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Audible’s “Stories that speak to you” campaign sells the feeling of getting lost
There’s a specific kind of “I’m in it” concentration that only happens when a story grabs you so hard that time stops behaving normally. You meant to listen for five minutes while you cleaned the kitchen, and suddenly you’re still standing there, sponge in hand, because the plot just swerved. In its new global brand…
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Deepika Padukone’s viral Hilton ad shows how pregnancy visibility plays in pop culture
Celebrity ads do not go viral just because they look expensive. They travel because fans notice something human, then turn it into a shared moment online. That is what’s happening with Deepika Padukone in a new Hilton campaign, where viewers have been fixated on one detail: she appears to be visibly pregnant in the ad.…
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IAB sets a common standard for measuring AI brand visibility
IAB has introduced a shared framework for measuring how brands and publishers appear across AI-powered discovery platforms. The framework gives marketers a common vocabulary for presence, prominence, portrayal and persuasion, while setting expectations for how measurement providers disclose their methods. The move addresses a practical problem that has grown alongside answer engines: different tools can…
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Kumkuat AI brings synthetic audience testing to corporate comms
Kumkuat AI has launched an audience intelligence platform that lets corporate communications, investor relations, and public affairs teams test messages against synthetic versions of difficult-to-reach stakeholders before going public. The pitch is narrower than a general market research tool. Kumkuat is aimed at teams preparing earnings scripts, crisis statements, policy arguments, media pitches, and other…
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Gen Z brand consideration rises for OpenAI, Claude, and Johnnie Walker in Q2 2026
Gen Z brand momentum in the US shifted noticeably in Q2 2026, with measurable jumps in “Consideration” for a mix of legacy consumer brands and AI products. The pattern is less about novelty and more about distribution, positioning, and product cadence showing up directly in brand preference metrics. YouGov outlined the quarter’s fastest-rising brands in…
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YouGov ranks Shopee first, adds AI layer to brand research
YouGov has ranked Shopee as Indonesia’s strongest brand, placing the ecommerce platform ahead of Indomie, WhatsApp and Samsung in its latest annual assessment of brand health. The result shows how deeply digital services have entered the same mental territory as household staples: they are judged less as novel technology and more as dependable parts of…
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s $309M brand push shows how ads moved into movies
If you’ve watched movies long enough, you know the old trick: logos turned away, labels blurred, packaging made fake. Seeing real brands clearly on screen used to feel like an accident. Spider-Man: Brand New Day flips that vibe. Sony’s promotional partner campaign spans 165 brands and is pegged at US$309 million in worldwide media value,…
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Fortnite’s Spider-Man “Brand New Day” collab signals how fandom hype now works
When Fortnite drops a teaser that feels like an inside joke, players don’t treat it like an ad. They treat it like a clue. A quick shot of webs, a familiar quote, a suspiciously themed location, and suddenly the community is doing what it always does best: zooming in, speculating, and counting down like it’s…
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PUBG MOBILE adds Spider-Man: Brand New Day mode in Version 4.5
Some game collaborations feel like a skin drop. The ones fans actually talk about are the ones that change how it feels to move, fight, and flex in a match, especially when the IP comes with decades of built-in emotional attachment. PUBG MOBILE is leaning into that kind of crossover with a limited-time Spider-Man: Brand…
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Jennifer Coolidge turns grocery shopping into Audible’s next big Aussie moment
When a celebrity shows up somewhere painfully normal, like a local grocery run in Bondi, the internet and the group chat do the same thing: stop, stare, and try to work out if it’s real. That “wait, why is she here?” energy is exactly what Audible is tapping into in Australia, using Jennifer Coolidge’s very-online,…