October, 2024

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Election Night 2024 Set Tours: Fox News Debuts ‘Powerful’ New Studio

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With Election Night rapidly approaching, TVNewser is here to provide virtual visits to some of the network studios you'll be watching on Nov. 5. Check out behind the scenes photos and expert commentary from the designers who brought the new and improved sets to life. Peter Blangiforti, Senior Vice President of Broadcast & Media Technology.

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30 Gen AI Campaigns Later, Klarna Cuts Annual Marketing Spend by 12%

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Swedish buy-now-pay-later company Klarna has launched nearly 30 topical marketing campaigns this year entirely created by generative AI, using the technology to generate ideas, write copy, and create images. While much has been said about AI tools boosting efficiency, the firm is also finding these campaigns are more effective. These campaigns, often tied to events.

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The Current State of TV Streaming: Great Stories vs. Instant Virality

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You've found a new show. It feels made for you. It's well written, the cast is phenomenal, and you can't wait to see where Season 2 goes. The show's only been out for about two months, but you see news that it's been cancelled already. Another bites the dust. You realize something that felt made.

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Why ESPN Threw a Texas-Sized Football Tailgate For Formula 1 In Austin

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When ESPN has both a Formula 1 race and Texas football in Austin on the same weekend, it's hard to blame the network for encouraging partners to drift into each other's lanes. Under the "Texas Takeover" banner, ESPN is hosting a college football matchup between the No. 1-ranked Texas Longhorns and No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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The Athletic Names Fubo Its Official Streaming Partner

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The New York Times sports publisher The Athletic partnered with the sports streaming service Fubo on Tuesday, the latest in a series of integrated partnerships spearheaded by The Athletic since it debuted advertising on its website two years ago. The multiyear tie-up will first see Fubo integrated into live game blogs, with future plans for.

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Toyota Is the Latest Brand To U-Turn on DEI Initiatives

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Toyota is the latest major brand to pump the brakes on its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. As per an internal memo seen by Bloomberg, the car brand emailed around 50,000 employees and 1,500 dealers in the U.S. Thursday, regarding "a highly politicized discussion" on its DEI commitments. The communication said Toyota would refocus.

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The DOJ Says Google May Need ‘Structural’ Changes to Undo Its Search Monopoly

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The Department of Justice submitted their proposed remedies to the August federal court ruling that Google illegally monopolizes search, arguing that Google should be prohibited from using their own products like Chrome, Android and the Play App store to advantage their search-related business. The proposed remedies might include a break up of the company, though.

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5 Questions For… Lawrence Jones

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Guy Fieri might the self-styled expert on diners, drive-ins and dives, but Lawrence Jones could probably give that spiky-haired chef a run for his Donkey Sauce. The Fox & Friends co-host is a dine-in diner regular courtesy of the Fox News morning show's popular Breakfast with Friends segment, which sends him to eateries across the.

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Press Releases Have Become Way Too Hyperbolic

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Lindsay Morrow, a senior associate brand manager at Kit Kat, was thrilled to announce the candy brand had added another flavor to its product line: vanilla. Likewise, Aaron McMillan, managing director of hospitality programs at United Airlines, was thrilled to share flights had begun offering an assortment of canned wine to economy passengers. All American.

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Molly Baz and Formula Maker Bobbie Bring Breastfeeding to Times Square

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Fast-growing startup Bobbie is tackling a double dose of stigma--breastfeeding in public and swapping mother's milk for formula--on one of the highest-profile media stages in America. For its first billboard in New York's Times Square, the formula brand has partnered with Molly Baz, whose previous ad for Swehl--featuring the cookbook author, her pregnant belly, a.

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

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Pachinko Producer Explains Why Diverse Stories Are Breaking Out in Streaming

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For producer Theresa Kang, everything comes down to perspective. Kang, the CEO of Blue Marble Pictures, was born in the United States, but her sister and parents were immigrants born in South Korea, resulting in her growing up in a multicultural household. Her upbringing has always played a major role in her life and the.

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Cable Was a Locked Room. Streaming Offers Too Much Freedom

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PRINT HED: Signal Turns to Noise PRINT DEK: The streaming wars have a loser: consumers PULLQUOTE IF NEEDED: "Now that the streaming industry is starting to mature, it's funny how we are circling back a little bit to the original model." Brandon Katz, Parrot Analytics During the 76th Emmy Awards last month, actress Jean Smart.

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To Fight Churn on Its 740,000 Subscribers, Bloomberg Media Debuts Weekend Edition

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The financial news publisher Bloomberg Media is launching a Weekend Edition product on Friday, part of a broader initiative to boost subscriber retention and increase weekend readership. The content will focus on the intersection of finance and culture, a small departure from standard Bloomberg reporting and an acknowledgment that readers' preferences shift over the weekend.

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Bret Baier Goes Live From Pennsylvania and Michigan This Week (Exclusive)

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Looks like Fox News' Bret Baier will be trick-or-treating in Pennsylvania this Halloween. TVNewser can exclusively reveal that the Special Report anchor is broadcasting live from a Philadelphia suburb on Oct. 31 at 6 p.m. ET. And he's taking show on the road the next night as well, heading to a suburb of Detroit, Michigan.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Havas Media’s First Shell Campaign Is Under Fire With More Than 70 Complaints for Greenwashing

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More than 70 people have filed complaints with ad watchdog the U.K.'s Advertising Standards Authority claiming a recent Shell ad is guilty of greenwashing. The spot is part of the first campaign that Shell's media agency Havas Media worked on for the oil giant since winning the account in September 2023, following months of climate.

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To Sell Americans on Nuclear, This Campaign Highlights Rising Support for the Energy Source

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Constellation Energy thinks there's one thing that can span the political divide in the U.S.: nuclear energy. In a campaign that began in July and wraps this week, the energy company worked with Droga5 and Accenture Song Sustainability to highlight existing support for nuclear as a way to build momentum around it. "If we simply.

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Generational Marketing Is Dead and Rather Irrelevant

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Generational marketing is dead and rather irrelevant in modern marketing. Clinging to these outdated segments is not just lazy--it's inefficient, inaccurate, and can be dangerous. Simple logic led to these labels: People born within a certain timeframe would share common experiences and, therefore, behaviors and preferences. However, this approach is increasingly problematic and oversimplifies the.

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G/O Media Is Suing Paste Media a Year After Selling It Jezebel

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The digital media firm G/O Media filed a lawsuit in Delaware court last month against Paste Media, according to public records obtained by ADWEEK. The lawsuit alleges that Paste Media breached the contract the two parties signed last year when Paste Media acquired the titles Jezebel and Splinter from G/O Media in November 2023. The.

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ABM Success Recipe: Mastering the Crawl, Walk, Run Approach

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

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PayPal Formally Launches Ad Business to Pitch Its Shopping Data to Advertisers

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PayPal is open to business with advertisers. Today, PayPal is formally launching PayPal Ads, its arm that sells digital ads using data about what people buy across its properties within the U.S. PayPal Ads is led by Mark Grether, an advertising executive who previously built Uber and Amazon's ad businesses. PayPal is pitching aggregated transaction.

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Eater, Finally, Launches an App

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The Vox Media publisher Eater launched its first mobile app on Wednesday, adding another surface area to the rapidly expanding universe of the nearly 20-year-old publisher. The app, which is currently only available on iOs, prioritizes restaurant discovery, showcasing restaurants near a user, according to editor in chief Stephanie Wu. In doing so, the product.

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Character.AI Deletes Avatar of Murdered Girl After Admitting a Policy Violation

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AI firm Character.AI is facing backlash after using the likeness of Jennifer Ann Crecente, an 18-year-old murder victim from 2006, in a video game without her family's consent. The company said that the character violated its policies against impersonation and removed the character. Drew Crecente, Jennifer's father, received an automated Google alert that an AI.

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Publisher Traffic Spiked Thanks to Google’s Gen AI Overview Tweaks

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Google's AI-generated search, AI Overview, is boosting publisher traffic thanks to a new feature that embeds direct links within the text, according to the tech giant, which held a briefing for the press about new features this week. Google stopped short of giving any more specifics about the increase publishers were seeing. A query asking.

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How Intent Data Helps Marketers Convert A-List Accounts

One of the biggest challenges for any B2B marketer is understanding your prospects’ next move — who is most likely to buy and when. Without these insights, marketing campaigns can feel more like guesswork, with high investment and little return. We’re here to tell you there’s a better way. By tracking buyers’ digital footprints and online activity, such as website visits, product reviews, and spikes in content consumption, you can engage prospects with a message that really resonates.

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Amazon’s AI Generator Tool Can Now Create Audio Ads

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Soon, you'll hear more audio ads on Amazon's properties that were created with generative AI. Brands can now use generative AI to make audio ads--in addition to images and video--through Amazon Ads' self-service tools. That was one of many advertising- and adtech-related developments that the commerce giant announced today at Amazon unBoxed, its annual advertising.

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Razorfish Offers Clients Real-World AI Use Cases Through Beta Labs

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Publicis agency Razorfish has widely opened up its suite of gen AI tools Beta Lab, to give all brand clients practical examples of how can be used to enhance content creation and improve customer experiences. Beta Lab has been open to over half of the agency's clients--including Samsung--since this summer. The lab has already featured.

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Heineken’s Technology Stops Smartphones From Ruining Gigs

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Heineken wants people to put down their phones. In its latest bid to foster IRL social connections, the beer brand hacked two music events -- Mexico's Live Out festival and Amsterdam Dance Event's opening party -- to discourage phone use on the dance floor. With its creative agency LePub, Heineken installed technology that delivered a.

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Adtech Firm Chalice’s Tool Ups Buyers’ Access to Quality Media on the Open Web

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Programmatic was supposed to use tech to match ad buyers to publishers seamlessly. The fact that ads still regularly land on spammy clickbait, while quality publishers continue to struggle, indicates that a little extra help is needed to link buyers up to quality. Enter new curation tech from adtech AI firm Chalice that looks to.

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Solving the Biggest Tech Challenges in RevOps

In this eBook, we’ll run through real-world examples that show how RevOps teams can benefit from modern solutions for the access, management, and activation of their GTM data. Whether you need to improve lead response times, boost adoption of core tools, improve lead qualification, or target and automate your GTM motions, you’ll find examples of how revenue teams are solving some of the toughest problems in modern business.

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Meta Beats Revenue Expectations Amid AI Push, But Ad Sales Growth Slows

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The numbers $40.58 billion: Meta's Q3 revenue, up 19% YoY, narrowly topping Wall Street's $40.3 billion estimate. 96%: The portion of Meta's Q3 revenue driven by ad sales. This is a slight dip from Q2, when advertising accounted for 97% of its $36.5 billion in total revenue. $15.69 billion: Net income, up 35% YoY, or.

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Why Grubhub and Amazon Took the Plunge With a Co-Branded Ad

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Shoppers can find most things they need on Amazon, and some they don't (see: tiny deck chairs and emotional support pickles). They can also order sushi, burritos, and more without delivery fees, thanks to a tie-up with takeout app Grubhub. Since 2022, Amazon Prime's 180 million members have had access to Grubhub+, the brand's premium.

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What Unilever’s Agreement With X Could Mean for the Remaining Advertisers in the Lawsuit

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In a dramatic turn of events within the X versus advertisers lawsuit, Unilever has been removed from the lawsuit after coming to an agreement with X. For context, earlier this year, Elon Musk's X (previously Twitter) filed a lawsuit against several former advertisers, claiming they coordinated an illegal advertising boycott against the platform. This legal.

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DOJ’s Plan to Dethrone Google’s Search Dominance Shakes Gen AI Ambitions

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Conquering generative artificial intelligence (AI) is the next battlefield for big tech platforms, but Google could be on the back foot thanks to the response to its dominance in search. The proposed remedies recommended by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to rid Google of its alleged monopolistic behavior in search have the potential to hamper.

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Drive GTM Efficiency with Tech Stack Consolidation

Consolidating your tech stack is an effective cost-saving measure that drives GTM efficiency and adds value to your enterprise. With a cohesive, integrated tech stack, your revenue teams can deliver an excellent customer experience that sets you up to win faster than your competitors.