TripleLift Taps Ex-Innovid CCO Dave Helmreich as CEO

Supply-side platform TripleLift has a new CEO: Dave Helmreich, former chief commercial officer at connected TV software platform Innovid, who left the company last November after two years following its acquisition by Mediaocean. At TripleLift, he will be tasked with accelerating strategic initiatives and growth plans via actionable data, advanced targeting, cutting-edge creative technology, and…

Here Are the Sports Offerings Amazon Is Pitching to Advertisers in Upfront Talks

The upfront season is about to tip off, and Amazon has some new offerings checking into the game. Last year marked Amazon’s first time entering upfront week, shaking up pricing while bringing its Prime Video ad tier to advertisers. Now, the company is coming to the 2025-2026 upfront season with a multisport approach, Danielle Carney,…

Reddit Announces ‘Intercontinental Exchange’ Partnership For Market Insights

Reddit is providing Intercontinental Exchange – an American financial-services company that owns the New York Stock Exchange with “anonymous conversations” from its social platform to create new data
and analytics products for the finance industry.

Pondering Kendrick Lamar’s Full-On Halftime Show

it was more of a statement than a typical crowd-pleaser. And as with most breakthroughs, it was threatening to the audiences not familiar with Lamar or rap.

Smart Home Brand ecobee Names FCB Agency of Record

Smart home automation company ecobee has named FCB as its agency of record (AOR), the latter exclusively told ADWEEK. The agency’s Canada and Chicago offices will help the brand develop and execute marketing campaigns across all of its channels including creative, content, and social media. It will also oversee ecobee’s storytelling to drive awareness. After…

Are Meta’s Policy Changes Political Strategy or Capitulation?

The world seems to be in perpetual crisis. Some of us are desperately trying to fix it. Others, unfortunately, are giving in to cynicism and even opportunism given the change of leadership in the White House. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s abrupt termination of the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion programs strikes many of us as…

How Tide Is Cleaning Up After Captain America and the Red Hulk

Sorry, Tony Stark, but when it comes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s culinary preferences, guacamole and mango smoothies are in, and shawarma is out. At least, that’s the takeout takeaway from the “Collateral Stains” campaign assembled by Tide and Marvel Studios. Launched in January ahead of the Feb. 14 release of Captain America: Brave New…

Binance Moved Fast, Broke Things—and Paid the Price. Richard Teng Is Cleaning Up

After former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao went to prison, Richard Teng set out to show that the crypto exchange is now on its best behavior.

Dr. Squatch Valentine’s Bouquet Skips the Red Roses for Horny Goat Weed and Condoms

Since the poet Geoffrey Chaucer linked St. Valentine’s Day with the beginning of birds’ mating season, the holiday has been synonymous with love, romance, and sex. National Retail Federation data shows that 56% of consumers will buy some sort of gift for a loved one on February 14, and 61% of couples report that the…