BRANDS + MARKETERS
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AI Is Amazing. Your Ads About It Still Have to Be True.
In recent decisions involving companies in different industries, NAD has sketched out a practical roadmap for how advertisers should (and shouldn’t) talk about AI. Here are four lessons from those cases. -
What the Trust Recession Means for Advertisers
Consumers already have more information than they know what to do with, so adding another marketing message rarely solves the problem. -
Making Room to Think
AI as a tool versus agentic AI, looking at it like a Pixar movie, and embracing the culture shift that comes with it all.
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Why Independence Is Winning Again, with Joint’s Richard Exon
On this episode, we sit down with Richard Exon, Co-Founder at Joint, to talk about why independent agencies are having a moment. -
From Collaboration Tool to Agentic OS: How Slack Is Rewiring Work in the AI Era
Ryan Gavin, CMO of Slack at Salesforce, unpacks the shift from Slack as a collaboration platform to something far more ambitious: a conversational operating system where humans, data, and AI agents work side by side. -
Why Premium Publishers Still Matter in an AI-Driven World
Richard Reeves, CEO at the Association of Online Publishers, joins us to talk about the evolving role of premium publishers in a fragmented, AI-driven media landscape. -
The Advertising Industry Isn’t Waiting for the Future—it’s Building It
The future of marketing isn’t something that will arrive—it’s being built right now, and it requires partnership. -
AI, Identity, and Outcomes: Cutting Through the Noise
Sarah Robertson, Chief Product Officer at Experian UK, joins us to unpack what’s really changing in AI-driven marketing—and what’s just hype. -
Why the Future of Media is Sound-On and What It Means for Brands
The sound-off era is over. Jenny Haggard, the Global Head of Thought Leadership at Spotify, gave an introduction into how audio innovations are altering the media landscape. -
Measurement Masterminds: We Put Marketing’s Measurement Experts on the Spot
By Helen Myers, Advertising Week Correspondent Milka Privodanova, VP Large Customers International at LinkedIn, led a talk show-style panel to tackle the toughest questions the market faces when it comes […] -
From Billboards to Full Funnel: The New Role of Digital Out-of-Home
On this episode, we sit down with Barry Frey, President and CEO of DPAA Global, to talk about how digital out-of-home has evolved far beyond its traditional role. -
How Milan Built Trust on a Global Stage for the Winter Olympics
Fiorenza Lipparini, Director General of Milano & Partners, which led the transformation of Milan for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games explores what it takes to build trust while hosting a global event. -
Sequoia ID: Reach the Highest-Intent Audience in Digital — at Display Prices
Every new targeting signal follows the same curve. Early movers get premium performance at low competition. Then the market catches up. -
How Publishers Are Unlocking $10–$30 CPMs From the AI Audience Their Ad Stack Can’t See
AI audiences are at the beginning of that curve. The publishers who build the muscle now — who learn which segments perform, which formats convert, which AI sources deliver the best ROI — will have a structural advantage when this becomes the default. -
A Brand Renaissance, Fueled by Better Use of Data
On this episode I sit down with Jessica Shapiro, CMO at LiveRamp, to talk about what she coins a Brand Renaissance.