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Strength over size: How Omnicom is pitching the holding company post-IPG acquisition
A Madison Avenue makeover capped off 2025, with Omnicom becoming the largest holding company in the world after acquiring IPG. At the first big ad industry event of the year, the company leaned on its combined strength to pitch the new and improved Omnicom to advertising clients.At CES this month, the holding company seemed to push back on what some…
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Why creators are taking the reins on event hosting
You’ve heard of celebrity meet and greets. Welcome to the era of the creator meet-and-greet.In the last year, creators across industries have taken it upon themselves to get out into the world and engage with…
Disney nearly sold out of ad inventory for college football championship
With less than two weeks to go until the College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship, the ad sales team at Disney, which holds the exclusive media rights to the CFP, is “damn close” to selling…
Disney details vertical video efforts and AI-aided media planning for 2026
At CES, it’s the most wonderful (read: busiest) start to the year. And just like it has in years past, Disney didn’t hold back with a slew of ad innovations at its Global Tech &…
Games, AI recommendations, and multicams: NBCU’s plans to boost engagement ahead of a sports-packed winter
Ahead of the Winter Olympics, NBCUniversal is raking it in. The company sold out of ad inventory for the 2026 Milan Cortina Games this week, with more than 100 new advertisers joining the fray and…
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Sports helps boost streamer sign-ups, but subscribers don’t always stick around: Report
Sports programming’s availability on subscription streaming platforms is leading to new sign-ups, but that doesn’t always translate to retention, according…
Exclusive: Comscore rolls out expanded social reporting and streaming audio measurement
Comscore is wrapping up 2025 with a new set of capabilities: streaming audio measurement and expanded social reporting.The social reporting…
Some of the most popular sports posts of 2025
In times of turbulence—like, uh, most of 2025—people search for escapes in their favorite pastimes, like watching sports, scrolling social…
Why Oakley is betting on girls’ flag football
Oakley has been a recognizable brand in the football world since the ’90s, when former NFL players like Mel Gray…
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Behind the scenes of Bush’s college football bowl…of beans
It’s College Football Playoff season, and the postseason bowl games have become a platform for some of the zaniest marketing moments in recent memory. We’re looking at you, Pop-Tarts mascot sacrifice and Cheez-It wedding.This month, Bush’s Beans is joining the party after securing the naming rights to the Boca Raton…
Carnival Cruise Line leans on Nick Offerman to pitch real-world fun
Want a respite from the constant scrolling and nonstop notifications? Looking for some good, old-fashioned fun? Go on a cruise—specifically a Carnival cruise.That’s the message of Carnival Cruise Line’s latest campaign from TBWAChiatDay NY. The campaign, which stars Nick Offerman, leans into the actor’s tough-yet-genial persona to showcase how fun…
The next big thing in fitness sponsorships: Hyrox
People do some pretty crazy things in the gym. But none feels quite as crazy as competing in a Hyrox race.Some fitness enthusiasts might already be familiar with the format: Competitors run one kilometer, then complete a workout station including sled pushes and pulls, burpee broad jumps, and wall balls.…
Goodbye, Upside Down: Marketers are mourning the end of ‘Stranger Things’
As Stranger Things fans theorize about what will happen to their favorite characters and prepare to memorialize the long-running show, brand marketers are saying goodbye to a nearly decade-long marketing opportunity that has few rivals.Since Netflix’s nostalgic sci-fi mystery series premiered in 2016, the miniseries-turned-juggernaut has become an increasingly powerful…
NBCU plans expanded ad offerings ahead of ‘legendary’ winter sports lineup
While it’s hard to top NBCUniversal ad sales chief Mark Marshall’s pink-sequined entrance onstage at the company’s May upfronts presentation, the media giant is looking to give its advertising options some additional sparkle heading into a sports programming-packed 2026.At a briefing at 30 Rock a few weeks ahead of CES,…
Our favorite (and least favorite) brand collaborations of 2025
Marketing may not be a math-heavy field, but there sure are a lot of Xs.From Chili’s x Tecovas to Wicked: For Good x just about any brand you can think of, 2025 was filled to the brim with collabs. It’s no secret that marketers love a crossover moment, but do…
Zoom looks to reshape its story with its biggest brand campaign yet
The explosion in work-from-home culture in 2020 pushed a lot of businesses to the brink.Not Zoom. Instead, the video conferencing tool saw exponentially increased usage and invaluable brand recognition as many industries shifted to remote work. Now, with the future of work morphing once again in the age of AI,…
Chasing trends and AI as a strategy: CMOs on 2025’s most overhyped marketing trends
A trend is exciting—until everyone and their mother jumps on it, at which point it just feels overdone. That sentiment is true whether it’s happening on TikTok or in the marketing industry at large.As 2025 comes to a close, we asked CMOs and other top marketers from brands like Chili’s,…
Coworking with Keisha Taylor Starr
Each week, we spotlight Marketing Brew readers in our Coworking series. If you’d like to be featured, introduce yourself here.Keisha Taylor Starr is CMO of The E.W. Scripps Company and GM of Scripps Networks. She’s also held high-level marketing roles at media companies including Recount Media, Turner Broadcasting, and CNN.How…
What happens when the ragebait marketing machine runs its course?
Brands try to reflect culture, and in 2025, culture was prone to getting riled up. Don’t believe it? Just look at Oxford University Press’s word of the year. That’s right. It’s “ragebait.”Throughout the year, brands like American Eagle, Skims, e.l.f., Dunkin’, Swatch, and The Ordinary, to name a few, made…
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TikTok signs deal to spin off US operations
A few days after the latest TikTok ban extension deadline passed, it seems we may…
Coworking with Irina Katsnelson
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Simple sampling and being OK with haters: CMOs on 2025’s most overlooked marketing strategies
It’s safe to say that AI got plenty of hype in and out of the…
‘Something super bingeable’: why Maybelline released a holiday microdrama
Lacey Chabert is harboring a Christmastime secret—and this time, it’s not that the actress is…
Coworking with Michael Daum
Each week, we spotlight Marketing Brew readers in our Coworking series. If you’d like to…