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T-Mobile’s Acquisition of DOOH Provider Vistar Media Adds to Its Ad Platforms

Adweek

Telecommunications giant T-Mobile is boosting the signal of its digital out-of-home efforts with its acquisition Monday of DOOH technology solutions provider Vistar Media in a $600 million cash deal. While T-Mobile is primarily known as a wireless carrier, it has been building up its advertising offerings for quite some time, including its 2022 acquisition of.

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55+ Predictions for 2025 Marketing Trends

Karola Karlson

This article first appeared in my marketing newsletter. Subscribe here to be the first one to read new posts. TL;DR: Marketing trends will continue to shift A LOT this year Writing about 2024 marketing trends , I focused on the Big Five of trends, including Gen Z social media, UGC-style content, AI hype going down (I was wrong) and sustainability going up.

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Creative Strategy Agency Valerie Launches With a Focus on Cultural Understanding

Adweek

Ad industry veterans Kai Deveraux Lawson, Simeon Coker, and Tracey Busch saw the need for industry action when it comes to culture, one that could move needles rather than tick boxes. Enter Valerie, a woman-owned, Black-owned creative strategy agency and cultural consultancy, launching officially today to be a white-label partner for brands and agencies.

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CES 2025: EX.CO CEO On Expanding Its Ad Server To New Channels

AdExchanger

Tom Pachys, Co-founder and CEO of EX.CO, discusses the company’s new expanded ad server, and how it sets the offering sets them apart from other ad tech companies. The post CES 2025: EX.CO CEO On Expanding Its Ad Server To New Channels appeared first on AdExchanger.

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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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The Internet Has Thoughts About a KNBC Reporter’s Interview with Dennis Quaid

Adweek

A KNBC reporter is taking internet heat for interviewing Dennis Quaid as he was getting out of the way of one of the approaching the LA area wildfires. Quaid was loading his car when KNBC's Robert Kovacik stopped by for a roughly16 minute chat where he spoke of Quaid in the third person. Quaid was.

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The Number-One Media Recommendation Digitas’ Morgan Pomish Makes To Clients

AdExchanger

New forms of media that attract massive consumer attention, but more tentative interest from marketers, present a huge opportunity for those that are willing to brave the unfamiliar waters. Right now, that channel is gaming. On the ground at CES, Digitas head of innovation solutions Morgan Pomish explains why gaming is her top recommendation to […] The post The Number-One Media Recommendation Digitas’ Morgan Pomish Makes To Clients appeared first on AdExchanger.

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T-Mobile Acquires Vistar Media, A Leading OOH SSP, For $600 Million

AdExchanger

T-Mobile buys Vistar Media, an ad platform that specializes in digital out-of-home (DOOH). T-Mobile will pay approximately $600 million in cash and expects the deal to close in the next couple of months pending regulatory approval. The post T-Mobile Acquires Vistar Media, A Leading OOH SSP, For $600 Million appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Is Walmart’s Spark Logo Strong Enough to Stand on Its Own? Headquarters Thinks So.

Adweek

In a consumer culture replete with brand names, only a relative handful of companies can get away with the intrepid move of leaving out their names and relying on their logos alone. Nike's swoosh and McDonald's golden arches can stand on their own, for instance. So can Apple's apple and Target's target. And, at some.

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From Cookies to Context: New CMO Kerel Cooper on GumGum’s Vision for 2025

Ad Monsters

Kerel Cooper, GumGums new CMO, unpacks the future of contextual advertising, curated marketplaces, and DEI, revealing key ad tech trends for 2025. Ad tech is on the cusp of a major shift. With identity-based tracking under increasing scrutiny and consumers demanding more privacy, the industry is primed for fresh ideasand Kerel Cooper is leading the charge.

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Kimberly-Clark Divides its Media and Creative Account Four Ways

Adweek

Paper giant Kimberly-Clark has ended its creative and media review, awarding parts of the business to Interpublic Group (IPG), Omnicom, Publicis Groupe, and WPP. The global review kicked off in October of last year with a goal to consolidate Kimberly-Clark's agency roster as part of its "Powering Care" strategy, a $1.5 billion restructuring program.

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

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“Overwhelmed with Leads”: How MFE Advertising’s Self-Serve Platform is Bringing In New Business

VideoWeek

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent a major opportunity for broadcasters: a largely untapped pool of potential clients who collectively control a considerable amount of ad spend. The reverse is also true. Broadcasters aren’t having to drag SMEs kicking and screaming away from the tech platforms they’re used to working with – those who have invested in SME-facing products are generally seeing very high levels of interest from potential new partners.

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Apple’s Chinese New Year Film Is a Nostalgic, Musical Love Story

Adweek

It's a relatable moment: a family member offers unsolicited relationship advice during a holiday gathering that exposes a generational rift. Apple's eighth annual Chinese New Year campaign underscores the universality of that experience, while arguing that leaving yourself open to love can be magical.

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Google Ad Policies Explained for Business Owners

AdvertiseMint

Google’s advertising platform is the largest and most influential in the world. To maintain the trust of users and ensure a high standard across all its advertising services, Google has implemented detailed ad policies. These guidelines are crucial for advertisers aiming to reach audiences ethically and effectively. This article will dive into these policies, focusing on prohibited content, transparency, and ongoing adherence to changing regulations.

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KCCI Names Kristen Joyal Creative Services Director

Adweek

Des Moines CBS affiliate KCCI has named Kristen Joyal creative services director. She starts February 10 and succeeds Nathan White who left the station in December 2024. "Kristen's creativity and leadership skills should help us nurture the outstanding culture and cohesiveness of our creative services team, while also helping us further elevate and amplify the.

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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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CES 2025: How Brands Can Find Opportunity In A Fragmented Market, With Nielsen CMO Alison Gensheimer

AdExchanger

Complexity is going to create new opportunities to reach audiences, says Nielsen Chief Marketing Officer Alison Gensheimer. She sits down with AdExchanger Executive Editor Sarah Sluis to discuss how Nielsen can observe nuanced behavioral differences in streaming behavior, and how brands can use this data in order to reach their audiences more effectively.

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Hartford Meteorologist Says Talking About Climate Change Affecting LA Fires is ‘A Bridge Too Far”

Adweek

Hartford meteorologist Ashley Baylor thinks now is not the time to talk about climate change as the underlying cause of the fires that burned through Los Angeles. Baylor is a meteorologist at WTNH in Hartford, Connecticut. She aired her views about when things are appropriate in a reply to an X post by meteorologist Chris.

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What are Video Shopping Ads (VSA)?

AdvertiseMint

Video Shopping Ads (VSAs) blend the captivating appeal of video content with the ease of e-commerce, revolutionizing the way brands connect with consumers and how a TikTok advertising agency would create ads for ecommerce clients. These interactive ads allow viewers to shop directly from videos, offering a seamless buying experience that enhances user engagement and boosts conversions.

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Welcome emails lift KPIs: Best of the MarTechBot

Martech

Best of the MarTechBot showcases the MarTechBots responses to prompts submitted by readers. See more about how marketers are using MarTechBot here. The language model is based on content from MarTech embedded on top of ChatGPT. The editors of MarTech selected this response for its usefulness and have supplemented it with additional relevant content.

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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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VCCP and easyJet bring social rules to TV for new campaign

More About Advertising

For its winter sale campaign, easyJet has taken inspiration from social media for its latest TV ads. Instead of the “big shoot” model, agency VCCP has put together footage shot by creators across Europe to build a more “unfiltered” approach to the brand. Either that, or the budget was slashed and pulling together a few … The post VCCP and easyJet bring social rules to TV for new campaign first appeared on More About Advertising.

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Free speech, Meta, data privacy and email: A delicate balance or a complete disconnect?

Martech

Meta’s recent decision to move from fact-checkers to a community notes model akin to X, highlights a growing divide in how digital platforms handle free speech and content moderation. This underscores a deeper disconnect across digital channels. These divergent approaches to moderation, combined with escalating data privacy concerns, pose significant challenges for marketers and consumers.

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How AI Is Becoming Part of Agency Life, with SKDK CEO Doug Thornell

AdExchanger

Experimenting more with AI is an item on the top of many New Years resolution lists including with agencies. SKDK CEO Doug Thornell talks about where he sees opportunity for agencies to use AI in its processes. In this interview on the CES showroom floor, he also recaps the big changes in political spending […] The post How AI Is Becoming Part of Agency Life, with SKDK CEO Doug Thornell appeared first on AdExchanger.

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T-Mobile has held talks to buy Vistar Media

Digiday

T-Mobile has held talks to purchase Vistar Media, as the U.S.s third-largest telco seeks to strengthen its non-traditional revenue streams by further expanding its footprint in the advertising sector, sources told Digiday. Such discussions are understood to have taken place amid what would appear to be an ongoing sales process from Vistar Media, which is said to have fielded several inbound inquiries since late 2024, and come as parties in the space anticipate a flurry of mergers and acquisition

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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.

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It’s Enough To Turn You To Drink …

Rob Campbell

Day 2 of 2025 and I’m still bursting with positive pessimism. Helped because of stuff like this the following … We all know one of the key roles of advertising is to add commercial momentum and value to business. Well, I recently saw a rather unique approach to achieving this goal with some work from vodka brand, Smirnoff. Have a look at this.

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Meta and Amazon Distance Themselves from DEI; Venu Sports Streaming Cancelled; Apple UK Antitrust Trial Begins

Exchange Wire

News in brief: Meta and Amazon Distance Themselves from DEI; Venu Sports Streaming Cancelled; Apple UK Antitrust Trial Begins Meta and Amazon Distance Themselves from DEI Meta has decided to terminate its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes, reports Axios. A memo [.] The post Meta and Amazon Distance Themselves from DEI; Venu Sports Streaming Cancelled; Apple UK Antitrust Trial Begins appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

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Pinterest Goes “All In” On Bridging The Gap Between Discovery and Purchase

AdExchanger

At CES in Las Vegas, companies are placing their bets on what trends will drive growth throughout the rest of the year. Pinterest, for one, is putting its chips on shoppable ad formats. Were all in on checkout, Bill Watkins, CRO at Pinterest, told AdExchanger in a sit-down chat at CES. The companys main focus […] The post Pinterest Goes All In On Bridging The Gap Between Discovery and Purchase appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Meta and Amazon Distance Themselves from DEI; Venu Sports Streaming Venture Discontinued; Apple Begins UK Antitrust Trial

Exchange Wire

News in brief: Meta and Amazon Distance Themselves from DEI; Venu Sports Streaming Venture Discontinued; Apple Begins UK Antitrust Trial Meta and Amazon Distance Themselves from DEI Meta has decided to terminate its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes, reports Axios. A [.] The post Meta and Amazon Distance Themselves from DEI; Venu Sports Streaming Venture Discontinued; Apple Begins UK Antitrust Trial appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

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Predicting the Future of Sales: How AI and Automation Will Revolutionize Strategies

In this exploration, we're diving into predictions about the future of sales. We're talking about a complete shake-up powered by automation and artificial intelligence (AI). These aren't just fancy tools — they're real game-changers. Automation and AI are here to redefine every interaction, making them smarter, faster, and more meaningful. From personalized customer journeys to streamlined sales processes, the goal is to make every moment count, enhancing both efficiency and connection.

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Publicly Funded Social Media Roads; Good SSPs Get Treats

AdExchanger

Would the internet be a better place if it werent run by billionaires? Plus, more brands are cutting out the ad tech middlemen. The post Publicly Funded Social Media Roads; Good SSPs Get Treats appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Cable TV Advertising: Benefits, Rates, & How It Works

MNTN

Trying to get your commercials on cable TV? You’re not alone! If you’re here, you’ve likely already seen some pretty intimidating figures thrown around about cable TV advertising rates. There is no exact figure that anyone can definitively offer as to the actual cost of cable ads (until you actually buy them). However, we can tell you what factors go into the cost as well as teach you about more cost-effective and higher-performing options for television advertising.

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Reddit At CES: How AI Can Evolve “Conversational Commerce”

AdExchanger

Jen Wong, chief operating officer at Reddit, shares how the company is banking on AI to push its conversation-driven performance marketing platform forward. She also breaks down Reddit’s plans for attracting more performance ad budgets a top priority in 2025. The post Reddit At CES: How AI Can Evolve “Conversational Commerce” appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Adam&eveDDB names Brim and Beverley replacements

More About Advertising

Adam&eveDDB has moved pretty seamlessly to replace CCO Richard Brim and CSO Martin Beverley who are due to launch their new venture in February. Long-serving ECDs Ant Nelson and Mike Sutherland, behind many of the agency’s award-winning campaigns, will become joint CCOs and Will Grundy moves up to CSO (all below with CEO Miranda Hipwell.) … The post Adam&eveDDB names Brim and Beverley replacements first appeared on More About Advertising.

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketers Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.