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B-to-B Events
EMS 2025: Nine Event Trends to Watch, from Creativity on a Budget to ‘Servant’ Sponsorships
The 2025 Experiential Marketing Summit (EMS) brought the high-octane energy, camaraderie and compelling perspectives the annual industry showcase is known for, and a global audience of more than 1,500 b-to-b and b-to-c marketers, trade show organizers, agency execs, meeting planners, event strategists, sustainability champs and technologists kept the good vibes and peer-to-peer education going strong […]
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Online Advertising
Q1: Google’s Earnings Are Up, AI Is Growing – And All Controversies Are Neatly Ignored
Alphabet executives spent the company’s Q1 earnings call on Thursday evening hyping AI and dodging questions about the landmark antitrust ruling against Google last week, declaring it an illegal monopolist in the online advertising market. Just kidding. Neither the ad tech antitrust case against Google nor the search antitrust case – a hearing over remedies […]
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B-to-C Events
Multicultural Marketing: How WSS Highlighted Latino Culture at Tienda Superstar in L.A.
Celebrating 40 years, WSS is known as “your neighborhood shoe store” in Los Angeles, and for its first off-site activation, the Foot Locker-owned shoe retailer went into the community to meet its customers where they are with a pop-up rooted in Latino culture and authenticity. For the relaunch of adidas’ Superstar shoe, WSS partnered with […]
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B-to-C Events
Tinder Leans into Fashion and Low-key Branding with an Upcycling Pop-up for Gen Z
Cuffing season is over, and we’re about to enter “Hot Girl Summer.” For Tinder, that means entering the cultural conversation with experiences that tap into the Gen Z zeitgeist and create moments for users and prospective users to “mingle” in-person in a casual environment. The brand’s ExCycle pop-up at Tumbao in New York City in […]
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CTV Roundup
EDO CEO Kevin Krim Has Hot Takes On AI For Programmatic CTV
Outcomes measurement company EDO is no stranger to large data sets. So I sat down with Kevin in March to learn how he thinks AI will continue to transform programmatic CTV advertising.
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B-to-C Events
Coachella 2025 Experiential: Pit Stops, Perfume Pods, Glimmers and High Tea
The desert was hot, but the sets were hotter at this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, hosted April 11-13 and April 18-20 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA. Once again serving as the unofficial launch of festival season, the event boasted headline talent including Lady Gaga, Green Day and Post Malone; […]
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Branding/Marketing
PR Roundup: Consumer Tariff Talk, the New SEO and Fyre Festival for Sale
This week’s PR Roundup looks at the growing tariff conversation on social media, rethinking SEO in regards to AI search, and would you buy the Fyre Festival brand?
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Decoder
What is the IAB Tech Lab’s Trusted Server Framework, and How Does It Help Publishers?
The IAB Tech Lab developed the Trusted Server Framework to help publishers reclaim control of their infrastructure and data strategies in a system that has marginalized them for too long.
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Marketers
Comcast Might Be Losing Revenue, But Not NBCU’s Peacock
Parts of Comcast might be struggling, but the company still feels “well positioned” in advance of the TV upfronts in May, according to Chief Financial Officer Jason Armstrong. Comcast has confidence in “a healthy Peacock subscriber base” and strong content across entertainment and news, Armstrong told investors during the company’s quarterly earnings report on Wednesday. […]
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The Big Story
The Ad Tech Verdict On Google And Third-Party Cookies
From cookies to monopolies, Google is dominating our news cycle. Last Thursday, after five months of suspense, Judge Brinkema delivered the verdict on the Google ad tech antitrust trial. Google was found guilty of monopolizing two advertising markets, both on the sell side: the ad server market and the SSP market. And it unlawfully tied […]
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