Mon.May 19, 2025

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WhatsApp’s Bold Privacy Claim Says Your Everyday, ‘Chaotic’ Messages are Off Limits

Adweek

WhatsApp wants to assuage users concerns about privacy in its largest marketing campaign to date.

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3 ways to turn tariff turmoil into marketing gold

Martech

Escalating trade tensions and unpredictable tariff policies pose unprecedented challenges to businesses’ bottom lines. For marketers, particularly those navigating manufacturing and international commerce, this moment demands strategic reinvention. That’s why some brands are discovering hidden opportunities amid the economic turbulence. With that in mind, here are three battle-tested approaches to transforming tariff disruptions from threats into competitive advantages. 1.

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Stranger Ads? Netflix Ads Leader Explains How AI Puts Brands in the Worlds of Its Shows

Adweek

Amy Reinhard showcases Netflix's adtech updates at upfront, including AI that puts brands closer to content.

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What would a truly customer-centric B2B buyers journey look like?

Martech

In MarTechs MarTechBot explains it all feature, we pose a question about marketing to our very own MarTechBot , which is trained on the MarTech website archives and has access to the broader internet. Q: What would a truly customer-centric buyers journey in B2B look like? Creating a customer-centric buyer’s journey in B2B that minimizes friction and allows for freely available information is an excellent approach to enhancing the overall customer experience.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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New Season of Sesame Street to Stream on Netflix

Adweek

U.S. audiences will have access to new episodes for free on PBS stations and PBS Kids digital platforms.

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“They’re not paying me enough to care”

Seth Godin

This is an understandable sentiment. As jobs push people to be automatons and often offer little in the way of respect, it’s easy to quietly quit. But perhaps, they’re not paying you enough to not care. Spending your days, day after day, not caring is a tragedy. They might not deserve your focus and effort, but you do.

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Why Attention Metrics Are Showing Up In The Financial Times’ RFPs

Ad Monsters

As viewability and click-through rates lose credibility as metrics, predictive attention is emerging as a signal of quality. Publishers like the Financial Times are already seeing it show up in RFPsa sign it could become the next viewability benchmark. Advertisers arent just talking about attention; theyre inching closer to buying on the metric. As brands look for new ways to assess inventory quality and avoid low-value impressions, predictive attention is making a play to become the new viewabi

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NBA and Translation Draft Mindy Kaling and Kevin Costner for ‘Unforgettable’ Finals Spot

Adweek

The ad connects Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, and Tim Duncan fans to the Anthony Edwards, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and Jalen Brunson present.

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Have we point solution-ed ourselves into martech madness?

Martech

As you likely know, there are now 15,384 martech solutions on the market, thanks to an update earlier this month to the annual census taken by Scott Brinker and Frans Riemersma as part of their Martech Day event. Its remarkable growth doesnt even include all the custom GPTs and home-grown apps marketers are building with AI tools. The growth has slowed over the years, but thats a sign of a mature market and the inevitable consolidation and M&A that comes with growing up.

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Movement Strategy Acquires Newfangled Studios to Create a Social Marketing Powerhouse

Adweek

Movement Strategy has acquired Newfangled Studios in an eight-figure all-cash deal that combines organic and paid social capabilities.

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Retail media advertising: How e-commerce is becoming AdTech’s next frontier

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Pharma marketers weigh economy and chance of TV ad ban during upfronts season

Digiday

Pharmaceutical advertisers are one of the biggest television spenders in the U.S. Collectively, they’ve injected $2.18 billion into linear media this year already, according to iSpot data. But this years upfronts have thrown a spotlight on the growing list of challenges facing marketers in the space, from turbulent economic conditions to the looming threat of a pharmaceutical TV ad ban floated by U.S. secretary of health Robert F.

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Colle McVoy Wins Vitamix Creative Business

Adweek

Vitamix has appointed Colle McVoy as its new agency of record after a three-month nationwide review, with the agency tasked with overseeing the brands Household portfolio.

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WTF just happened to the IAB Europe’s TCF — and what does it mean for targeted ads in the EU?

Digiday

Youve seen the headlines: The TCF is illegal. RTB ruled unlawful. But as usual in advertising, the truth is less clickbait, more caveat. What did happen is this: Belgiums Court of Appeal finally weighed in on the long-running saga around the Transparency and Consent Framework — the industry’s de facto permission slip for tracking-based advertising in the European Union.

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Adult Beverage Distributor Diageo Anticipates $150M Impact From Tariffs

Adweek

Diageo introduced a cost-savings program aimed at achieving $500 million in savings over three years.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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The Infectious Power Of Giving Your All To Doing Something You Do Well …

Rob Campbell

After the relatively heavy post of yesterday , let’s go on a tangent that I am pretty certain even a protractor wouldn’t be able to measure. This is a post about dance. That’s 6 words I am pretty sure you never thought you’d read on here. But the reality is, I am pretty besotted with dance, just like I am pretty besotted with anything when the person doing it is not only good at it, but is committed to being their best at it, in the moment they are doing it.

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Scripps Names Charlie Slaight Station Manager at WFTX in Fort Myers

Adweek

He's been the senior director of sales at WFTX since May 2022

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Why electric vehicle brand Rivian is thinking long-term amid economic uncertainty

Digiday

As economic uncertainty and talk of recession intensifies, automakers face an uphill battle in everything from tariff impacts on production costs to fluctuating consumer spending in response to inflation. The uncertainty has left marketers shaken because it’s historically meant cuts to marketing budgets. But as one of the biggest spending categories in media and marketing, auto makers arent ready to take their foot off the gas just yet.

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Angelo Bavaro Leaving WTIC in Hartford After Five Years

Adweek

Last week, weekday morning anchor Keith McGilvery left the station after eight years.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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How AI is Changing the Ad Tech Industry Beyond Just Automation

Exchange Wire

Ahead of ATS Singapore 2025, event sponsor Geniee explores how artificial intelligence is changing the ad tech sector, beyond just automation, expanding on hyper-personalisation, planning, as well as enhancing the capabilities of DSPs and SSPs. Programmatic advertising has always been [.] The post How AI is Changing the Ad Tech Industry Beyond Just Automation appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

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Weekend Desk: News Networks Report on Joe Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis

Adweek

Biden's announcement led to breaking news interruptions across many news networks.

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Microsoft shuttering Xandr Invest suggests Big Tech is shrinking from the open web

Digiday

The closure of Microsoft Advertising’s demand-side platform is part of a broader shift toward AI-powered advertising and (arguably) the dawn of a new world order, one where Big Tech and independents operate in separate spheres. That’s the opinion of several Digiday sources consulted in the days since the May 14 announcement, with some wondering what the second-order impact, or opportunity for both independent DSPs and sell-side players.

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Dark Times at The Los Angeles Times

Adweek

In this week's episode of Adspeak, senior media reporter Mark Stenberg unpacks why The Los Angeles Times lost $50 million last year.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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The New Wild West: Is Social Media’s Fact-Checking and DEI Rollback Turning Off Advertisers?

VideoWeek

When Meta announced it was terminating its use of fact-checkers on Facebook and Instagram back in January, the industry speculated that the move could deter brand safety-conscious advertisers from spending on the tech giant’s social platforms. But the company’s Q1 earnings indicate that brands are not so easily spooked. Meta’s revenues, the vast majority of which come from ad sales, were up 16 percent YoY during the first three months of 2025, suggesting advertisers didn’

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Oklahoma Station Gets Called ‘Fake News’ by State Superintendent of Schools

Adweek

At one point he sad, KFOR, take your fake news somewhere else today. Thank you for your time. Any real questions from the media?

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Digest: DoubleVerify Sues Adalytics for Defamation; Advertisers Push Back Against Musk’s X Lawsuit

Exchange Wire

In todays Digest, DoubleVerify files a defamation suit against Adalytics, advertisers respond to Elon Musks antitrust claims against X, Meta moves to dismiss the FTCs monopoly case, and YouTube secures NFL Kickoff rights while expanding ad sales around major awards [.] The post Digest: DoubleVerify Sues Adalytics for Defamation; Advertisers Push Back Against Musks X Lawsuit appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

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KSDK in St. Louis Signs Lease on New Facility

Adweek

The new facilities at Highlands Plaza are expected to be fully operational by the beginning of 2026.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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An Upfront Week recap and upfront market preview with Horizon Media’s David Campanelli

Digiday

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify Upfront Week is over; let the upfront negotiations begin. Sorta. In the past, last weeks Upfront Week presentations by TV and streaming ad sellers would be swiftly followed by the start of the annual haggle with advertisers and their agencies. But the TV and streaming ad market has become more of an always-on marketplace.

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Spectrum Launches 24/7 Channel Spectrum News Michigan

Adweek

The new network will be led by executive producer Craig Huber, a Michigan native with more than three decades of journalism experience.

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8 Contextual Ad Networks for Privacy-first Advertising

AdPushup

Contextual ad networks are the best bet for publishers to start with contextual advertising. With the advent of privacy-first platforms, contextual ad platforms will play a major role in redefining programmatic advertising. In a world where ad serving and digital privacy lock horns, contextual advertising comes as a respite. Unlike traditional ads that utilize third-party [.

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Spyrosoft Group Launches New Ad Tech & Martech Development Company

Exchange Wire

Spyrosoft Group, a leading consulting and software development company, is proud to announce the launch of Spyrosoft Ad tech, a new entity focused on building custom advertising and marketing software. Spyrosoft Ad tech will specialise in designing and building advanced advertising [.] The post Spyrosoft Group Launches New Ad Tech & Martech Development Company appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.