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  • Agency HR Update: The Talent Pool and Creative Roles

    Data from Event Marketer’s annual Event Agency Business Forecast indicated that 2024 would be a year of growth, as agency leaders reported business development, hiring and marketing among their top three investments. Early findings from our 2025 forecast (out this November) show “people” continue to be a key investment for agency leaders, remaining second in […]

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  • Rethinking Brand Safety: Lessons from Jana Meron on News Advertising in 2024

    Advertisers miss out on reaching engaged, high-value audiences by fearing news content. Washington Post’s Jana Meron explains why it’s time to rethink brand safety in news advertising.

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  • LEO Events Launches Event Minor and Fellows Program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville

    LEO Events has formed a strategic partnership with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, launching a new corporate event strategy, promotion and production minor offered jointly through the College of Communication and Information (CCI) and the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. Beginning this fall, students will learn b-to-b event marketing, production and event management […]

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  • Q&A: Award-Winning Perspectives with Grand Ex Recipient Little Cinema

    Little Cinema, which burst onto the experiential marketing agency scene in 2016, has helped clients, ranging from Amazon Prime Video to the Kansas City Chiefs to Disney, reimagine their creative possibilities through technology integration and content. It’s been a busy season since the group picked up the 2024 Grand Ex award for Taco Bell’s Live […]

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  • Creators vs. AI: Can Keeping It Real Save the Internet?

    Last week, creators took a stand in New York City with the launch of Raptive’s ‘Keep It Real’ campaign, an advocacy effort designed to raise awareness about the impact of AI on their livelihoods. ABC News anchor Linsey Davis was the surprise host of the day, opening the event by celebrating creators’ work as the “heart and soul of the internet.” Her words resonated throughout, highlighting the core message: creators — and, by extension, publishers — are the lifeblood of the web, facing challenges that deserve urgent attention.

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  • Field Report: 10 Things We Loved at Dreamforce 2024

    Equal parts music festival, cram marathon and family reunion, Dreamforce, Salesforce’s annual user conference and flagship marketing event, welcomed more than 45,000 attendees to its massive national park-themed campus around Moscone Center in San Francisco, Sept. 17-19, with millions watching online. What started as 2,000 people in a ballroom in 2003, has grown into a […]

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  • CSR Events: FOX Teases its New Drama with Beach Rallies for Lifeguards

    FOX Entertainment’s new drama “Rescue: HI-Surf” shines a spotlight on the heavy-water lifeguards who patrol and protect the North Shore of O’ahu in Hawaii, one of the most well-known, dangerous stretches of coastline in the world. While the show and its scenarios are fictional, the life-saving actions of open-water lifeguards are very real, and FOX […]

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  • From Surfing to Rage Rooms, Five Ideas for Spicing up Internal Events

    In the era of remote work and global teams, organizations have to work harder than ever to maintain company culture, motivate employees and ensure they feel connected to one another and to the business. And there’s one strategy that solves for each of those objectives: internal events. Whether it’s a meeting designed to galvanize the […]

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  • Waiting On A Judge And The Polls

    Hear what the ad tech industry is saying about Google’s antitrust trial. Then, a rundown on how the election is playing out for political advertisers and news publishers.

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  • How Political Candidates Can Woo Swing Voters Ahead Of The Election

    How, exactly, do campaigns know what issues to focus on? Companies like contextual ad platform GumGum are trying to help political buyers answer that question.

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