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Blink Digital’s Meta lockout shows the cost of platform dependency
Blink Digital has taken Meta to the Bombay High Court after four of the agency’s Business Manager accounts were disabled, turning a platform access dispute into a larger question about how agencies protect client campaigns from a single point of failure. Blink is seeking restoration of the accounts and damages exceeding Rs 1,000 crore. Those…
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YouTube is turning Studio into a brand-deal operating system
YouTube Creator Partnerships is becoming much more than a directory where brands find channels. With its September 23 Made on YouTube update, YouTube is pulling more of the sponsorship workflow into Studio, from brand briefs and creator pitches to performance sharing, paid amplification, and affiliate commerce. For brand and creator teams, that changes where the…
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Scope3 becomes Apostra as AI agents move into media buying
Apostra, the advertising technology company formerly known as Scope3, is rebuilding its pitch around a future in which AI agents do more of the work of planning and buying media. The company announced the Apostra name on September 23, saying advertisers, media companies and their agents can use one environment to buy and sell formats…
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Gap turns a 450M-view boy band into a long-term fashion bet
Gap has spent years treating music and movement as part of how people experience the brand. Its latest bet goes further by attaching fashion, stores and original entertainment to a band whose story is still being written. In an official announcement, Gap Inc. said its multi-year partnership with Just Your Type, or JYT, will be…
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Kendall Jenner becomes every version of herself for Beats 360
People rarely move through a day as one fixed version of themselves. Work, the gym, dinner, travel and a night out can each come with a different outfit, mood and social role. That everyday shift is the joke at the center of the new Beats campaign starring Kendall Jenner. Instead of explaining customization as a…
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Havas finds brands are stuck in an AI efficiency trap
Havas has identified a gap that many brand teams may recognize but struggle to measure: AI can make marketing operations faster without making the customer experience more valuable. Its new Valuable AI Experience framework evaluates whether AI-enabled touchpoints deliver utility, credibility, and appeal, rather than simply whether they reduce cost or production time. The distinction…
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AP style press release: the rules PR teams actually need
An AP style press release should read like a usable news document, not like marketing copy dressed up with newsroom punctuation. The practical goal is to reduce editing friction by using familiar journalistic conventions while keeping the announcement clear, factual, and easy to verify. The distinction matters because many guides mix three different things together:…
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Tim Hortons turns the ‘Tims run’ into an adidas loyalty drop
A coffee run is usually too ordinary to look like campaign intellectual property. Tim Hortons is betting that its own version is familiar enough to become something people will wear. For National Coffee Day, Tim Hortons and adidas are bringing back Tims Run Club as a nine-piece footwear, apparel and accessories collection. The range uses…
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Ningning gives Bvlgari another route into K-pop luxury culture
K-pop luxury partnerships work because fans notice the details long before a brand needs to explain the strategy, and Bvlgari is entering that space with aespa’s Ningning. A new ambassador means a new styling language, new campaign images to decode, and a fresh way to connect an artist’s identity with a house’s visual codes. The…
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Subway revives ‘Feed Your SUBconscious’ with Will Arnett
Subway is calling Feed Your SUBconscious a new brand platform, but the phrase itself has history. Back in 2018, the sandwich chain used “Feed your subconscious” after a three-day burst of short, surreal ads built around subliminal-style cues. Eight years later, Subway is bringing the idea back with a much clearer character system: Will Arnett…