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Starbucks Chilled Coffee becomes sidekick for people’s individuality in brand platform

AMV BBDO made the campaign.

M&S adds Amelia Dimoldenberg to “Love that” campaign

Brand said its chief compliments officer, Gillian Anderson, is taking “a well-earned summer break”.

Google Testing Web Bot Auth To Verify AI Agent Requests via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google is testing Web Bot Auth, an experimental protocol for verifying some AI agent requests with cryptographic signatures alongside existing checks. The post Google Testing Web Bot Auth To Verify AI Agent Requests appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

OpenAI Opens ChatGPT Ads to Self-Service Platform

OpenAI is making it easier for advertisers to buy ads on ChatGPT with a self-service ads platform, new partners, measurement tools, and bidding options.

POSSIBLE 2026: Industry Experts Dish On AI – And Other Trends To Watch

At POSSIBLE 2026 in Miami, the ad industry was over the hype around AI.  Industry experts got real about how agentic AI is actually changing advertising workflows today. And they called out the pie-in-the-sky use cases that could be longer-term possibilities for AI, but that aren’t currently – pardon the pun – possible. In conversations […] The post POSSIBLE 2026: Industry Experts Dish On AI – And Other Trends To Watch appeared first on AdExchanger.

Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 05/03/2026

Indian family channels have been dominating our Global Top 50 chart in recent months, but they took a break from the #1 spot at the start of May. Instead, a familiar couple danced its way into the top spot. Jasmin and James got the most YouTube views of any channel during the week that ended on May 3. The Germany-based hub got 1.12 billion weekly views, making it one of two members of the ten-digit views club during our most recent measurement period. The other member of that club is Jasmin and James' longtime collaborator: Cadel and Mia. Now that's what I call a Double Date. Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.

Top 50 Most Subscribed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 05/03/2026

BRUNO is on top of our Global Sub Top 50 chart for the third week in a row. By adding 2.4 million new subscribers over a seven-day period, the Ukrainian creator brought his lifetime YouTube tally up to 32.8 million subs. That number is a bit behind YouTube's subscriber leader, MrBeast. North Carolina's native son now has 481 million subscribers on his primary channel, but only two million of those subs arrived over the past week. As big as MrBeast is, BRUNO might be even bigger at the current moment. Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.

YouTube is testing a tool that lets creators generate royalty-free music for their videos

YouTube is testing a tool that helps creators deal with copyright claims, and it could upend the industry centered around royalty-free music. In YouTube Studio, creators can now respond to a piece of claimed audio by generating a sound-alike, royalty-free track and inserting that piece of music into the contested video. The instrumental track generator is currently available in the U.S. for desktop users. YouTube is positioning the tool as an asset for creators who inadvertently use copyrighted music in their videos. When resolving those claims, a new "Create" button generates four pieces of instrumental music. Creators can then swap in the alternative track that best suits their video. Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.

Airlines are clamping down on in-flight filming. What does this mean for aviation YouTubers?

Online reviews can make or break a business–especially when that review, instead of being buried in the back pages of Yelp, is send out to millions of subscribers. Every day, YouTubers review countless products and experiences in all sorts of categories and niches, from Taipei night markets, electric saws, and egg timers, to pet food […] Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.

Fox’s refreshed pitch to advertisers connects fandoms to outcomes

CMO Puja Vohra details how the slim portfolio of sports, news and entertainment supports a new “Turn Passion into Performance” tagline.

Chief Growth Officer Norm de Greve to Leave General Motors

The marketing exec's departure comes at a dynamic time for the automaker

From Devices to Daily Life: Samsung’s AI Living Push

Samsung Electronics America CMO Allison Stransky on ecosystem storytelling and data-driven marketing.

Will OpenAI’s New Measurement Tools And Ads Manager Prove Its Worth As An Ad Channel?

Now that OpenAI is in the ad platform business, the next step is getting into the prove-your-ads-work business. Enter the OpenAI conversion API (CAPI), which the company announced on Tuesday along with the public launch of its self-serve ads manager, a cost-per-click bidding product (which is native to search advertisers, compared to the programmatic CPM) […] The post Will OpenAI’s New Measurement Tools And Ads Manager Prove Its Worth As An Ad Channel? appeared first on AdExchanger.

US agentic commerce revenue forecast to reach $1 trillion by 2030

But even as the technology grows in popularity, the physical shopping experience will remain important, per a new report.

REI reports flat sales, narrower losses as store workers call for a boycott

The REI Union said a boycott of the retailer’s anniversary sale is the only way to be heard, as contract talks ended last week without an agreement.

Mark Zuckerberg ‘Personally Authorized and Actively Encouraged’ Meta’s Massive Copyright Infringement to Train AI Systems, Publishers and Scott Turow Allege in Lawsuit

In a new legal battle in the AI space, Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg have been sued by five publishers and author Scott Turow, who allege the tech company illegally copied millions of books, articles and other works to train Meta’s artificial-intelligence systems. “In their effort to win the AI ‘arms race’ and build a […]

Google Sued Over False AI Overview About Musician via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

A lawsuit alleges Google's AI Overview falsely identified musician Ashley MacIsaac as a sex offender. It seeks $1.5M in damages. The post Google Sued Over False AI Overview About Musician appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Inside WBD’s New Pitch to Advertisers Amid Paramount Shakeup

WBD's ad leaders outline priorities for upfront as they steward the business through the Paramount merger.

5 Things CEO-Ready CMOs Know That Others Don’t

This is the first in a three-part series on what separates CMOs who advance from those who stall. Next week: the ROI question marketers keep fumbling, and what they must […]

Campbell’s Risa Cretella on Reinventing Iconic Brands and Winning in Commoditized Categories

Plus, empowering teams to act with conviction, even without perfect data.

Digitas, Five Below and January Digital are among the 2026 Future Leader Awards Winners

This year’s Future Leaders winners show how a new generation is redefining business impact. They are turning once-tactical roles into growth engines, using data and performance insights to drive measurable results while applying innovation to solve practical challenges. Just as importantly, they are building trust through authenticity and audience-first thinking, while leading beyond their formal […]

OpenAI opens up ChatGPT ads manager to the U.S. while promising third-party measurement, CPA bidding

To bring in smaller advertisers, Open has also dropped its $50,000 minimum spend requirement.