I know I’ve harped on the uncertain economic conditions so far in 2026 quite a bit. (It could have to do with the fact that I looked at my 401K and saw it’s performing at -1.36% year to date, after years of upward growth.) But the reason it…
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iGaming (the umbrella term for online gambling and betting) is one of the fastest-growing entertainment industries: Global search interest in iGaming has increased 8X from 2023 to 2026, and that’s due in no small part to the spread of iGaming content on live streaming. As the home for…
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Live-streaming audiences talk about a lot more than games. In 2025, some of the world’s biggest names in media, food, and apparel were generating millions of organic chat mentions on Twitch. There’s a difference, though, between brands that get talked about passively and brands that are actively building…
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When Owen Spencer first started conversations about how artificial intelligence could be used for coding at sporting goods manufacturer Revelyst over a year ago, the first response was apprehension. This was when ChatGPT was first taking off, and Spencer, Revelyst’s former senior director of DTC applications and AI…
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This week’s Media Briefing will look at how publishers are seeing an opportunity to turn their AI citation strategies into a new revenue stream by helping brands gain visibility inside ChatGPT and Google’s AI results. Packaging the AI playbook Publishers aren’t just trying to get cited in AI…
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Ask the marketing leader of a typical challenger brand about identity and they’ll likely say more about aspirations than applications. Brand teams know that identity is fundamental to everything they care about, from finding new customers and lowering acquisition costs to accurately measuring campaign effectiveness and deeply understanding…
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Marathon streams have become one of Twitch’s most powerful storytelling formats, but few creators have turned them into cultural events quite like Kai Cenat. What began as an experiment with Mafiathon 1 in 2023 has snowballed into a trilogy that redefines what’s possible for live streaming. We’ve previously…
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Storytelling has always been at the core of brand marketing. Now, with AI becoming more deeply embedded in creative workflows, marketers are finding new ways to scale emotional, multimodal narratives that connect with audiences across channels. According to a recent study conducted by DMEXCO and Kantar, emotional advertising…
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