San Antonio CBS affiliate KENS has announced that anchor Audrey Castoreno will return to the station’s morning newscast on Monday. Before anchoring the noon and 4 p.m., she used to anchor the station’s 4:30 a.m. newscast. “Mornings have always held a special place in my heart, and this team truly feels like family,” Castoreno said….
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The Top Rising and Declining Job Titles in Marketing
Although the number of U.S. jobs in advertising, public relations, and other related services remained flat throughout 2024, the jobs themselves are changing. Exclusive data from LinkedIn shows how. When comparing the quantity of marketing-related job titles on LinkedIn user profiles in 2024 versus 2022, no position experienced more growth than “Sales Marketing Supervisor,” which…
5 AI Trends That Will Dominate 2025, From Apple to Agents and Beyond
In 2025, generative artificial intelligence will shift from a behind-the-scenes tool to a central driver of innovation in marketing. We can expect the emergence of agent AI 2.0, a new breed of agent AI that will manage complex, real-time tasks. Alongside this shift, tech firms like Apple and Anthropic are poised to become key players,…
Your CMO, Not Your CTO, Should Lead AI Strategy
Two years after the launch of ChatGPT, the business world is finally waking up. This isn’t just another tech trend that VCs will throw money at while screaming “disruption”–one that may be gone in another year. AI is the new electricity. It will impact everything. Companies are fumbling in the dark, trying to figure out…
5 Reasons to Be Optimistic About the Media Industry
Working in media–let alone reporting on it–can be a grim task. It often feels like the industry is perpetually on the verge of collapse, with news about layoffs, closures, and declines in trust and readership dominating the headlines. The reality is more complex. There are plenty of challenges ahead for journalism and media, but there…
Where Commerce Media Will Flourish—and Sputter—in 2025
The commerce media boom was alive and well in 2024, reshaping how retailers, financial institutions, airlines, and travel companies were wooed by the possibility of turning their troves of first-party consumer data into ad revenue. That’s expected to continue into 2025, analysts told ADWEEK. But the growth will be at a slower pace than the…
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Omnicom’s acquisition of Interpublic Group changed the face of the agency landscape heading into 2025. Industry insiders expect consolidation to continue to be a major theme this year, making way for independents to rise. And AI is still top of mind as we kick off the New Year, as agencies continue to grapple with how…