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YouTube’s cross-platform takeover is putting pressure on creators
When the first YouTube video was uploaded in 2005, the only way to watch it was on a desktop computer.Now, 20 years later, YouTube has moved on to other screens. It’s the No. 1 streaming service on connected TVs (CTV), and in a recent blog post, CEO Neal Mohan called YouTube “the new television.” Even older folks are in on…
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How Pat McGrath and Candy Crush pulled off a jewelry treasure hunt
Who needs Willy Wonka’s golden ticket when Pat McGrath is offering a diamond ring?To announce the beauty brand’s latest lip- and nail-product collaboration, this time with mobile gaming giant Candy Crush Saga, Pat McGrath sent PR boxes to influencers including Alex Consani and Tefi Pessoa, promising new lipsticks and a…
After Paul vs. Tyson, more marketers are paying attention to boxing
Boxing ended 2025 with a knockout.Not literally—the November fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson didn’t have quite that much action—but the viewership packed a punch for Netflix, with 65 million concurrent streams at the event’s peak, and more than 1.4 billion impressions on Netflix’s social channels, according to the…
The WNBA and its sponsors are expanding efforts to keep girls in sports
The first few months of the second Trump administration have been marked by anti-DEI efforts targeting corporate America and the government, and as the administration seeks to prevent trans athletes from competing in sports, athletic organizations are finding themselves in the crosshairs.The WNBA is one of a few sports leagues…
Tubi’s ‘chronically online’ marketing team is building out a new kind of gifting strategy
Timothée Chalamet didn’t win an Oscar this year, but his hardest-working fan did take home a prize.Or, rather, she got one sent to her. Shortly after this year’s Academy Awards, Simone Cromer, who operates Chalamet stan accounts on X, Instagram, and Bluesky under the moniker Club Chalamet, posted a photo…
Coworking with Dirk Poschenrieder
Each week, we spotlight Marketing Brew readers in our Coworking series. If you’d like to be featured, introduce yourself here.Dirk Poschenrieder is managing director, Havas Life Düsseldorf. He has spent more than 20 years in the marketing and communications business, working for companies including Deutsche Post DHL, Sony, Johnson &…
When will advertisers press play on gaming?
Marketers haven’t fully bought into gaming, but that’s not for lack of trying.Despite there being some 190 million gamers in the US, according to the Entertainment Software Association, gaming is still just peanuts in the eyes of some advertisers, making up just 5% of total digital advertising spend, according to…
Spotify touts GenAI ads and its ad exchange at first upfronts-style presentation
Fresh off its first full year of profitability, Spotify is aggressively courting advertisers.At the first Spotify Advance presentation in New York on Wednesday, Spotify’s version of an upfronts presentation, the audio streaming giant announced several new offerings aimed at increasing advertising investment, including a broader rollout of its ad exchange,…
Who’s trying to buy TikTok’s US business?
Based on the looming implementation of the “ban” part of the TikTok divest-or-ban law, parent company ByteDance is staring down a deadline to either sell TikTok’s US operations to an American company or be banned. President Donald Trump signaled Friday afternoon that he planned to once again give ByteDance another…
WPP bolsters AI tools with acquisition of InfoSum
WPP has acquired the data collaboration and clean-room startup InfoSum in a deal aimed at bolstering WPP’s AI tools.InfoSum sells services related to privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), like clean rooms, which are aimed at helping advertisers and their agencies share data in a secure and privacy-focused way, and clients have included…
Google and Roblox partner on ad deal
Google is getting deeper into gaming.The ad giant is partnering with the gaming platform Roblox in a deal that will let advertisers more easily buy Roblox gaming inventory, the companies announced Tuesday ahead of the IAB PlayFronts, an annual industry event centered on highlighting advertising opportunities in gaming.More specifically, Roblox…
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