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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, the tech company is taking a moment to announce that…
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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 out, according to Jim Minnich, SVP of revenue and yield management.Even in a calendar period…
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 & Data Showcase in Las Vegas on Wednesday.While last year’s showcase touted capabilities like gamified ads…
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 marketing the most linear and digital revenue the broadcaster has brought in in Winter Olympics…
‘AI hasn’t changed the principles of marketing’: Through the hype, marketers vie for the human touch
At CES, what’s happening in the hotel suites above the conference is just as interesting as the panels happening below—perhaps even more so.But corralling execs to get to those meetings is no small feat, which is probably why companies like Netflix, Google, Instacart, Yahoo, and UTA typically opt to conduct…
Under the hood of the Williams F1 team’s 2026 rebrand
The F1 paddock is a colorful place—and we mean that literally. Ferrari is known for its iconic red. McLaren lives by papaya orange. And in 2026, the Williams team wants to become synonymous with its refreshed blue color palette.The team’s colors aren’t the only thing getting an update in the…
Coworking with Steve Rotter
Each week, we spotlight Marketing Brew readers in our Coworking series. If you’d like to be featured, introduce yourself here.Steve Rotter is CMO of DeepL, an AI-powered translation service. He has also served as CMO at the software companies FourKites, OutSystems, and Acrolinx.Favorite project you’ve worked on? By far, it’s…
Why Blue Wire Podcasts shifted from influencers to athletes
In sports podcast company Blue Wire’s younger years, TikTokers and other influencer podcast hosts were integral in building the network’s audience and advertiser base.Now, a few years later, with about 20 million monthly listeners and viewers across dozens of shows covering everything from Nascar to fantasy football to women’s boxing,…
Our Third Place, a networking group, is courting women in media and advertising
Katherine Naylor Pullman knows the advertising world. She’s had advertising roles at the fan engagement platform Cameo, Reese Witherspoon-founded production company Hello Sunshine, and at the now-defunct streaming platform Quibi, where she spent roughly two years each.But in her experience, companies didn’t always have the time or resources to invest…
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 to new data shared in Antenna’s State of Subscriptions: Sports & Streaming report.During the NFL’s 2023 and 2024 seasons, Paramount+ saw an average of 117,000 daily sign-ups, a 41% higher…
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 feature will include metrics from various Meta platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and Facebook’s Audience Network, which will allow advertisers to see deduplicated reach across Meta’s platforms. The audio measurement tool,…
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