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TikTok’s Blake Chandlee Resigns as April 5 Ban Deadline Looms

Adweek

Blake Chandlee, who overlooked ad sales and marketing at TikTok, will be leaving the company next month.

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Mythbuster: Here’s what ‘agentic’ AI actually means for advertisers, agencies and publishers

Digiday

Forget chatbots and prompt engineering agentic is the latest AI buzzword to captivate and confuse marketers and media execs. In recent months, tech firms like OpenAI have emphasized AI agents and agentic applications of the technology in their mission to popularize generative AI adoption. The latest development comes courtesy of Adobe, which unveiled several AI agent tools last week at its Summit conference in Las Vegas , including a foundation agentic platform and 10 off-the-shelf AI agents.

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How Late Boxing Legend George Foreman Became One of the Greatest Pitchmen of the 20th Century

Adweek

Few stories in the sports-to-branding pantheon are as colorful, and unlikely, as that of George Foreman, who died Friday at the age of 76.

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If You Don’t Know The Heart Of The Story You Don’t Have A Story Worth Telling …

Rob Campbell

I recently saw this wonderful clip of Hans Zimmer talking about the soundtrack to the movie Interstellar. I dont just like it because of the story he tells, but how he talks about the music representing the heart of the story. For all the ad industry bangs on or has banged on about storytelling, it seem to have forgotten what that actually means. Far too often we talk about it in terms of a format rather than craft.

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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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Kristen Bell Learns How to ‘Dupe’ Beauty Sleep in New Estée Lauder Ads

Adweek

Este Lauder playfully engages with the dupe culture trend in a new campaign starring Kristen Bell.

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Exclusive: Ad Tech OG John Nardone Is The New CEO Of JWP Connatix

AdExchanger

JWP Connatix might not have a new name yet, but it does have a new CEO. The post Exclusive: Ad Tech OG John Nardone Is The New CEO Of JWP Connatix appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Tech troubles hit S4 Capital (again)

More About Advertising

Sir Martin Sorrell’s big bet on tech companies driving growth at his S4 Capital (Monks is its main agency) has taken another turn for the worse with S4 booking an impairment charge of 280m in its last financial year to reflect tough trading in the second half and a pretty grim medium term outlook. This … The post Tech troubles hit S4 Capital (again) first appeared on More About Advertising.

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Soberchella 3.0: Booze-Free Brands Get More Immersive for Festival Season Kickoff

Adweek

Soberchella 3.0, from L.A.-based booze-free bottle shop The New Bar, gets more immersive at 2025's Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals.

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Not Quite Everything Is An Ad Network (Yet); The Unsocial Networks

AdExchanger

Operating a genetic testing business is difficult. Plus, YouTube has become the biggest platform for podcast consumption. The post Not Quite Everything Is An Ad Network (Yet); The Unsocial Networks appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Apollo Media May Be Looking to Get Out of Local Media

Adweek

The company formed Cox Media Group, which includes 12 stations in 9 markets.

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

what retail media advertising is what a retail media network is how the changes in the privacy landscape benefit retail media networks how retail media network functions market overview of retail media networks

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Real-Time Bidding for Ecommerce

Playwire

Ever notice how ecommerce-related content generates some of the highest CPMs in programmatic advertising? That's no accident. Shopping intent is advertising gold, and publishers with e-commerce-adjacent content are sitting on a revenue opportunity most aren't fully exploiting.

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TikTok Taps Khartoon Weiss to Lead North America Sales Amid Leadership Shake-Up

Adweek

TikTok is reshuffling its leadership ranks as it navigates mounting uncertainty in the U.S.

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The secret to smarter, faster marketing decisions with AI

Martech

The four-person marketing team at Tomorrow.io routinely outperforms competitors with teams ten times their size. They don’t possess superhuman abilities and they don’t work 24/7. They put AI at the center of their decision-making, asking themselves how AI can improve their processes and transform how they make decisions. Faster, more complete decision-making Since the days of the assembly line, businesses have relied on command-and-control decision structures, funneling decisions upw

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Mentos Blasts Into Fortnite With a Tool for Players’ Arsenals

Adweek

Mentos put a spin on the classic Mentos and cola experiment by creating an explosive launcher for Fortnite.

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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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As retail evolves, so too do physical stores and retail tech

Martech

The retail sector continues to evolve to become more digital, social and connected, a new report from Salesforce found. The sixth edition of Salesforce’s “Connected Shoppers” report found agentic AI to be one of the significant drivers of retail’s continued evolution, with 75% of retailers saying AI agents will become essential by 2026.

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Blocklists Are Costing Marketers Valuable Sports Engagement

Adweek

If advertisers are losing out because an algorithm cant contextualize a word, its time for the industry to make changes.

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Digest: Channel 4 Launches Emissions Measurement Tool; Bluesky Enhances Referral Tracking for Publishers

Exchange Wire

Today's digest looks at a new emissions measurement tool introduced by Channel 4, Bluesky enhancing referral tracking for publishers, and Perplexity AI's ambitions to raise funds. Channel 4 launches new emissions measurement tool An advertising emissions measurement tool has been introduced [.] The post Digest: Channel 4 Launches Emissions Measurement Tool; Bluesky Enhances Referral Tracking for Publishers appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

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Pinterest Poaches Meta Vet Kate Hamill to Lead Sales for North America

Adweek

The longtime Meta executive joins at a time of record revenue and ad growth for the platform

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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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AI and email marketing: All hype or real game-changer?

Martech

Is AI truly revolutionizing email marketing, or is it just another overhyped technology? If youve been wondering how AI can (or should) fit into your email marketing strategy, youre not alone. Marketers everywhere are evaluating whether AI-powered tools can genuinely improve their campaigns, streamline their workflows and drive better results or if theyre just expensive add-ons with little impact.

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CEOs Like CMOs, But Aren’t Always Confident They Can Deliver

Adweek

A new survey reveals what company executives think about their top marketer.

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The second time through

Seth Godin

One way to understand creative work is to think about the time and effort required to do something the first time versus doing it again. A novel might take five years to write. Retyping it takes a day. A company could easily expend 10,000 hours of effort before launching a new logo. Drawing the logo takes four minutes. The same is true for business plans, strategies and the layout of the factory floor.

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Rakuten Advertising’s Performance Solutions Group Acquired by Brunner

Adweek

Brunner will inherit the Performance Groups paid search, programmatic planning, and buying teams.

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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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Top Roblox creators don’t view brand deals as a significant revenue stream

Digiday

As Roblox ramps up its pitch to marketers, some top creators on the platform do not view brand deals as a serious revenue stream. Roblox has established itself as a creator platform, paying out over $280 million to individual creators during the fourth financial quarter of 2024. Many Roblox creators also known as developers earn six or seven figures annually by building virtual experiences and designing digital clothes, or avatar items.

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Why Top YouTube Creators Are Meeting With CMOs Ahead of the Upfront

Adweek

The first Spotter Showcase gives brands face time with creators like MrBeast, Dude Perfect, and more.

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AlgoriX & GeoEdge Expand Partnership to Secure the Ad Supply Chain Against Malvertising

Exchange Wire

GeoEdge, a global leader in malware detection and ad-quality solutions, has announced an expanded collaboration with AlgoriX, an independent global media and technology company and leading provider of advertising solutions. The strengthened partnership reinforces malvertising protection across the global ad [.] The post AlgoriX & GeoEdge Expand Partnership to Secure the Ad Supply Chain Against Malvertising appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

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Dear Sports Brands: Put on Your Invisibility Cloaks

Adweek

While spectacle draws attention, its accessible design that ensures fans stay engaged.

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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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AI adoption accelerating, but many fall behind: IAB report

Martech

AI is now an essential tool in media and marketing, yet its adoption remains inconsistent across the industry. While agencies and publishers are leading the charge, many brands are struggling to keep pace, facing challenges with data quality, tool fragmentation, and governance gaps. Thats according to IABs new State of Data 2025 report (no registration required), which provides a deep dive into how AI is reshaping media planning, activation and analysis, revealing the industrys biggest hurdles

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Why B2B Tech Marketing Is Outpacing Consumer Brands With Cisco CMO Carrie Palin

Adweek

The strategic approach to using AI to enhance human connections, not replace them.

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Are naming rights deals worth the investment for big brands?

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. As the 2025 baseball season kicks off in the U.S., many teams will play in stadiums named by sponsors who shell out big bucks for the naming rights to the venue.

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Military Reporter Mike Gooding to Retire from WVEC in Norfolk

Adweek

He's visited 19 countries and was embedded with U.S. forces in three wars: Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

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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.