Digiday Podcast at Cannes: AI hype, data overload and other takeaways from Cannes Lions 2025
Marketers came to Cannes this year looking for answers. Here are three takeaways from PMG's head of integrated media...
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Digiday Podcast at Cannes: Former Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay makes the case for creators
Between panels and parties, creators are looking to get face time with ad execs, brand marketers and partners like Spotify.
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Digiday Podcast at Cannes: From center stage to closed doors, inside X’s quiet Cannes strategy
Once a Cannes hotspot, Twitter Beach is no more. In this episode, we explore X’s quiet retreat from the Croisette—and
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AI screenings, budget cuts, and burnout: What’s really behind advertising’s hiring disconnect
The job market has never been easy to navigate. But between tightened marketing budgets, agency consolidation and economic headwinds, the
Kimeko McCoy
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Rosé, deals, repeat: How to survive Cannes Lions
Between panels, late-night cocktails and endless networking, Cannes Lions can get overwhelming. ...
Kimeko McCoy
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Meta’s AI ad plan raises stakes – even if creative execs are shrugging it off
Meta’s AI tools aim to automate ad creation by 2026. Creative agencies aren’t surprised—but they are preparing for what’s at
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‘Trade Desk is the Spirit Airlines of the DSP world’: Overheard at the Digiday Programmatic Marketing Summit
Execs sounded off during the Digiday Programmatic Marketing Summit on ad tech middlemen, measurement and transparency woes, and the precarious
Kimeko McCoy
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WTF are JBPs and why do we use them in retail media, with Exverus Media’s Hillary Kupferberg
The Digiday Podcast breaks down the art of the JBP deal with Exverus Media's Hillary Kupferberg...
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‘There’s no such thing as recession-proofing’: Small businesses grapple with shifting economy
Small businesses are having to rewrite their marketing playbooks, navigating tariffs, economic uncertainty and a possible recession...
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Retail media was built for growth. Now, it’s being rebuilt for risk
Tariff pressures are prompting CPG advertisers to prioritize flexibility and incrementality in retail media...
