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Netflix Names Former Disney Executive Peter Rice as Chief Content Officer
Netflix has appointed former Disney executive Peter Rice as its new chief content officer, replacing Bela Bajaria, who is leaving the streaming company after…
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Askinasi to Lead Ad Sales as Skydance-WBD Reshapes Its Commercial Team
The advertising leadership of the combined Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery operation is taking shape, with Jay Askinasi set to lead ad sales…
Advertising
A Cannabis Drink Sells a Feeling It Cannot Name
A cannabis drinks brand has built a social campaign around a deliberate constraint: it cannot say what it is selling. The work for Cann,…
Marketing
Women’s Sport Becomes a Mainstream Sponsorship Bet
Women’s sport has crossed from cause marketing into mainstream budget allocation, according to two separate industry datasets reported this year — one tracking European…
Marketing
Retail Media Is Growing Faster Than Retail Itself
Retail media — advertising sold by retailers around their own stores, websites and shopper data — is growing markedly faster than the retail businesses…
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WARC Sees Global Ad Spend Surging 11.9% to $1.34 Trillion in 2026
Global advertising spend is forecast to grow 11.9% to US$1.34 trillion in 2026, according to the Q3 2026 update of WARC Media’s Global Ad…
Advertising
Advertisers Are Spending More to Find New Audiences, and Mostly Finding the Same Ones
Advertisers are raising budgets in pursuit of new customers, but a new industry study suggests most of the money is landing in front of…
Media
Netflix’s 1,000-Job Cut Signals a Streaming Business Under Margin Pressure
Netflix has begun its biggest round of layoffs in four years, telling staff on Wednesday that roughly 1,000 positions — about six per cent…
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Circana: Holiday Shoppers Turn Selective, Average Spend at $779
Circana's 2026 U.S. Holiday Purchase Intentions Study finds shoppers spending selectively — averaging $779, down from $796 last year.
Digital
commercetools Names Katy Hiller as CMO as Agentic Commerce Accelerates
Katy Hiller joins commercetools as chief marketing officer, bringing 20-plus years of B2B technology marketing experience from Unily and Sonatype.
Business
A Booked Trip Is Becoming a Shopping Trip for Brands Far Beyond Travel
Booking a holiday has always triggered a second wave of spending, on clothes, electronics, entertainment and insurance. This week, one of the world’s largest…
Technology
Global PC Shipments Fell by a Fifth Last Quarter as Memory Prices Surged
The personal computer market has run into a sharp reversal. Worldwide shipments of desktops and notebooks fell about 21% year over year in the…
