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Marketers are under pressure to deliver personalized, cross-channel experiences with fewer resources and tighter timelines. Explore how AI and automation help teams scale creativity, optimize journeys, and maintain a human touch while driving consistent, impactful results.

Working Smarter, Not Harder: Using AI in Marketing to Break through the Busywork

As AI becomes the new gateway to information, brands must move beyond traditional SEO and learn how to optimize for answer engines that shape what audiences see and trust. Explore how AEO works, how to structure content for AI-driven search, and how to keep your brand visible in an AI-generated world.

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The rideshare app is looking to give brands access to “every angle of where people are looking,” Uber’s global head of advertising exclusively told Marketing Brew. 

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Privacy pros at Marketing Brew’s Tactical MarTech broke down the state of privacy legislation.

With federal privacy laws stuck, states push forward—what does this mean for advertisers?

Ahead of “Legendary February” with the Winter Games, the Super Bowl, and NBA All-Star Weekend, the network is pulling out all the stops.

Games, AI recommendations, and multicams: NBCU’s plans to boost engagement ahead of a sports-packed winter

At its annual Global Tech & Data Showcase at CES, company execs provided a roadmap to some of the company’s big priorities and ad innovations.

Disney details vertical video efforts and AI-aided media planning for 2026

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Marketers tell us offline engagements hosted by creators themselves are a trend to watch in 2026.

Why creators are taking the reins on event hosting

Even with the push for new tech, consumer control and human connection are at the forefront of CES conversations.

‘AI hasn’t changed the principles of marketing’: Through the hype, marketers vie for the human touch

A fight over the use of an agentic AI tool that bypasses recommendations and promotions could have big implications for ad-supported shopping sites.

What the Perplexity-Amazon lawsuit could mean for digital advertising

The College Football Playoff added 40 new advertisers this year, and CPMs for the championship game are up compared to last year, according to a Disney Advertising exec.

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What the Perplexity-Amazon lawsuit could mean for digital advertising

Disney details vertical video efforts and AI-aided media planning for 2026

Disney nearly sold out of ad inventory for college football championship

Why creators are taking the reins on event hosting

Games, AI recommendations, and multicams: NBCU’s plans to boost engagement ahead of a sports-packed winter

Editor’s Picks

Disney nearly sold out of ad inventory for college football championship

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‘AI hasn’t changed the principles of marketing’: Through the hype, marketers vie for the human touch

Uber will let advertisers tinker with the map, one of its ‘most prized brand assets’

Events

The Art & Science of AI in Marketing

The Future of Search: Optimizing for AEO

Working Smarter, Not Harder: Using AI in Marketing to Break through the Busywork

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Cannes confidential: AI's evolution, economic uncertainty, and Gen Z preferences

Rewriting the social playbook: Brand strategy in the age of authenticity

With federal privacy laws stuck, states push forward—what does this mean for advertisers?

Cannes confidential: AI's evolution, economic uncertainty, and Gen Z preferences

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