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GUT Announces New York Office
The agency’s ninth office opens with industry veterans Gus Marmarinos and Lucas Bongioanni at the helm and ABI, P&G, and Kraft Heinz, among others, as clients. NEW YORK SEP. 5, 2024 – GUT today announced the launch of GUT New York, the ninth location for the award-winning global creative network operating across seven countries worldwide.…
Read MoreThe Upfront Is Dead, Long Live the Upfront
In an era where television was not merely entertainment but a cultural event, the inception of the TV upfronts marked a strategic revolution in advertising. In the 1960s, amidst a backdrop in which today’s digital sprawl was mere science fiction, upfront negotiations set the stage for an annual symbiotic dance between networks and advertisers. With…
Read MoreNavigating the New Cookieless Timeline
In what marks its third postponement, Google has again announced a new timeline for the deprecation of third-party cookies in Chrome, now set for early 2025. Despite this being the latest in a series of delays, marketers appear unfazed. They are preparing for a future that is less reliant on third-party cookies and focusing on…
Read MoreInnovator – Ziad Ahmed
Innovator — Ziad Ahmed Ziad Ahmed is a 25-year-old social entrepreneur, speaker, and strategist — who is the Head of Next Gen @ UTA Marketing. He is based in NYC — but often on the road. As a teenager, in 2016, Ziad founded JUV Consulting, a Gen Z company connecting clients with the zeitgeist. JUV…
Read MoreInnovator – Jeannine Shao Collins
Innovator — Jeannine Shao Collins Jeannine Shao Collins is Chief Client Officer at Kargo, the leading next-generation, digital advertising platform that creates memorable experiences to capture users’ attention where they consume content. Prior to Kargo, Jeannine was the President of the SeeHer, the leading global coalition established by the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) to…
Read MoreRockstar – Sean Choi
Rockstar — Sean Choi Sean Choi has had his eyes set on leading the renaissance of Cultural Strategy as a discipline ever since breaking into the agency world and touring across multiple award-winning shops. He is also a proud neurodivergent Korean-American committed to being a megaphone for the marginalized and is one of those obnoxious…
Read MoreInnovator – Peter Chun
Innovator — Peter Chun Peter Chun, SVP and Global Head of Partnerships & PAC (Platforms & Culture) at VaynerX, is a forward-thinking leader who drives the company’s platform strategy. His expertise in platforms and cultural trends allows him to deliver cutting-edge insights and maximize relevance for the agency and its brand partners. As an innovator,…
Read MoreBroadsign Acquires Netherlands-based DOOH DSP OutMoove
Deal to broaden OOH specialty agency access to OutMoove’s flexible, targeted pDOOH campaign tools globally. Montreal, Canada, and Amsterdam, the Netherlands – May 13, 2024 – Broadsign, developer of the leading out-of-home (OOH) advertising platform, today announced that it has acquired Netherlands-based digital OOH (DOOH) ad tech provider OutMoove. The transaction, which includes OutMoove’s…
Read MoreRockstar – Mimi Munoz
Rockstar — Mimi Munoz Mimi is a first-generation Vietnamese-American, daughter of refugees, and Mom to Vietnamese-Puerto Rican American daughters. She is the Executive Producer of award-winning films, “The Myth” and “Call It Covid.” She currently occupies the role of Global Creative Producer across Wieden+Kennedy’s network of 10 offices. In an industry that champions brands, Mimi…
Read MoreInnovator – Sylvia Zhou
Innovator — Sylvia Zhou Sylvia is the Head of Global Industry Marketing at Meta, where she leads a team of business marketers to build insight-driven industry and thought leadership programs at global tentpoles such as CES, Davos, MWC, and Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, and for the tech company’s largest owned events such as Meta…
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