Glen Powell Stars as Goldilocks in Ram Super Bowl Teaser
Glen Powell is going on a joyride, hijacking a truck, and putting the pedal to the metal. In the first teaser for Ram’s upcoming Super Bowl 59 ad, the red-hot Hollywood actor sets up a testosterone-charged retelling of The Three Bears fairy tale and dons a flowing blonde wig for the Stellantis brand. He’s…Goldilocks? Apparently…
Verizon Punts Super Bowl Spot in Favor of Grammys Ad to Create Buzz
Verizon and Beyonce essentially won the Super Bowl in 2024 with an ad that included a mysterious teaser campaign and an album announcement. This year, however, the company opted out of the game because it was crazy in love with a different idea. Rather than compete against the noise of Super Bowl 59 ads, Verizon…
Google AI Overviews’ Tail Grows Longer, Answers Multi-Intent Questions
More than a quarter of search queries with eight or more words in the query trigger AI Overviews, and many now have more than one, identifying them as multi-intent queries.
Paul D’Arcy Named Chief Marketing Officer at Moloco
Former Dell and Indeed head marketer Paul D’Arcy has joined advertising solutions provider Moloco as chief marketing officer. D’Arcy had previously been CMO at Miro, a digital workspace collaboration tool, since September 2020. Prior to that, he spent nearly eight years as senior vice president and head of marketing at jobs platform Indeed, where he…
Ticker: ABC News Moves 2 More Shows to New Hudson Square HQ
Top of the Ticker: ABC News’ overnight and early morning programs, World News Now and Good Morning America First Look, have made the move to their new space at 7 Hudson Square, per NewsCast Studio. Both shows join The View in the recently-opened Robert A. Iger building, named after the head of Disney. The media…
Dove Prints Special Edition of ‘Sports ReIllustrated’ Ahead of Super Bowl 59
Sports Illustrated has become Sports ReIllustrated ahead of the Super Bowl, in partnership with Dove as part of its ongoing “Body Confident Sport” program. Honor Dayagao’ Smoke, a 10-year-old wrestler from the Tonawanda Reservation, is the cover star of the historic promo issue of the magazine, which will be available to subscribers as part of…
LinkedIn User Withdraws Privacy Suit Over Messages
A LinkedIn user has withdrawn a lawsuit accusing the company of using private messages to train generative AI models.
Mark Zuckerberg Defends Meta’s Recent Moves, Sets Up 2025 in Leaked All-Hands Meeting
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg used an all-hands meeting Thursday that was leaked to several media outlets to prepare staff for an “intense” year ahead and address recent controversial moves, as well as to lash out against events like Thursday’s consistently being leaked. Business Insider reviewed a recording of the meeting, during which Zuckerberg said of…
Forbes Lays Off Around 5% of Staff
The business news publisher Forbes announced a sweeping round of layoffs on Friday, which will affect roughly 5% of its total workforce. A representative for the company confirmed the reductions. In a note shared with staff internally, the newly appointed chief executive Sherry Phillips blamed financial underperformance for the cuts. “Unfortunately, as most of you…