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Media Doesn’t Have to Work Harder — Just Smarter with Retail Data

Christine Foster, Senior Vice President of Kroger Precision Marketing Powered by 84.51°, offers her insights on redefining what “full-funnel impact” really means in retail media. Why is it important to connect upper-funnel brand awareness efforts with lower-funnel sales activation? It is important because consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands are dealing with complex challenges that […]

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Recognition Is the New Relevance: What Nostalgia and Trust Tell Us About Today’s Consumer

By Crystal Foote, Founder and Head of Client Partnerships, Digital Culture Group (DCG) For years, personalization was the ultimate promise of digital advertising: serve the right message to the right person at the right time and you win. For a while, that held true. But in today’s hyper-automated, AI-saturated marketplace, where every brand claims […]

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The Tipping Point in Media Buying: Where Data, Technology, and Creativity Converge

Former Havas Media executive Michele Madaris, now Media Director of Boathouse on the agency side, believes media buying is at an inflection point. She explains why the future belongs to strategists who can unify creative intent with commercial precision. You say media buying is at an inflection point. Why is that? Media buying is at […]

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AI Meets OOH: Modernizing a Classic Advertising Channel

The OOH industry is overdue for modernization, maintains Chris Gadek, CEO AdQuick. Here, he explores how AI is reshaping the space, and what’s next for this lucrative, yet slow-moving side of the business. How must OOH modernize in an increasingly digital and mobile-driven media landscape? OOH has to evolve from being treated as a static, […]

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CTV, or Not CTV? Sorting Signal from Noise in the Connected TV Boom

With so many ad formats and devices now labeled “CTV,” are we seeing innovation – or inflation? How do advertisers draw the line between genuine Connected TV and everything that merely plays on a connected screen? Dan Larkman, CEO and founder of Keynes Digital, weighs in. Has CTV become a victim of its own success? […]

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Spooky Season, Big Business: The Marketing Magic of Halloween

Halloween season has transformed from a costume-and-candy pit stop into a full-blown cultural economy. Sean Reed, Head of Accounts at Saylor, explains how what was once a “down time” for brands is now a creative gold rush. Why do you say Halloween has become the “new holiday” for marketers? You can largely thank millennials for this […]

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ScreenShift’s “Aha” Moments

What were the key takeaways and “aha” moments the October 14 ScreenShift event? We asked panel moderators to share their thoughts on an conference that brought together thought leaders from agencies, brands, platforms and tech. Media Buyers and Planners: Ask Us Anything The questions from the audience were so diverse, jumping from topic to topic. […]

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DPAA’s 2025 Video Everywhere Summit

Cynopsis’ ScreenShift event is Tuesday, October 14 at City Winery – but for a deep dive into OOH, the annual DPAA will be going strong nearby. Barry Frey, President & CEO, DPAA (www.dpaaglobal.com), shares what to expect this year. Each year, the DPAA Video Everywhere Summit is where the media, marketing, and technology communities come […]

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Overheard at AWNY

What’s the buzz at Advertising Week New York? “As is typical at industry conferences, we’re hearing a lot about innovation and new frontiers in streaming TV at Advertising Week, from things like contextual targeting to new ad formats. All of that’s exciting for the future of the industry, but my biggest takeaway is the need […]

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The Pharma Ad Ban and the Future of CTV

By James Ramelli, Partner, Fyllo The federal government’s move to ban pharmaceutical advertising on linear TV is set to disrupt one of the most significant categories in media. Pharma has long been a $5B engine for television, underwriting primetime programming and stabilizing network ad revenue. The potential ban in 2026 could reshape not only how […]

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