At this year's TV upfronts, one of the leading players in streaming opened its event with a video set inside its app's instantly recognizable user interface. One after another, familiar TV characters and talent appeared on screen to flex an impressive catalog of IP across comedies, dramas, theatrical film, news, reality and live sports. But...

Corona sent actor Pedro Pascal to the beach in bilingual ads that emphasize the beer's Latinx roots. Created by agency MullenLowe, the commercials continue the brand's "La Vida Mas Fina" platform-Spanish for "the fine life"-which launched in 2020 with ads starring the famously chill Snoop Dogg. Now Pascal, the Emmy--and Golden Globe-nominated actor...

TikTok announced new tools for advertisers today at its fourth annual TikTok World event, focusing on artificial-intelligence-powered automation and measurement tools that make it quicker and easier for marketers to create relevant ads on the platform. The first set of tools, TikTok One, is a hub that gives advertisers access to creators, creative tools,...

How do you combat TV fragmentation? Bringing out Alicia Keys at 10 a.m. might do it. Throughout upfront week presentations last week, TV publishers pulled out all of the stops, creating experiential events for marketers, including the Netflix Experience and TelevisaUnivision's Casa Cultura; showcasing top talent at their presentations, with Keys at...

Kimberly-Clark's incoming chief growth officer, Patricia Corsi, who will start the role on July 1, is in a good position. Prior to the pandemic, the company's chief executive, Michael Hsu, was reluctant to invest more money in marketing. "Back in 2018, 2019, I did not feel we had all the capability we needed to spend...

The first billboard ads date back to 1835 when Jared Bell debuted 50-foot-high placards to advertise the Barnum & Bailey Circus in New York. However, after nearly two centuries static posters remain popular among marketers, and as 2024 has shown so far, billboards still get people talking, even if it's for the wrong reasons. In...