Weddings at City Hall in New York City are often intimate and without pricey flourishes, but Pinterest saw an engagement opportunity there by adding special touches to couples’ daytime nuptials during a pop-up outside on April 30. The brand covered their marriage license fees and gifted them free bouquets by Sprig & Social, a champagne toast […]

SheaMoisture took a leap when it hosted its first-ever international brand trip in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The beauty brand whisked away 13 influencers, community leaders and media members to a resort in March for three days of product exploration, live demos, styling sessions and cultural experiences to celebrate the launch of SheaMoisture’s Kalahari Melon Curl […]

The media landscape is undergoing a profound transformation, a shift made evident at this year’s Upfront events. From the pivot to streaming, to the convergence of content and commerce, to AI-powered everything, it’s clear media companies are navigating a new era of evolution. We asked some leaders in the business, what were the biggest takeaways […]

Dick’s Sporting Goods announced May 15 it will acquire sneaker retail chain Foot Locker for $2.4 billion. The acquisition will expand the Dick’s Sporting Goods brand globally for the first time. Dick’s plans to maintain the Foot Locker brand and operate it as its own business unit. The deal includes Foot Locker’s portfolio of brands […]

This week PR Roundup looks at the re-brand (or re-re-brand?) of HBO Max, Grok’s penchant for white genocide discussion and a new study revealing declining trust for CEOs.

RSAC 2025 Conference, the world’s largest cybersecurity show, brought together a record 44,000 attendees to its 34th annual flagship event at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, April 28 through May 1. Among the most pressing topics discussed were Agentic AI, critical infrastructure, emerging threats and evolving policy, all part of the rapidly changing environment […]

At long last the most prominent GDPR case targeting the legal standing of the IAB Europe’s Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF) has been settled. A Belgian appeals court has ruled on how ad tech vendors, publishers and advertisers can continue to use programmatic advertising in Europe. “Well, here we are,” IAB Europe CEO Towney Feehan […]

In the age of influence, it pays to partner with a global icon. And that’s exactly what Tequila Don Julio 1942 had in mind when it launched its first-ever worldwide product collab alongside renowned South Korean dj, producer and fashion influencer, Peggy Gou. The brand dug into its deep roots in the nightlife scene to […]

Here’s the truth about data: while certain signals like weather patterns or real-time engagement metrics can significantly impact campaign performance, others merely add noise.

The open web is dead; long live the open web. It’s healthy; it’s full of opportunity; it’s doomed; it’s a mess. Also, what even is the open web, and do consumers care about the definition? This is the sort of inside baseball stuff that ad tech CEOs and founders somehow still continue to debate when […]