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13 Ways To Future-Proof Your Career From Layoffs In 2025

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2025 NFL Ad Tracker: A Running List of Early Season Ads and Partners

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Laurent Ezekiel Named Global CEO of Ogilvy, Devika Bulchandani Elevated to WPP Chief Operating Officer

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Nike Changes Iconic ‘Just Do It’ Slogan to Win Over the Anxious Generation

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Why billions of folks can’t easily get a drink or flush a toilet

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At Bad Bunny’s Sold-Out Puerto Rico Residency, Brands Score a Front-Row Seat

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Empty Shelves, Unique Products, Boycotts: What Target’s New CEO Must Fix to Turn the Company Around

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4 career-building tips—from personal branding to job hunting and growing as a leader

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This 31-year-old New Yorker asked the internet for $25K to start a business in 2020 — 3 years later he made $1M in sales. Here’s why his idea blew up

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One Out of Three Workers Has Lied During Their Job Search

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Sally-Ann Dale, former Droga5 head of production, dies at 55

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Today, July 31, 2025, Figma plans to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “FIG.”

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EXCLUSIVE: Dentsu X CEO Leah Meranus Exits

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Disney Upfront Has Growth in Sports and Streaming, Overall Volume ‘Consistent’

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Treat creators as a strategic asset, not a one-off social play

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Ad of the week: Doritos ‘A Spicy, But Not Too Spicy Plumber’ by Rethink

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American Eagle’s Campaign Is a Story of Ill-Fitting Insights

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Blizzard’s latest AI art controversy suggests the big game studios will never learn

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Media Buying Briefing: The upfront is still not done — why and who’s benefiting from it

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AI Startups Have Entered Their Emotional Brand Building Era

As AI goes mainstream, startups turn to brand building to win consumer trust In the race to win over consumers, AI startups are turning to an age-old marketing strategy: trying to make people feel something. This year, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Perplexity have all ramped up their brand marketing efforts. OpenAI

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Xfinity Gives Frankenstein’s Monster a Social Media Glow-Up

The horror character also discovers reality TV and gaming through Comcast’s brand Frankenstein’s monster had a wickedly fun weekend after discovering the internet. Comcast’s Xfinity brand put a fresh spin on the Gothic tale through a partnership with Universal Pictures and the Universal Parks team. The new “Imagine That” platform recreates

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OpenAI Looks to Build In-House Ad Infrastructure

A new job listing shows OpenAI plans to build internal tools for campaign management, ad platform integration, and real-time attribution OpenAI is staffing up to expand ChatGPT’s marketing reach and build on-platform marketing tools. A recent job listing shows the company is hiring a Growth Paid Marketing Platform Engineer to develop internal

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Introducing It’s Nice That’s Ones to Watch 2025

Eventually we whittled down the list to these 65 individuals and it’s a stunner of a line-up. The expression on show – be it intricate, painterly scenes, adorably ragged illustrative characters, poignant monographs, blisteringly slick books or perception-redefining portraits – is staggering. Overall, our cohort seems to embrace the expectations,

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