Like Kendrick Lamar during the Super Bowl halftime show, Interpublic Group CEO Philippe Krakowsky had a message for all the haters out there: the impending Omnicom merger won’t affect IPG’s ability to do business in the meantime.

This year, we at AdMonsters are honored to announce Stephani Estes as a Keynote Speaker for the Sell Side Summit, held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, March 9-11, 2025. We caught up with Estes to talk about her career journey and what keeps her invested and motivated to succeed. 

Super Bowl LIX went beyond the splashy commercials to showcase a live experiment in how the ad ecosystem is shifting. Armed with data from AD-ID, EDO, XR, Zappi, AdImpact, and expert insights from industry leaders like Amy Leifer of DIRECTV Advertising and Sarah Lewis of ShowHeroes, we dug into this masterclass outlining advertising’s next moves, from data-driven playbooks to creative gambles that either scored big or fumbled hard.

These days, brands are swimming in data. And using that data to drive marketing decisions requires a unified vision. However, within a single brand, in-house teams and agency partners can be responsible for overseeing different parts of a campaign, or even separate campaigns with entirely different goals. And as brands bring on new agency partners, […]

This year’s Super Bowl commercials relied on comic relief and highlighted noncontroversial topics, like streaming and entertainment. But a couple of commercials in the lineup still managed to stir some controversy.

The New York Times exposé published in December about Justin Baldoni’s alleged smear campaign against Blake Lively highlighted the dark side of PR. Then a week later, Baldoni filed a $250 million lawsuit against the New York Times, saying the media outlet got the story wrong. Ultimately, the legal questions in Baldoni’s suit concern media ethics. But in the meantime, the actors’ PR teams should keep these crisis communications tips top of mind.

Global sports streamer DAZN offers NFL Game Pass, FIFA Club World Cup and more. Zander Berlinski, SVP, strategy and business development, talks global strategy.   What markets are responding best to football?    Regarding market responsiveness, the NFL has increased its international presence by hosting regular-season games outside the U.S. The NFL’s international expansion strategy […]

AI-driven search tools like Perplexity and Deep Research streamline product research, raising questions about the future of specialized review sites, impulse buys, and SEO. As Google integrates AI further, publishers must adapt to Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) to stay visible.

This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential cover Nutty Cruisers, slope-side skincare and Matcha Moments.

Event Marketer, the leading information resource on face-to-face marketing, announced today it would be extending its media partnership with the industry’s leading authority on event measurement and analytics, the Experiential Marketing Measurement Coalition. The year-long collaboration will provide experiential marketers with important tools and resources designed to help them track and measure the success of […]