From Taylor Swift To “Civil War” — Brand AI Models Clean Up AI Creative Pollution

Recently released posters promoting the feature film Civil War stirred controversy. But not the kind of controversy that its studio parent A24 was looking for. The AI-generated visuals used in the posters caused immediate backlash among commercial artists and consumers over their inaccuracy and lack of production quality. One depicts a military gun boat on […]

Latest Proposed Federal Privacy Law Faces Favorable Winds

Senator Maria Cantwell and Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers introduced a new federal privacy bill last week. Named the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA), the bill proposes a comprehensive set of privacy rights for consumers and compliance requirements for businesses, such as minimizing what data they collect and assessing the impacts of algorithms they build and […]

TikTok Users Are Split About TikTok Notes

As TikTok begins to roll out TikTok Notes, it faces more headwinds than tailwinds as it tries to take on Meta’s Instagram. Get a detailed analysis in this post.

The Green Consumer Paradox

Learn the five most common barriers impeding widespread customer adoption of sustainable offerings and how to encourage sustainable behaviors among B2C buyers.

Adtech Is Losing The Plot On Made-For-Arbitrage (MFA) Sites

Last week, Forbes was accused of misleading major advertisers with a spoof of its own website – www3.forbes.com. The company created the site in 2017 as a subdomain, stretched its own content to fit more ad formats (e.g., turning 700-word articles into 34 slides), and sold advertising on this made-for-arbitrage (MFA) site to brands that […]

A Guide For Understanding The Marketing Analytics Landscape

Harnessing the power of marketing analytics isn’t just about crunching numbers — it’s about unlocking a tidal wave of insights that drive business and marketing understanding and success. Performance data contains pearls of strategic insight, tactical campaign opportunities, and audience behaviors that can be used to optimize campaigns and tailor marketing and media plans to […]