Shopify Is Buying Meta and Google Ads for Brands to Acquire Customers
Shopify is making a bigger bet on advertising. The ecommerce giant is making its two-year-old ad product, Shop Campaigns, available to all of its merchants in the U.S. and Canada. Shopify might be an...
View ArticleHow the Biggest Streaming Services Stack Up Heading Into 2025
ADWEEK previously reported that the streaming war was entering its messy era--and 2024 did not disappoint. This year saw Prime Video's ad inventory shake up the TV upfront, streamers push further into...
View ArticleWPP Hires IPG McCann’s AI Chief to Lead Strategic AI Partnerships, Solving...
WPP has named former IPG's McCann Worldgroup head of AI Elav Horwitz as its new evp and global head of strategic partnerships and solutions. Horwitz brings nearly nine years of experience at McCann,...
View ArticleDon’t Get Used to Being ‘Top Dog’ Post Omnicom-IPG Deal, Arthur Sadoun Tells...
Publicis Groupe chief executive (CEO) Arthur Sadoun has addressed Omnicom Group's acquisition of Interpublic Group (IPG) in a video memo circulated to its 107,000-plus employees. In his speech, Sadoun...
View Article3 Ways Moana 2 Marketing Led to a Big Splash at the Box Office
Moana 2 has already hit $600 million at the global box office, and no one knows how far it'll go. But before the film was breaking revenue records and joining Inside Out 2 to add to Disney/Pixar's 2024...
View ArticleNexstar to Cut Hundreds of Local Station Employees
Nexstar Media Group is planning on cutting roughly 2% of its total workforce. The reductions are mainly coming from the local stations. Deadline said the cut equates to about 260 employees. "Our...
View ArticleHow Molson Coors Balances Tradition and Innovation in Marketing
In this episode of The Speed of Culture Podcast, Suzy founder and host Matt Britton chats with Brad Feinberg, vp of media and consumer engagement for North America at Molson Coors. Brad shares how...
View ArticleHow Omnicom and IPG’s Data Assets Could Supercharge Its Creator Marketing...
Omnicom's acquisition of Interpublic Group could shake up the creator industry. The potential deal would consolidate resources, data, and technology across the holding companies, giving clients access...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Is Shedding Assets. Now It Should Go Private, Experts Say
The digital media company BuzzFeed successfully sold its food property, First We Feast, to a consortium of investors Thursday morning for $82.5 million, effectively solving the short-term financial...
View ArticleRevolving Door Round-Up: Ali Vitali to Anchor MSNBC’s Way Too Early
Joining the Early Shift: Ali Vitali will anchor MSNBC's early morning program Way Too Early starting Monday, Jan. 6. She takes over from Jonathan Lemire, who joins Morning Joe's 9 a.m. broadcast in an...
View ArticleWNCN Hires Kevin Holden as Sports Director
Kevin Holden has been named sports director for Raleigh CBS affiliate WNCN. "Having Kevin join CBS 17 News as our sports director is a great addition for the station and community. He's a world-class...
View ArticleInside Hallmark’s Holiday Movie Empire
As you're reading this story, revelers are still savoring the sights, sounds, smells, and songs of the 2024 holiday season. But over at the Hallmark Channel, it's already December 2025. That's the way...
View ArticleHealthcare Marketing Emerges as Key Growth Driver in Omnicom’s IPG Deal
In the history-making alliance that would meld two of the world's largest ad holding companies, Omnicom Group's takeover of Interpublic Group (IPG) brings under one roof more than 50 medical marketing...
View ArticleDeutsch Elevates Four Department Leaders to its C-Suite
Amidst the news of Omnicom Group and Interpublic Group's (IPG) merger, IPG agency Deutsch announced it is promoting four department leaders to its C-suite. Ivan Perez-Armendariz will become chief...
View ArticleStrange Bedfellows: How IPG and Omnicom Should Navigate Active Pitches
At any given time, agency holding companies have multiple pitches of different scale in play--and more often than not, they're pitching against each other. As Omnicom moves to acquire Interpublic Group...
View ArticleTools of the Trade: Graham Nhlamba of Thinkingbox
Tools of the Trade is a feature to help highlight the many tools that help make advertising and marketing folks successful. The tools can be anything that helps people perform at their top form, from a...
View ArticleRocket Mortgage Gears Up for a Brand Restage
When Quicken Loans rebranded as Rocket Mortgage in July 2021, it sought to align the product with its parent company's (Rocket Companies) brand while showcasing its use of technology throughout the...
View ArticleHere’s the Roundup for the Week Ending December 13
Welcome to Friday the thirteenth, local news style. In this episode of stories we didn't report for one reason or another, we see the sun has set on legendary New York news anchor Chuck Scarborough's...
View ArticleHow Advertisers Can Fight Ad Fraud
This post was created in partnership with Human Online fraud prevention isn't just about protecting brands and their customers. Beating bad actors can maximize spends, minimize waste, and optimize...
View ArticleInside Alisyn Camerota’s Quiet Departure From CNN
CNN's Alisyn Camerota anchored her final show on Sunday afternoon. Filling in for Fredricka Whitfield, Camerota informed viewers at the end of the 4 p.m. hour that she would be moving on after a...
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