Adweek
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Under pressure from bipartisan lawmakers, Google, Amazon, and other major ad industry players have shared the actions they're taking after they inadvertently helped facilitate advertising on a site known to host child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Amazon has issued refunds to advertising customers whose ads appeared on the website. Google has blocked advertising on the.
Martech
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
This article was co-authored by Matt Wakeman , Weicong Zhao and Joseph Enever , analysts in the Gartner Marketing Practice , covering marketing data and analytics. Marketing leaders have long relied on various techniques to measure and communicate their impact, but traditional digital attribution methods often fall short. This limitation has fueled a growing interest in marketing mix modeling (MMM).
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AdExchanger
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Walmarts ad business is starting to click. The company generated $4.4 billion in global ad revenue in 2024, up 27% year-over-year, the company disclosed in its latest earnings report on Thursday. Walmart only reports advertising revenue once per year, so the company tends to get into its data-driven online ecommece and advertising system at the […] The post Walmarts Ad Business Cleared $4 Billion In 2024 And Is Only Getting Started appeared first on AdExchanger.
Seth Godin
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
A great intern brings positive energy, a relentless work ethic and doesn’t cost very much. They ask a lot of questions, and the most useful questions will help you see an existing situation with fresh eyes. Of course, you’ll expect them to make mistakes, and a professional needs to double-check all of their work. If you skip these steps, don’t blame the intern.
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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.
Adweek
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
X is debuting AI-powered advertising tools designed to automate ad creation and performance analysis, the company announced Friday. Two new features, rolling out in phases to advertisers, rely on X's proprietary AI assistant Grok to generate ad copy, imagery, and campaign insights with minimal human input. "Prefill with Grok" is a new creation tool for.
Adweek
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
The Daily Mail introduced its first paywall for its U.S. edition on Tuesday, marking a shift in its digital strategy as the general interest publisher seeks to diversify its revenue streams beyond advertising. DailyMail+ is part of a broader plan from the privately owned title to attract 1 million paying subscribers by 2029, according to.
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Adweek
FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Move over, Taylor Swift. The DunKings are back for Super Bowl 59. Dunkin' announced its return to the Big Game during the Grammy Awards on Sunday evening, with an ad that reveals the next chapter of The DunKings--a fictional boy band, fronted by actor Ben Affleck.
Adweek
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
The numbers $56.2 billion -- Amazon's 2024 ad revenue in net sales. $17.3 billion -- The amount Amazon made from net sales of its advertising services during the fourth quarter of 2024, a 18% year-over-year increase. $69 billion -- Amazon's run rate for its advertising business. $638 billion -- Overall net sales in 2024, a.
Adweek
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
There's no need to pontificate about the power of relevant advertising in live moments; the numbers speak for themselves. New research from Magna, the media intelligence and investment unit within IPG Mediabrands, and Sightly, a real-time marketing intelligence and activation company, quantifies the impact of aligning brands with real-time trends during media campaigns.
Adweek
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
The numbers $4.4 billion -- Global ad revenue from 2024, up 27% year-over-year. Global advertising revenue increased 29% year-over-year during the fourth quarter specifically. $180.6 billion -- Revenue during the fourth quarter, up 4.1% year-over-year. $681 billion -- Revenue for 2024, up 5.1% year-over-year. 16% -- Year-over-year growth in global ecommerce sales.
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Adweek
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) on Friday launched a probe into the practices of four adtech leaders and two industry accreditation bodies, in response to a new report from research firm Adalytics indicating that global brands may be inadvertently funding child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online. The probe was launched with the.
Adweek
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
If you walked into a museum, you could probably identify a number of artworks from across the room. You don't need to be an expert to spot a Picasso. In the same way, even if you're not a car aficionado, I bet you'd recognize the Volkswagen "Think Small" advertisement. I'd argue it's the most well-known.
Adweek
FEBRUARY 9, 2025
Too much of a good thing? Not in Super Bowl 59, where advertisers returned to the same well several times, reusing stars and premises like they'd never heard of showing up at the party in the same dress as someone else. These are the double dippers of the 2025 Super Bowl--maybe it's worth doing a.
Adweek
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
For decades, marketers have faced a profound disconnect: Black culture drives consumer trends, yet the infrastructure of commerce often excludes its core community. Black artists fill stadiums their day-one fans can't access. Black style defines luxury brands their originators can't afford. Black vernacular sells products while its creators watch profits flow elsewhere.
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Adweek
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Swarms of termites--those never-sleeping, constantly-gnawing creepy crawlies--cause $5 billion in damage to American properties each year, per bug experts. And what the tiny pests leave behind is destruction, no doubt, but on closer look it's also.beautiful? Orkin, in its latest category-defying work, launches a new campaign called "Chewed Art" that turns images of termite damage.
Adweek
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
The digital transformation agency Code and Theory has appointed Jessica Giles, the former editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, as managing director of its newly created Media Experience Practice. Giles, who was named ADWEEK's Editor of the Year in 2019, will oversee a team of roughly 50 to help media brands navigate evolving consumer behaviors, advancements in artificial.
Adweek
FEBRUARY 9, 2025
THE AD: Budweiser's "First Delivery" is a 90-second spot starring a baby Clydesdale horse. The real foal from the brand's Warm Springs Ranch in Boonville, MO, yearns to join the iconic "hitch" (team of horses) on a Budweiser beer delivery. Sadly, he's not old enough just yet. But his determination and courage see him make.
Adweek
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Ad buyers are pointing the finger at Google, Amazon, and brand safety firms like Integral Ad Science and DoubleVerify after a report from research firm Adalytics claimed that ads for top brands like Sony, Pepsi, and the NFL appeared on ibb.co or imgbb.com--sites that have been flagged by the National Center for Missing & Exploited.
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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.
Adweek
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Publicis Groupe has acquired Brazil-based influencer and content agency BR Media for an undisclosed sum. The purchase gives the French holding group a stronger foothold in the Latin American (LATAM) market, which delivered double-digit growth for Publicis Groupe in 2024. Founded in 2012, BR Media Group counts more than 500 brands among its clients, including.
Adweek
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
TikTok's uncertain future isn't stopping it from rolling out new ad products off the assembly line, with the platform unveiling Automotive Ads Wednesday. The company described its Automotive Ads as a performance ad solution that lets advertisers target high-intent users with their available inventory of vehicles. "With TikTok's new Automotive Ads, dealers and manufacturers have.
Adweek
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
After a challenging few years for Starbucks, there's been another change at the top of its marketing department. The coffee chain has hired Verizon Value's chief marketing officer (CMO), Cheryl Gresham, as its svp, North America marketing. Gresham announced the news on LinkedIn, saying she would now be responsible for finding "innovative ways for marketing.
Adweek
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Inspired Thinking Group (ITG), which offers an AI-powered content generation platform for brands, has expanded to the U.S. with the acquisition of PureRed. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. U.K.-based ITG works with clients like Samsung, Heineken, KFC, Jaguar Land Rover, and Comcast in Europe to provide what it calls "halo content"-which is proliferated.
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Adweek
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Publicis Media named Lonnie Limon head of its Cultural Quotient multicultural practice. Limon takes over for Lisa Torres, who is leaving the company to start her own business focused on helping brands navigate the multicultural marketing landscape.
Adweek
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Longtime agency veteran Armando Turco is returning to the business as president of independent agency Mojo Supermarket. Turco spent two-and-a-half years at dairy alternative brand Oatly, before leaving last July for what he called "Me Time" on LinkedIn. Prior to Oatly, Turco was with Vox Media for more than five years, ascending to vice president.
Adweek
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Marnie Boyer has logged into global nutrition and food tracking app MyFitnessPal as its new chief marketing officer (CMO). She succeeds Katie Keil, who left the company in September 2024 after nearly four years. Boyer was vp of growth marketing at Grubhub since 2022, leading initiatives including the food ordering and delivery platform's partnership with.
Adweek
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Streaming platforms are quietly redefining what "ad-free" really means. Even if you're paying for an ad-free experience, companies like Disney+ and Netflix are reshaping that definition--especially regarding live programming. The shift is particularly noticeable as Disney+ integrates more live sports, 24/7 channels, and programming from ESPN+ into its offerings, all of which traditionally include ad.
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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.
Adweek
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
What do the most senior execs in the C-suite actually think of chief marketing officers (CMOs)? It's complicated, according to fresh research from Gartner, shared exclusively with ADWEEK. The research firm interviewed 125 chief executives (CEOs) and chief financial officers (CFOs) to get the inside scoop on what's expected of CMOs and how they can.
Adweek
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Google is offering advertisers credits and free ad space to drive adoption of its AI-powered automated media buying tool, Demand Gen. ADWEEK spoke to five advertisers across media agencies and brands who said Google has been aggressively pushing Demand Gen over the past year. Launched in 2023, Demand Gen selects advertisers' best-performing video and image.
Adweek
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
AI chip startup Groq has hired Chelsey Susin Kantor as its chief marketing officer (CMO), ADWEEK can exclusively share. A self-proclaimed "math and science kid-turned-marketer," Kantor has spent her career connecting her background in engineering, science, and technology with marketing. She joins from Brand.AI, an AI-powered operating system she co-founded in 2023.
Adweek
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
At the 2024 Academy Awards, Eli Lilly, the manufacturer of blockbuster weight loss drugs including Mounjaro and Zepbound, criticized people for taking GLP-1s without an obesity diagnosis. In 2025, the pharma giant is changing tack with an attack on its non-FDA-approved rivals.
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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.
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