This post was created in partnership with Fetch During Adweek's webinar, From Clicks to Connection: Tech's Role in Creating Lifelong Consumers, industry leaders explored how brands can use technology, AI, and personalization to drive emotional connections, build community, and create lasting relationships. Robin Wheeler, chief revenue officer at Fetch, kicked off the event by highlighting...
This post was created in partnership with IRCode Online interaction is evolving, and so is how brands connect with their audiences. At Adweek's CES House Sunset Soiree, Matty Beckerman, founder and CEO of IRCode, demonstrated a groundbreaking technology (IRCode) poised to transform industries ranging from retail to entertainment. IRCode replaces traditional QR codes by embedding...
This post was created in partnership with Nielsen Instead of chasing consumers and their fragmented viewing habits, marketers need to adapt how they measure, target, and capture audiences as lines blur between platforms. In a live group chat at Adweek House at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, presented in partnership with Nielsen, industry leaders shared...
State Farm has canceled plans to run an ad during Super Bowl 59 and has paused filming on a campaign with a tie-in to Apple TV+ drama Severance as the Los Angeles wildfires continue to burn. The Super Bowl ad would have been State Farm's second consecutive year in the game. Last year's ad, created...
Super Bowl 59 takes place on Sunday, Feb. 9, at 6:30 p.m. ET from the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, and around a month before the game, Fox is unveiling even more ways to watch. On Wednesday, Fox, the Super Bowl 59 broadcaster, announced that Fox Sports will roll out a Tubi takeover for the...
The most impactful CMOs are the ones who have powered themselves and their organizations, proving themselves indispensable to their CEOs, colleagues, teams, boards and, ultimately, businesses. Through their work, these chief marketers are setting the standard of effective marketing leadership and paving the way for the next generation of industry leaders. They are the Marketing...
Criteo's new CEO has his work cut out for him. When Michael Komasinski takes over for Megan Clarken on Feb. 15, the executive will be faced with a unique set of challenges. When Clarken became CEO in 2019, retail media was a considerably smaller space with fewer players involved. While Clarken successfully moved part of...
Snap is reminding creators that its app is a central place to build a community in a new ad campaign. The company's campaign comes as rival TikTok faces a potential ban in the U.S. this week. The Supreme Court is set to rule on a looming ban that would wipe the app from the U.S....
If you've logged onto TikTok within the past week (haven't we all?), you've probably seen the latest #goodbyetiktok and #savetiktok content as users stateside prepare for the very real possibility that the nationwide ban on the app will go into effect on January 19. As we anxiously await the Supreme Court's decision on TikTok's fate,...
Thirteen looks to be a lucky number for WeatherTech, as the U.S. automotive and home accessories company is returning to the Super Bowl for the 13th time, including two years of airing multiple in-game spots. The new campaign, which will air in the second quarter, comes from its longtime agency partner, Pinnacle Advertising, which has...
As summer turned to fall and temperatures began to drop, more people started noticing advertising for Mucinex. When asked throughout Q4 of last year if they recalled seeing or hearing one of the cold and flu medication's ads in the past two weeks, 22.8% of U.S. adults said they did, according to data analytics firm...
Sinclair and NBC today announced a comprehensive, multi-year agreement that renews station affiliation agreements for all 21 of Sinclair's owned and/or operated NBC affiliates. The agreement renewals affiliations for the following NBC affiliates: WOAI in San Antonio, Texas; KSNV in Las Vegas, Nevada; WJAR in Providence, R.I.; WNWO in Toledo, Ohio; WSTM in Syracuse, N.Y.;...
The Consumer Electronics Show brings more than 135,000 people to Las Vegas every January with one big promise: to showcase the latest in cutting-edge technology. But turning those prototypes into viable business models is another story. For advertisers and marketers, part of the challenge of touring the convention center is sifting through the innovations to...
TikTok's potential removal from U.S. markets by January 19 has marketers and influencers racing to figure out how to reach the app's lucrative audience elsewhere. With 44% of Gen Alpha using TikTok in 2024, it's hard to imagine a world where this platform--a gateway of discovery (and brain rot) for millions of tweens--is suddenly gone....
Tools of the Trade is a feature to 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 favorite drafting table to the best software program to a lucky pen, a vintage typewriter or a pair of headphones....
This is TVNewser's basic cable network ranker and cable news report for the week of Jan. 6, 2025. January has proven to be a busy news month so far, especially outside the political arena. The first full week of 2025 included former President Jimmy Carter's state funeral and the tragic Los Angeles wildfires. Both news...
Programmatic adtech platform The Trade Desk took a rare walk down the merger and acquisition path, announcing an agreement Wednesday to acquire digital ad data provider Sincera. The transaction marks just the second publicly-announced acquisition for The Trade Desk, which scooped up identity resolution technology provider AdBrain in October 2017. "In recent years, the digital...
ICYMI: Influential, the largest influencer marketing firm in the world by revenue, was acquired by Publicis Groupe last summer. But in an alternate universe, founder and CEO Ryan Detert never mustered the confidence to follow his instincts and build the company. Through the nonprofit Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, Detert got the guidance and...
Sinclair said it has deals with select creditors to boost its liquidity and strengthen its balance sheet for the long-term, meaning the station group may be expecting the Trump administration to open the market up for more station acquisitions. Sinclair Television Group and certain affiliated entities have entered into a "transaction support agreement" or TSA...
Dallas-Fort Worth's Fox-owned and-operated duopoly KDFW and KDFI will build a new, purpose-built television studio and state-of-the-art content creation center in Irving-Las Colinas, Texas. "We are pleased to relocate to Irving in what will be a grade-A complex, and we thank Mayor Stopfer and the Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce for making this possible," said...
