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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 on a cruise can bring out a person’s playful side.…
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Operation Bluebird Wants to Bring ‘Twitter’ Back to Life
A Virginia startup calling itself Operation Bluebird announced this week that it has filed a formal petition with the US Patent and Trademark Office, asking the federal agency to cancel X Corporation’s trademarks of the…
This holiday season, more brands are mixing affiliate arrangements into their creator deals
Rockin’ around the Linktree, or so it goes.Whether it’s a creator rounding up the best Black Friday sales or sharing a gift guide on what to buy for friends and family, the holidays have become…
Trump Signs Executive Order That Threatens to Punish States for Passing AI Laws
President Donald Trump signed a highly anticipated executive order on Thursday that sets in motion a plan to establish a national regulatory framework for artificial intelligence while undercutting states’ abilities to enact their own rules.The…
The social marketing trends that took over our feeds in 2025
2025: the year when TikTok was banned for approximately one (1) day in January before countless delays and sales talks left the ultimate fate of the platform up in the air. It was also the…
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Coworking with Darcy Kurtz
Each week, we spotlight Marketing Brew readers in our Coworking series. If you’d like to be featured, introduce yourself here.Darcy…
It’s Time to Save Silicon Valley From Itself
Alex Komoroske has always been at odds with Big Tech’s darker side. Though he cut his product-management teeth at Google…
How MotoGP plans to rev up US motorcycle racing fandom in 2026
Is Formula 1 fueling fandom for all kinds of motorsports in the US?For MotoGP, the motorcycle racing series that’s primarily…
Anthropic’s Daniela Amodei Believes the Market Will Reward Safe AI
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‘Search is everywhere’: How JBL is retooling its search efforts for AI
Gaining “algorithmic trust” is top of mind for many marketers, especially as shoppers turn to AI for assistance in their search for the perfect gift or deal this holiday season. But gaining said trust can be harder than it might seem—and some brands are seeking outside help.Audio brand JBL has…
Netflix buys Warner Bros. Discovery in deal valued at $83 billion
Netflix acquiring one of its foremost entertainment rivals? Stranger things have happened.The largest subscription streaming service in the world is set to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s film and TV studio, streaming business (including HBO Max), and HBO, in a deal valued at $82.7 billion, it announced Friday morning.The deal, which…
Ruby Is Not a Serious Programming Language
My little theory is that the concept of “imprinting” in psychology can just as easily be applied to programming: Much as a baby goose decides that the first moving life-form it encounters is its parent, embryonic programmers form ineradicable attachments to the patterns and quiddities of their first formative language.For…
Spotify Wrapped is for advertisers, too
If there’s one thing that’s a sure bet at the end of the year, it’s the promise of being read for filth by Spotify Wrapped—and that’s not just true for listeners, but the app’s advertisers, too.This week, the audio streamer released its annual user data year-in-review alongside a version for…
The Rare Earth Metal Driving Tensions Between the US and China
The alarm hasn't yet reached the general public, but tension is beginning to build in the corridors of the aerospace industry, in microchip laboratories, and in government offices. For months, an element almost invisible to the world—yttrium—has become the silent center of a new global dispute. Supplies are thinning, prices…
What’s happening with social media bans?
As talk of social media platform bans mount for various reasons, social media marketers may be wondering where they—or their audiences—will soon be able to post or not post. Here’s the latest.What’s going on with the US TikTok ban? It’s been a couple of months since President Trump ordered the…
Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build Its Surveillance AI
Flock, the automatic license plate reader and AI-powered camera company, uses overseas workers from Upwork to train its machine learning algorithms, with training material telling workers how to review and categorize footage including images people and vehicles in the United States, according to material reviewed by 404 Media that was…
Why Cinemark is testing an industry-first brand campaign
A film buff could probably rattle off their favorite movie trailers without much effort—but could they name their top movie theater trailer? And no, the in-theater AMC ad starring Nicole Kidman doesn’t count!Outside of the physical cinema itself, where perks of membership or a message about the theater chain may…
Blended and branded: The business behind Erewhon smoothie collabs
If there’s one thing Erewhon is known for, it’s a spendy smoothie.The California-based gourmet grocery store’s drink collabs began in 2021 with influencers like Christina Najjar, who is known online as Tinx, and Marianna Hewitt, co-founder of skin-care brand Summer Fridays. But it was Hailey Bieber who really kickstarted Erewhon’s…
Sam Bankman-Fried Goes on the Offensive
“It’s a PR campaign, obviously,” claims Joshua Naftalis, a former prosecutor, now a partner at law firm Pallas Partners. “It’s a no-stone-left-unturned strategy.”To date, Bankman-Fried has not filed a formal pardon application, a White House spokesperson tells WIRED. “We do not discuss speculation about sensitive issues, such as pardons, on-record,”…
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Google is extending its partnership with the McLaren Formula 1 Team, execs from the companies…
There Is Only One AI Company. Welcome to the Blob
It all began, as many things do, with Elon Musk. In the early 2010s he…
Jim Beam is taking its American roots to global fans with sports sponsorships
It’s hard to overstate the role of leagues like the NFL and NBA in American…