Advertising & Marketing

What marketers can learn from the struggles of a publisher: G/O Media is selling off assets after years of valuing ad space over content.

Executives get cold feet over AI adoption: Soaring adoption rates are being pulled down to earth over cybersecurity and data protection concerns. It could curtail the AI sector’s profit outlook.

Tim Cook promises big AI advancements for existing product lines. Developers might be forced to choose between building apps for on-device AI or AR/VR Vision Pro.

Google, Samsung, and others form coalition to take on Nvidia: Commercializing generative AI is expensive in part due to Nvidia. Democratization could lower costs but may take a while.

X’s US app usage dropped 23% since Musk’s takeover, outpacing the decline of rivals. Can bundling genAI result in user recovery?

On today's podcast episode (part 2), we discuss what America looks like without TikTok, who would be most likely to buy the short-video app, and what marketers should be thinking about to plan for the future. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Minda Smiley and Max Willens.

Starbucks eliminates global CMO role: Reflecting broader trends, this move showcases a shift toward more localized and specialized marketing strategies.

Reddit's brand safety woes aren't over: We found that content depicting suicide and other violence was easy to access, revealing a moderation failure.

Canva acquires Affinity, challenging Adobe by expanding into photo editing and design after Adobe’s Figma deal collapses. Key to competition: Affinity’s one-off payment model.

Infrastructure to support quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and cryptocurrency could be falling behind the technology’s widespread adoption.

Unwitting users experience Google’s AI search: Google wants feedback from people who aren’t AI-inclined. Dealing with spam will help build a symbiotic hybrid search platform.

Zuckerberg’s second job as AI recruiter: There’s a mad scramble for top AI talent. Meta’s plan to build an artificial general intelligence will require attracting the best.

Coca-Cola is increasing its investment in digital media channels to appeal to Gen Z, while Gap is focused on creating more story-forward, culturally relevant marketing campaigns. To cut costs, Procter and Gamble is using AI to improve order fulfillment and reduce ad waste, and Starbucks eyes growth in delivery. Here are five insights into how companies are adjusting strategies this year.

On today's podcast episode, we discuss the unofficial list of the most interesting retailers for the month of March. Each month, our analysts Arielle Feger, Becky Schilling, and Sara Lebow (aka The Committee) put together a very unofficial list of the top eight retailers they're watching based on which are making the most interesting moves: Who's launching new initiatives? Which partnerships are moving the needle? Which standout marketing campaigns are being created? In this month's episode, Committee members Becky Schilling and Sara Lebow will defend their list against vice president of content Suzy Davidkhanian and analyst Zak Stambor, who will dispute the power rankings by attempting to move retailers up, down, on, or off the list.

This tactic reflects customers’ desire for stability and safety in the rocky year following last March’s US bank collapses.

On today's podcast episode (part 1), we discuss the details of what's going on with a potential TikTok ban, how grave of a threat TikTok might be, whether Americans actually want a ban, and the likelihood of TikTok getting banned this time around (out of 10). Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Minda Smiley and Max Willens.