the 2024 Climate Talks
This year's United Nations climate summit wrapped up today in Dubai, as nearly 200 countries agreed upon a new global pact for tackling climate change. But while the facts of the deal are historic--it...
View ArticleWorkReduce CEO Brian Dolan Arrested and Charged With Solicitation of a Minor
Brian Dolan, the CEO of WorkReduce, a data-driven platform for marketing staff augmentation and services, has been arrested in Fairfax County, Virginia and charged with multiple counts related to...
View ArticleThe Garage Podcast: Going Further Together
Welcome back to The Garage: Tools for Retail Media Innovation. Hosted by Evan Hovorka, vp of product and innovation, and Dan Massimino, director of marketing, from Albertsons Media Collective. The...
View ArticleTechMagic Podcast: VR Under the Christmas Tree and AI for Historical...
On this week's episode, Cathy Hackl and guest host Lee Kebler discuss how educators are incorporating artificial intelligence into homework assignments, prompting Hackl to emphasize the importance of...
View ArticleGoogle’s 2023 Year in Search Looks Back at 25 Years of Queries
It's hard to believe that Google has only been around for 25 years, considering how ubiquitous it has become since its 1998 debut. For the brand's annual Year in Search platform, imagining what the...
View ArticleCabbage Patch Kids Are the Babies Anyone Can Adopt
Forty years ago, Americans kicking off the holiday shopping season decided to kick one another instead. It was a doll they were all after, and most would stop at nothing to get it. In Charleston,...
View ArticleOff the Clock: How Sir John Hegarty’s Love of Wine Led to a Business Venture
BBH founder Sir John Hegarty admits that "a moment of madness" led him and his wife, Philippa Crane, to buy Domaine de Chamans in 2002. It wasn't in their plan to become owners of the 54-acre,...
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