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TikTok launches branded minidramas

<p>The platform wants to tap into the popularity of these popular episodic shorts by offering companies the opportunity to promote their own microseries content.</p>

WhatsApp prompts users to choose a username ahead of update

<p>In a promotional campaign fronted by athlete Anthony Joshua, the platform demonstrated how to choose a new name that will function as a primary ID.</p>

TikTok partners with Madonna for ‘Confessions II’

<p>The app will launch activations and events including an in-app live preview with iHeartRadio during the pop star&rsquo;s July 2 album release party in London.</p>

Pinterest expands international campaign insights

<p>The platform launched a markets view element to help businesses get better insights into multi-regional promotions.</p>

Google adds features to Video Reach and Video View campaigns

<p>YouTube and Google Ads will get expanded metrics to help advertisers gain more insight into how their spending drives results.</p>

NBCU Faces Major Merger Questions After Its Comcast Split

Could a streamer like Netflix swoop in to buy NBCU? Experts weigh in.

Miroma Group Acquires Ad Results Media For Big U.S. Push 

ARM oversees $750M in media investments annually.

Rewriting the Brand Discovery Playbook in the AI Era

This post was created in partnership with Moloco Key takeaways Marketing leaders are grappling with how AI is reshaping traditional funnels, whether it’s through generative AI summaries usurping consumer clicks, [&hellip;]

Reddit launches ‘People are the Best’ campaign

<p>The platform&rsquo;s new promotional message highlights the real conversations happening in-app each day, and takes subtle aim at artificial intelligence.</p>

When Every Moment Becomes a Shopping Moment

This post was created in partnership with Roundel Key takeaways Shopping no longer starts in one place—or follows a predictable path. During an ADWEEK House Cannes Lions group chat co-hosted [&hellip;]

Streaming Is Becoming a Storefront

This post was created in partnership with Paramount Advertising Connected TV is evolving into more than a viewing platform—it is becoming a dynamic bridge between storytelling, commerce, and consumer action. [&hellip;]

How Brands Can Build Creative Infrastructure for the AI Era

This post was created in partnership with Empathy Lab&nbsp; The campaign had a good run. One big idea launched everywhere, studied, repeated. Now? Not so much.&nbsp; During an ADWEEK House [&hellip;]

When AI Becomes the Gatekeeper of Brand Visibility

This post was created in partnership with Adobe&nbsp; Brand discovery has always happened in places companies don&#8217;t fully control. What&#8217;s different now is that the intermediary doesn&#8217;t just surface options. [&hellip;]

Scaling Brands Inside the Story

This post was created in partnership with EightPM Consumers aren’t just avoiding ads—they’re choosing content that feels worth their time. To earn that attention, brands have to show up inside [&hellip;]

The Future of Retail Marketing Is First-Party Data

This post was created in partnership with Sam’s Club Retail media that looks beyond ROAS and leverages customer insights can unlock long-term value and customer loyalty.&nbsp; During an ADWEEK House [&hellip;]

Building Strategic Brand-Agency Partnerships

This post was created in partnership with Weber Shandwick Key takeaways Brand-agency relationships are shifting from transactional engagements to strategic partnerships built on shared ownership, trust, and collaboration. During an [&hellip;]

How Marketers Can Deliver Outcomes Across Fragmented Journeys

This post was created in partnership with Teads Key takeaways Audience journeys have become fragmented and unpredictable, making it harder for marketers to reach, attribute, and measure consumers across channels. [&hellip;]

A More Intelligent Advertising Ecosystem Is on the Horizon

This post was created in partnership with Taboola Key takeaways From autonomizing tasks and overhauling workflow to taking over decision-making and transactions, organizations are betting big on agentic AI-powered systems [&hellip;]

Agentic AI, or Agentic BS?

At Cannes 2026, agentic was the buzzword that wouldn’t die as brands, agencies, media companies and adtech firms grappled with how AI agents are reshaping the way companies operate and work with one another.

Texas and California Lead Nation’s Storm Stress Rankings in 2025

New data from Barcus Arenas analyzing the 2025 U.S. extreme weather season has produced a detailed Storm Stress Index that ranks states by their combined exposure to billion-dollar disaster frequency and financial cost, revealing a national risk landscape more geographically widespread and financially consequential than at any previously recorded point in history.The index, which assigns each state a composite Storm Stress Score derived from two equally weighted factors &#8211; the number of bil