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Branding/Marketing
Top Tips: PR Advice for Overnight Sensations
For this edition of Top Tips, we asked communicators for their advice for people who become public figures in an instant, such as Steve Nedoroscik, now of Olympic pommel horse fame.
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Online Advertising
A Google Ads Glitch Likely Triggered A Data Breach Within Google Merchant Center
Call it a major GMC oopsey. Google Merchant Center (GMC), Google’s hub for commerce advertising and analytics, has been accidentally cross-pollinating data – including unencrypted customer and product info – between accounts on the platform going back at least two weeks, according to three ecommerce consultants and ad agency execs who each manage numerous GMC […]
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The Big Story
The Looming Question Of Cookie Consent
Here’s the old news: Chrome cookies are (eventually) going away. Here’s the new news: Only some cookies are going away. Google Chrome is proposing an “approach that elevates user choice,” which will undoubtedly mean more opt-outs. But will the opt-out rate be half? Two-thirds? 10%? 90%? For the past week or so, we’ve been so […]
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B-to-C Events
Ideas Roundup: Back-to-School Event Campaigns for Every Age
Back-to-school season is upon us, and smart marketers are accounting for today’s fast-paced culture and shoppable world through campaigns and activations designed to equip, inspire and engage students, parents and educators, alike. Urban Outfitters in July unveiled the Gen Z-focused campaign, “Shift Happens,” touching every point along the college journey, from the Instagram scroll to […]
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CTV Roundup
Why Toyota’s Olympics Exit Opens Up The Games For Hyundai
Hyundai returns to the Olympics as a national advertiser and the presenting sponsor of the USA women’s soccer team – with a new ad campaign to show for it.
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Crisis Management
[VIDEO] PRNEWS Live Discusses How to Combat Narrative Attacks Created by Disinformation
This chat with Blackbird.AI aims to equip businesses with the tools and strategies needed to protect their brand from the harmful effects of narrative attacks.
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Crisis Management
PR Roundup: Trump and NABJ Outrage, New Boeing CEO, Ice Bucket Challenge Lives
In this week’s PR Roundup we examine the results of former President Trump’s interview at the National Association for Black Journalists, if Boeing’s new CEO will make a difference and the re-emergence of the Ice Bucket Challenge.
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Media Relations
Lessons From the Political Campaign Trail for All PR Pros
Most PR practitioners will never work on political campaigns, but they can still extract valuable lessons from following political happenings to be used in corporate, brand and PR crises beyond the political realm.
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B-to-C Events
How Oatly Crashed a Capitol Hill Ice Cream Party with a ‘Dairy Deprogramming Zone’
The oat milk brand activated a sampling experience in Washington, D.C., across the street from the annual IDFA Capitol Hill Ice Cream Party, parking its own bright yellow ice cream truck with a huge inflatable ice cream cone on top to serve curious passersby Oatly Soft Serve and climate impact facts.
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Online Advertising
Outbrain Acquires Teads From Altice For $1 Billion
Native ad platform Outbrain will acquire Teads, an SSP and video monetization company owned by European telco Altice. The acquisition ends advanced talks, first reported in July, between the two companies.