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