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  • Linda Yaccarino speaks onstage during Seat At The Table on March 23, 2022 in New York City.
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    NBCUniversal’s Linda Yaccarino resigns, named Twitter CEO

    The former NBCUniversal executive will focus primarily on business operations while Elon Musk focuses on product design and new technology.

    By • Updated May 12, 2023
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    Meta broadens access to generative AI tools, seeking to save marketers time

    Early testers of the features, which include automated background generation, expect the technology will save them at least five hours per week.

    By • Updated Oct. 5, 2023
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    Retail Marketing

    Top stories that underscore the leading influences on retail marketing, including the creator economy, '90s nostalgia and Gen Z. 

    By Marketing Dive staff
  • Miller High Life next to peanuts against a wood background.
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    Miller High Life, Planters nod to dive bars and ballparks in co-branded push

    The two brands are addressing their likely pairing in community spaces through a QR code giveaway and limited-edition merchandise.

    By • May 10, 2023
  • Actor Ben Affleck, wearing a blue plaid shirt and dark coat, stands center frame in front of a Dunkin' cash register.
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    Dunkin’s CMO on bringing the brand’s vision into focus — and those buzzy Ben Affleck ads

    Jill McVicar Nelson detailed a “fewer, bigger, better” ethos that is helping to balance brand and performance marketing at a transitional point for QSRs.

    By • May 10, 2023
  • Coca-Cola's Minute Maid brand rebrand packaging
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    Minute Maid’s first global campaign supports new unified visual identity

    The Coca-Cola juice line’s “Filled with Life” campaign looks to combat consumers’ “autopilot moments” while showcasing its first global brand design.

    By • May 9, 2023
  • A phone with the App Store download page for TikTok open.
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    TikTok expands overture to publishers with contextual ad program

    Pulse Premiere partners include embattled organizations like Buzzfeed and Vox, which will receive a cut of ad revenue. 

    By • May 5, 2023
  • An image depicting Snapchat's new First Story ad placement for advertisers.
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    Snap tests My AI sponsored links amid expansion of ad formats

    The company also said Warner Bros. is an early partner for the new First Story takeover format that reserves the first video ad between Friend Stories.

    By Aaron Baar • May 4, 2023
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    Inside Chipotle’s record-breaking Twitter promotion

    A National Burrito Day giveaway earned the brand its second highest digital sales day of all time and its highest one-day volume on social media.

    By • May 4, 2023
  • A person eats Taco Bell in a garbage band's practice space
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    How Taco Bell feeds hungry musicians and helps them ‘Live Más’

    In partnership with entertainment marketing agency The Syndicate, Feed The Beat connects the culture-focused brand with diverse artists and their fans.

    By • May 4, 2023
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    YouTube embellishes Shorts ads as monetization struggles endure

    New tools will allow advertisers to optimize reach through artificial intelligence and position ads to appear first in users’ Shorts feeds.

    By • May 2, 2023
  • Illustrations of Jim Beam's new packaging.
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    Jim Beam encourages togetherness in ad set to ‘Sweet Caroline’

    The new global brand campaign “People Are Good For You” attempts to address an increase in loneliness and accompanies a brand refresh.

    By • May 2, 2023
  • The Snapchat logo is displayed on a cell phone screen.
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    Snap credits first quarterly revenue drop to shifting ad biz

    Slowing ad demand stemming from platform changes was partially to blame for a 7% year-over-year drop, with a gloomy outlook extending to Q2.

    By • May 1, 2023
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    E.l.f. debuts ‘Vanity Table Talk’ series with Jennifer Coolidge

    The effort spans TikTok, YouTube and Instagram, with future episodes featuring actor Ashley Park and comedian Ziwe.

    By • April 28, 2023
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    Pacsun turns to TikTok for livestream shopping

    A digital and social push timed to summer continues the retailer's use of emerging channels like the metaverse to engage with young consumers.

    By • April 27, 2023
  • Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, wearing a gray sweater, puts his hands up during a presentation.
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    Meta says AI is improving ad efficiency as revenue growth returns

    AI helped better monetize Reels in Q1, though the company may not be out of the woods yet with continued challenges from TikTok, Apple and Amazon.

    By • April 27, 2023
  • Haribo's "Good News Hotline" campaign image, including the call number, for its National Gummi Bear Day activation.
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    Haribo fills social feeds with only happy news

    “Good News Goldbears” will dish out positive videos on Instagram and Facebook to help insulate readers from the effects of negative news.

    By • April 27, 2023
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    FTC talks tough in false-ad notice but faces hard enforcement road

    Although the agency has put hundreds of companies on notice about marketing claims, its ability to penalize violators will be tested by resource constraints.

    By Robert Freedman • April 24, 2023
  • A Kraft Real Mayo presentation shows two dating profiles for a red-haired man and the stat graphic stating that dating profiles showing mayonnaise can increase first messages by 16%
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    Kraft Real Mayo claims mayo love can lead to more dating app matches

    The brand conducted an experiment that found expressing mayo enthusiasm resulted in a 74% increase in matches and smoother pick-up lines.

    By • April 21, 2023
  • Josh Ostrovsky, known as the Fat Jewish, for Gopuff's "I Puffed Today" 4/20 campaign.
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    Gopuff positions itself as go-to munchies delivery app for 4/20

    An “I Puffed Today” campaign features election-style messaging, a partnership with creator The Fat Jewish and a pop-up “Puffing Place” van.

    By • April 20, 2023
  • Willie Nelson, Martha Stewart and Snoop Dog each hold a BIC lighter
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    BIC blazes campaign and virtual scavenger hunt for 4/20

    Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart ask for help finding a lighter that Willie Nelson borrowed and never returned in the effort timed to the weed-friendly holiday.

    By Aaron Baar • April 20, 2023
  • Baseball Hall of Famer Wade Boggs sits at a desk.
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    Pabst Blue Ribbon plays coy with Wade Boggs over mascot origins

    A playful effort sees the Baseball Hall of Famer demanding the brewer credit his likeness as the inspiration behind brand mascot Cool Blue.

    By • April 19, 2023
  • Campaign images for Kind Snacks' Almond Acres initiative and pilot program.
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    Kind promotes sustainability with Snapchat tie-up, VR experience

    Each activation is meant to connect to the brand’s new Almond Acres Initiative, a three-year regenerative agriculture project in California.

    By • April 18, 2023
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    Reddit signs 3 independent agencies as it scales ad biz

    Horizon Media, PMG and Wpromote join Tinuiti in helping Reddit work with more small and medium-sized businesses.

    By Aaron Baar • April 17, 2023
  • American Eagle's RE/AE virtual clothing store within Snapchat
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    American Eagle brings secondhand clothing shop to Snapchat

    The augmented reality experience is part of the retailer’s new RE/AE digital shop and clothing collection curated with online resale platform ThredUp.

    By • April 17, 2023
  • Jack in the Box's limited-time Pineapple Express Shake timed to its 4/20 campaign
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    Jack in the Box stations food trucks across California for 4/20 celebration

    A tie-up with mobile app WeedMaps is meant to help consumers find the trucks and order a limited-time Pineapple Express Shake.

    By Aaron Baar • April 17, 2023