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Advertising Week Briefing: The definitive Digiday guide to what’s in and out at Advertising Week 2024

Keep up to date with Digiday’s annual coverage of Advertising Week in New York. More from the series →

This year’s Advertising Week will kick off on Monday in Manhattan. To get ahead of the event, here’s what Digiday predicts will be in and out at the conference.

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Holdcos talking up creativity

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Holdcos talking up AI

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Retail media concerns 

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Retail media hype

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Discussing fractional CMOs

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Discussing rock-star CMOs

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Brands hedging diversity commitments

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Brands trumpeting diversity commitments 

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Talking about the Amazon upfront

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Talking about the Netflix upfront

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Resurgence of brand building

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Focus on performance marketing

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Nostalgia overload

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Taking risks with new ideas

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AI courting ad dollars

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AI as just a tool

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Sports orgs betting on creators for growth

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Entertainment cos betting on creators for growth

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Partnering with viral creators 

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Ignoring viral creators and using trends they create without them

Coverage elsewhere from Digiday:

Here are some of the topics that will most likely be addressed at Advertising Week this year — and some of our explainer coverage to help contextualize it:

Retail media: How brands’ retail media strategies are maturing

Google ramifications: What happens in the Google ad tech antitrust trial now that testimony is done?

AI: The art of negotiating AI deals, according to Time COO Mark Howard

Gaming and esports: Roblox is starting to take programmatic advertising more seriously

Brand building: Why Nike’s CFO says ‘it’s incredibly important for Nike to win with runners’ to right the brand’s ship

Read more of Digiday’s marketing coverage.

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