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What AI Reveals About Brand Guidelines
Features

What AI Reveals About Your Brand Guidelines

AI exposes ambiguity in adjective-led brand guidelines. Teams that codify behavioural judgment, not just visual style, can stop drift at scale.

14 Sep · 3 min
Nutrafol Flips Before-and-After at the Emmys
Campaigns

Nutrafol Be An After Reframes Hair Growth at the Emmys

Nutrafol's Emmy-week Be An After campaign reframes before-and-after hair ads around the emotional decision to start a wellness journey.

14 Sep · 3 min
Google’s value-based AI payouts for publishers
Media

Google Tests Pay-Per-Value AI Licensing for Publishers

Google is piloting a Search Console-based program that pays publishers when content meaningfully contributes to AI answers, but payout math remains opaque.

14 Sep · 3 min
ZocDoc Puts Provider Fit Ahead of Speed
Campaigns

ZocDoc Campaign Puts Provider Fit Ahead of Speed

ZocDoc's first campaign under CMO Brian Irving positions booking as a match between patient needs and the right provider, not just speed.

14 Sep · 3 min
Delhi HC to Rule on Vimal Elaichi Actor Notices
Marketing News

Delhi HC to Rule Monday on Vimal Elaichi Actor Notices

PB Agro contests Maharashtra FDA notices sent to Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff over alleged surrogate promotion. Delhi HC rules Monday.

14 Sep · 2 min
Google’s Ad Tech Case Ends, but AI Is the Next Antitrust Fight
Marketing News

Google’s Ad Tech Case Ends, But AI Scrutiny Begins

Behavioral remedies may close Google’s ad tech case, but regulators and marketers are already watching AI-driven ad tools as the next battleground.

14 Sep · 4 min
US Open Creator Backlash: Etiquette Lessons for Brands
Marketing News

US Open Creator Backlash: Etiquette Lessons for Brand Marketers

Why the USTA's expanded creator program sparked fan anger—and what marketing teams can learn about briefing, fit, and keeping the game the hero.

14 Sep · 4 min
Google's Pay-Per-Use AI Licensing Test Is a Publisher Black Box
Media

Google Tests Pay-Per-Use AI Licensing With Publishers

Google is quietly testing a Search Console-based program that pays publishers when content feeds Gemini, AI Overviews and AI Mode. Payouts remain a black…

14 Sep · 3 min
OpenAI’s new ChatGPT ad format turns clicks into AI conversations
Martech

OpenAI Tests ChatGPT Ad Format That Opens AI Chat, Not a Site

OpenAI is testing ChatGPT ads that open a branded AI conversation instead of a website. Here's why the click-to-chat format matters for advertisers.

14 Sep · 3 min
How Publicis Wins Big Accounts Without Pitching
Agencies

How Publicis Keeps Winning Big Accounts Without Pitches

Publicis has added PepsiCo, Microsoft, Paramount and LVMH work without formal pitches. Here’s why the model is gaining ground and where the risks remain.

14 Sep · 3 min
Alt assets are rising and attention alone is not influence
Marketing News

IIM Amritsar’s Pariprekshya’26: Alt Assets and Attention Lessons

IIM Amritsar's Pariprekshya'26 put alternative investments and attention-based marketing in focus. Here are the key lessons for practitioners.

13 Sep · 3 min
Unbreak Britain Billboard turns outrage into a shared future
Campaigns

Unbreak Britain Billboard Shifts From Diagnosis to Hope

The sequel to the Broken Britain Billboard debuts in Whitechapel, using OOH design to reclaim the Union Jack as a shared creative asset.

13 Sep · 3 min

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