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5 Ways TikTok’s AI Ad Buying Tool Smart+ Can Catch Up With Meta’s ASC 

Since Smart+'s October launch, brands have flagged inconsistent performance—some even pulled their campaigns.

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Bluesky Is Having a Moment, But Most Brands Aren’t Ready to Jump In Yet

Brands like Duolingo, Hulu, and Netflix are organically posting on Bluesky

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The Biggest Questions After The Trade Desk’s OS Announcement

The Trade Desk's OS announcement raises questions for industry experts.

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Perplexity Rolls Out Its AI-Powered Ecommerce Experience in the US

The AI firm is competing against Google and TikTok.

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Comcast, Disney, and IBM Are Among Advertisers Returning to X After Ad Freeze

IBM, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Lions Gate Entertainment have collectively spent less than $3.3 million on X.

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The 2024 Marketing Vanguard Award Winners Leading With Bravery and Creativity

Meet ADWEEK's most impactful chief marketing officers of the year—and their next leaders.

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Dow Jones Wins AI Licensing Deals With More Than 4,000 News Outlets Like the AP

The media giant's Factiva platform will surface gen AI search results from publishers including The Associated Press and The Wall Street Journal.

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Google Lifts the Lid (a Little) on AI Buying Tool Pmax, Giving Buyers More Ways to Test

‘Performance Max Optimization Experiments’ have been available for a little over a month.

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The New Rules of Marketing With Gary Vaynerchuk

Why your marketing needs a social media heartbeat.

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Some Brands Turned Off TikTok Smart+ After Inconsistent Performance

Brands point to lack of consistent performance and access to revenue data

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Walgreens’ Media Chief Calls TikTok Virality ‘All a Lie’

Walgreens serves around 8 million customers daily, generating around $30 billion in quarterly revenue.

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Meta Beats Revenue Expectations Amid AI Push, But Ad Sales Growth Slows

Threads is not expected to significantly contribute to Meta revenue in 2025.

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Poshmark Takes on Google and TikTok With Gen AI Visual Search Update

Poshmark's AI initiative follows its acquisition by South Korean search engine Naver for $1.2 billion in 2022.

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Inside The Pitch Deck Used by Data Validation Firm Truthset to Raise $5M

With the new funding, it wants to grow partnerships with CPG, CTV brands and publishers, and launch solutions for third-party cookie deprecation.