Playing sports isn’t considered part of a woman’s life in traditional Maya culture. But Las Amazonas of Yaxunah, an Indigenous women’s softball team based in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, is challenging those boundaries. The team, which was formed in 2019 and has players between the ages of 13 and 62, has become famous in Mexico for […]
Publishers are starting to see referral traffic from artificial intelligence search engine Perplexity, according to data from three sources. (ADWEEK)Publishers are starting to see referral traffic from artificial intelligence search engine Perplexity, according to data from three sources. (ADWEEK) Read More
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The period from July through the end of September was busy for news. Calls for President Joe Biden to step down as the Democratic nominee grew louder after his disastrous performance during CNN’s presidential debate between him and former President Donald Trump. (TVNewser)The period from July through the end of September was busy for news.
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Seven years since its launch, newsletter platform Substack has consolidated its dominance of the independent news business. Now, it’s trying to position itself as something more: a central platform for paying creators of all kinds, untethered to the news cycle and beyond the tough-to-monetize medium of text. (Semafor)Seven years since its launch, newsletter platform Substack
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On Friday, CNN released a short-form documentary (a “Flash Doc” in its parlance) called The Masculinity Campaign as an exclusive for CNN digital subscribers–the first of what is expected to be a regular cadence of exclusive video content for paying CNN users. (THR)On Friday, CNN released a short-form documentary (a “Flash Doc” in its parlance)
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Global independent agency Tombras has acquired The Burns Group, an independent advertising agency based in New York. The acquisition further bolsters Tombras’ capabilities with top CPG clients, including the Swiss cough drop brand Ricola, which Tombras will take over as creative AOR. The Burns Group also works with Haleon brands, previously serving as AOR for…Global
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Programmatic was supposed to use tech to match ad buyers to publishers seamlessly. The fact that ads still regularly land on spammy clickbait, while quality publishers continue to struggle, indicates that a little extra help is needed to link buyers up to quality. Enter new curation tech from adtech AI firm Chalice that looks to…Programmatic
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Hi, this is Ryan Joe, ADWEEK’s editor in chief. I’m thrilled to announce the hiring of Alison Weissbrot as our new executive editor. Based in New York City, she’ll have direct oversight over our agencies, brands, and creative teams, and she’ll also help shape and coordinate our aggressive coverage across the entire ad industry. Many…Hi,
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Generative AI is a fact of life at agencies and creative studios moving forward–that part is in the books. What’s missing are the actionable strategies for creatives and producers, from entry-level to vets, that ensure we’re all equipped to embrace AI as it becomes embedded in creative and business operations. Over the past year, we’ve…Generative
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The media companies Time and The Arena Group partnered with the technology vendor Webflix on Monday to bring short-form vertical video to their portfolio of open web properties. Using Webflix, publishers can insert the vertical video they are already creating for social media directly into their article pages, monetizing the content with a combination of…The
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