Digiday is making its first foray to the Cannes International Festival of Creativity, aka the Cannes Lions. We’ll interview agency and brand executives, and report on the substance and flavor of the ad world’s largest international gathering. Our coverage is made possible through the sponsorship of Turn, the cloud marketing platform. All posts in the series can be found here.
With everyone at Cannes Lions this week in the beautiful South of France, on yachts and drinking rose, @dmbrags has had plenty of douchebraggery to sift through. Check out this week’s brags of the week from @dmbrags.
@cstoller, Chad Stoller, managing partner, IPG Media Lab
@mattcorey, Matt Corey, CMO, Mass Relevance
@cindygallop, Cindy Gallop, entrepreneur
@fefaromano, Fernanda Romano, chief creative officer, Naked Brasil
@simonvibrant, Simon Mukerjee, client services director, Vibrant Media
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‘Mini gold rush’: How ad buyers are handling video podcast inventory
With the recent fervor around video podcasts, buyers discuss the opportunities for brands and how they are organizing investment teams to manage the crossover from audio to video.
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Don’t call it a comeback: How agencies are navigating economic recovery with their clients
Recovering from economic downturns varies a lot depending on the type of media agency and its clients' business.
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Media Briefing: Publishers’ Q4 earnings indicate the worst is not yet behind them
Publishers’ fourth quarter earnings show nearly all revenue streams are taking a beating.
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SponsoredBrands are optimizing video production to drive user acquisition
Sponsored by QuickFrame by MNTN With brands increasingly investing in video ads on social media, marketers are enhancing their video production capabilities to unlock growth on Facebook and Instagram. Especially urgent in an uncertain economic climate, brands must minimize production costs while creating a high enough volume of social media videos to identify the creative […]
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What SXSW got right on AI — and what it missed, according to Hearts & Science’s Wilson Standish
SXSW was a more sober and serious conference in 2023, according to Wilson Standish, the head of content and creativity at Omnicom Media Group’s Hearts & Science agency.
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Google’s new AI tools and OpenAI’s GPT-4 bring more ‘maturation’ to the AI race
Google's new API comes weeks after OpenAI's own API, but some observers think the giant is already catching up with its younger rival.
