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Public Relations

Amazon's dark patterns bill keeps growing: what $845 million buys in cancellation UX

Amazon's Prime redress now tops $845 million as the FTC expands refunds, giving marketers a concrete benchmark for subscription and cancellation UX.

advertising

Google Ads puts AI dubbing for 33 languages inside Asset Studio

Google Ads is moving multilingual video production into Asset Studio, but eligibility and creative controls remain unclear.

Public Relations

VidCon is leaving Anaheim and becoming a marketing festival

VidCon is leaving Anaheim for Nashville and joining LIONS, moving creator culture closer to the marketing industry's commercial core.

media business

"Existential threat": what AI executives said privately about publishers

The damaging quotes matter less as a verdict than as leverage for publishers negotiating AI licensing deals.

martech

Foursquare gives Infillion a bridge from ad exposure to store visits

Infillion’s Foursquare deal connects media execution, store visits and purchase data in one independent measurement stack.

content marketing

An AI content network claims 50 million monthly page views. What separates it from the rest of us?

Fake writers and real traffic force an uncomfortable question: what makes AI-assisted publishing legitimate?

Public Relations

Dentsu puts its APAC client chief in charge of Singapore

Prerna Mehrotra will lead Dentsu Singapore while retaining her APAC chief client remit, bringing regional client strategy closer to a key market hub.

martech

California ads must now say when the actor isn't real

California is the second US state to require labels for synthetic performers in ads, including AI-generated voices.

martech

What Google's ad tech ruling actually changes for media buyers

Google keeps its ad tech stack, but six years of interoperability and auction-data rules could reshape how buyers assess supply.

AI marketing

Nine puts AI at the center of its cross-platform ad pitch

NineNeo brings AI into cross-platform media planning and buying, testing whether Nine can turn its expanding portfolio into measurable advertiser value.

martech

When marketing benchmarks come from the platform selling the media

Platform benchmarks can add useful context, but marketers need separate business guardrails when the same system defines peers and recommends action.

media business

After nearly 260 fake-ad reports, a German court held Meta liable

A Frankfurt court tied Meta's fake-ad liability to its automated auctions and algorithmic distribution, but the judgment remains appealable.

martech

Walmart is turning Scintilla into an AI commerce intelligence layer

Walmart is adding Marketplace data, alerts and deeper conversational AI to Scintilla, shifting supplier analytics toward guided action.

Influencer Marketing

AnyMind turns livestream audiences into a brand-campaign marketplace

AnyMind's AnyCreator Stream connects livestream analytics, creator campaign discovery and payments with marketer-side activation through AnyTag.

Sports Marketing

Mbappé didn't just switch sponsors. He reportedly took equity in On

Mbappé left Nike for On, with The Athletic reporting an equity stake as the Swiss brand prepares its first football boots for 2027.

News

Starbucks turns Jay Chou's songs into collectible coffee rituals

Starbucks' Jay Series turns Jay Chou songs and lyrics into collectible drinkware, making music nostalgia part of everyday coffee routines.

News

UGG turns Wonyoung's off-stage self into a comfort campaign

UGG casts IVE's Wonyoung in relaxed everyday scenes, using the contrast with her polished stage image to make comfort easier to see.

News

TRIP turns Kendall Jenner, Joe Jonas and Madeline Argy into 3 types of calm

TRIP gives Kendall Jenner, Joe Jonas and Madeline Argy distinct happy places while keeping one clear calm proposition.

News

PUMA appears to remove Joanna Wietrzyk collab page after HYROX incident

PUMA appears to remove Joanna Wietrzyk’s collab page after a HYROX Beijing incident, as HYROX updates rules on welfare and contamination risk.

AI marketing

Amazon Ads brings agentic campaign tools to Australia

Amazon Ads is connecting agentic campaign control, external AI tools and personalized Prime Video creative for Australian advertisers.

public-relations

How to send a press release via email: a practical PR workflow

A practical workflow for sending press releases by email without confusing the pitch, release, assets, timing, or follow-up.

Influencer Marketing

Why luxury resale is becoming live shopping’s strongest trust case

TikTok Shop says livestreams generate 94% of U.S. luxury-resale revenue. The reason is not just urgency. Live video lets buyers inspect condition and test seller expertise.

SEO

Google opens Search profiles to publishers with 10,000 followers

Google has lowered the Search profile threshold and added multi-brand management, giving U.S. publishers another controlled surface across Search and Discover.

News

Coach turns Spotify into the connective tissue of its Gen Z campaign

Coach links campaign films, custom Tabbys, playlists and the Tabby Tour through Spotify, turning Fall 2026 into a participation system.

News

NESCAFÉ turns 4 no na members into 4 flavour personalities

NESCAFÉ pairs four no na members with four coffee flavours, then stretches the idea across music, OOH and social participation.