GroupM restructures its leadership team under global CEO
Brian Lesser makes his first changes to GroupM’s global agency structure, including new chief client officer and chief business officer roles.
Navigating the Evolving Pet Care Market With Mars Pet Nutrition
In this episode of the Brave Commerce podcast, Sarah Hofstetter and Rachel Tipograph sit down with Jean-Paul Jansen, CMO of Mars Pet Nutrition North America, to discuss the evolving pet care market. Jean-Paul shares how Mars adapts to trends like premiumization and shifting consumer expectations, from innovative product launches to strategic use of retail media...
3 Ways the Future of TV Was on Display at CES, According to Experts
The future of TV was on display at CES, and data and artificial intelligence were at the center of it. Media buyers, executives, and leaders in the tech industry flooded the Las Vegas Convention Center at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month, seeing the latest tech and trends affecting the TV ad industry. To...
How Netflix and Other Streamers Reached Record Ratings in December
Streamers had a festive holiday season full of football and blockbusters. According to Nielsen ratings from its Gauge December 2024 report (which accounts for viewership from Nov. 25 through Dec. 29), TV viewing was up 4% month over month, with streamers gaining a big share of audience time. Linear still outperformed streaming in terms of...
How to Advertise in Movie Theaters
Advertising in movie theaters provides an exceptional opportunity to engage a captive audience. Most brands use a movie theater advertising agency to manage and oversee these ads. Advertising on the big screen leverages the immersive cinema environment to deliver ads that are visually compelling and memorable. In this article, we will explore the strategies to [...]
GroupM CEO Brian Lesser Revamps Global Leadership Structure
GroupM CEO Brian Lesser unveiled a new global leadership structure and team Tuesday for the media investment arm of holding company WPP. Lesser spoke with ADWEEK earlier this month and said he was in a "massive hurry" to advance GroupM's business, adding that he believes GroupM must shift from "a collection of companies to one...
How Brands TikToked Their Way Through a Supreme Court-Trump Flip-Flop
It's been a busy few days in U.S. politics, from Donald Trump's tech-CEO-studded presidential inauguration, the declaration of a "border emergency," and the revoking of federal DEI guidelines. Amidst all this, America's 47th POTUS found time to sign an executive order instructing the attorney general's office to delay by 75 days enforcing a Supreme Court...
Local Meteorologists React to Allen Media’s Hub Announcement
After Allen Media Broadcasting said it would hub some local weather forecasts using The Weather Channel in Atlanta, reaction came from those affected and from news outlets looking to understand how the moves would affect local stations Allen operates 27 broadcast television stations in 21 U.S. markets. The Byron Allen-owned media group acquired The Weather...
Totino’s Super Bowl 59 Teaser Hints at More Alien Interactions
Totino's Pizza Rolls is betting that snacks, comedy, and aliens will be the way to people's hearts and stomachs with its upcoming Super Bowl debut. The General Mills brand has again enlisted comedy duo Tim Robinson and Sam Richardson to bring its bite-sized pizza nuggets to the big stage, along with a crying girl and...
CASS: when switching bank accounts is like a dodgy blind date
Remember Renault’s famous ‘Papa and Nicole’ ads featuring inter-generational romance as well as small cars? Someone at House337 maybe has a long memory too, as in this new ad for CASS (Current Account Switch Service), the government’s attempt to make it easy to switch bank accounts. So we have a blind date that misfires, showing [...]