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Media Relations
This Is Not an Op-ed: Editorial Alternatives for Thought Leadership
It’s not just an opinion—op-eds are becoming harder to place. How’s a PR professional supposed to help leaders get their expertly written thoughts out into the world?
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B-to-C Events
Photos: Inside the Inaugural Fanatics Fest for Sports Superfans in New York City
Digital sports platform Fanatics brought its wide-ranging ventures across merchandising, trading cards, collectibles, special events and more to life with the inaugural Fanatics Fest, Aug. 16-18, in New York City. What’s being referred to as the new Comic-Con for sports fans, the event attracted more than 70,000 sports fans and collectors to the Javits Center, […]
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The Big Story
The VC POV
Special guest and prolific ad tech investor Eric Franchi of Aperiam Ventures discusses his firm’s recent bet on attention metrics startup Adelaide. Plus: What’s up with Meta’s new third-party attribution partnerships?
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CTV Roundup
Will Alternative TV Currencies Ever Be More Than A Nielsen Add-On?
Ever since Nielsen was dinged for undercounting TV viewers during the pandemic, its competitors have been fighting to convince buyers and sellers alike to adopt them as alternatives. And yet, some industry insiders argue that alt currencies weren’t ever meant to supplant Nielsen.
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Data-Driven Thinking
Has Idealism Killed Google’s Pursuit Of Privacy?
It’s been a busy few weeks for those following Google. It all started with the Privacy Sandbox team announcing a pivot away from phased third-party cookie deprecation in Chrome to one driven by user prompts … for settings they already have. By now, many hot takes on the Sandbox announcement have already been written. But […]
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Branding/Marketing
PR Roundup: Powerful Speeches at the DNC, PR Burnout, and a New Cat-idate for Pres.
PR Roundup explores the characteristics of successful speakers at the DNC, Muck Rack’s new report on burnout and Morris the Cat’s campaign for president.
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B-to-C Events
Field Report: Feeling the Grind at Mike’s Hard Lemonade’s ‘Jobstacle’ Course
With Labor Day around the corner and survey results revealing that more than half of Americans think their job is harder than other professions, Mike’s Hard Lemonade teamed up with actor and former odd-job man Lamorne Morris to put New Yorkers to work. On Aug. 20, as an extension of its “Hard Days Deserve a […]
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B-to-C Events
How Back-to-School Skincare Purchases are Driving CeraVe’s First-ever Mobile Tour
To capitalize on a spike in sales of its cleansers during the back-to-school shopping period, CeraVe launched its first-ever mobile tour this summer designed to engage students preparing to return to schools and campuses. The four-city CeraVe Drama Free Cleansing Tour hit New York City, Chicago, Nashville and Atlanta, Aug. 1-17, and offered a soap […]
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Trendwatch
Mobile sales drive nearly half of all online sales in July
Sales through smartphones increase 10.2% year over year, according to Adobe. But the average mobile ticket is 32% smaller compared with desktops. Mobile drove 49.3% of all U.S. ecommerce spending in July 2024, according to new data from Adobe Analytics. In 2025, the web analytics vendor estimates that mobile shopping will consistently be half or […]
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B-to-C Events
Castles and Choreography: All Hail Disney’s ‘Rise of Red’ Premiere Event
It’s been five years since Disney Branded Television has released a new installment from its “Descendants” franchise. So for the July debut of the fourth film in the fantasy series, “Descendants: The Rise of Red,” the brand aimed to reignite the fandom with a family-friendly premiere event infused with pop-up performances and meticulously curated design […]