AI Automation Surges in Adtech but Undermines Brand Identity: Anti-PR® Emerges to Restore Trust
By Karla Jo Helms, Chief Evangelist & Anti-PR® Strategist at JOTO PR Disruptors™ AI has rapidly…
Robot.com Expands Autonomous Delivery and Robot Advertising
Robot.com is expanding its relationship with Sodexo beyond autonomous food delivery, adding advertising capabilities to a partnership that began in 2021 and has grown across selected college campuses in North America. Under the new seven-year agreement, Sodexo will continue deploying autonomous delivery solutions while the companies broaden their work to include robot advertising. The deal…
University of Akron Expands Brand Strategy With Brokaw
The University of Akron is taking a broader approach to higher education marketing, expanding its relationship with independent creative and media agency Brokaw beyond social media to encompass the university’s wider brand and advertising strategy. The expanded partnership follows a competitive agency review and gives Brokaw responsibility across brand strategy, creative development, traditional and digital…
Rocket Mortgage Backs AAF’s 2026-2027 Ad Competition
The American Advertising Federation (AAF) is bringing Rocket Mortgage into its National Student Advertising Competition for the 2026-2027 academic year, replacing the traditional classroom exercise with a live client challenge built around strategic advertising, media planning, research and creative development. NSAC has operated for more than five decades, with previous client partners including AT&T, Coca-Cola,…
GrowthLoop Launches End-to-End Commerce Media Network Stack
GrowthLoop has expanded its commerce media offering with embedded integrations from The Trade Desk, Moloco and Audience Acuity, aiming to give retailers and commerce media operators a pre-integrated technology stack for audience creation, onsite and offsite activation, and closed-loop measurement. The new Commerce Media Network (CMN) solution is built around GrowthLoop’s data cloud-native architecture, allowing…
NetEase Cloud Music H1 2026 Revenue Rises as Membership Grows
NetEase Cloud Music Inc. reported RMB4.0 billion in revenue for the first half of 2026, up 3.4% year over year, as growth in its online music and membership businesses helped lift gross margin despite lower operating and net profit. The results highlight how music streaming platforms are increasingly balancing subscriber growth, AI-powered personalization, content investment…
Binance Agent OS Connects AI Agents to Financial Infrastructure
Binance has introduced Agent OS, a developer platform designed to connect AI applications and autonomous agents with its trading, market data, wallet, payment and on-chain infrastructure. The platform gives developers, fintech companies and quantitative trading teams a standardized access layer for building agentic finance applications across cryptocurrency and traditional-market use cases. Developed under Binance Intelligence,…
Triton Digital Q2 Podcast Ranker Shows News Surge Ahead of Midterms
Triton Digital’s Q2 2026 U.S. Podcast Ranker points to a shifting digital audio market where political conversation, creator-led programming and comedy are reshaping listener behavior. While Comedy remained the largest podcast category by reach at 44.5%, News posted the strongest quarter-over-quarter increase, rising 8.4% as audiences increasingly turned to political and opinion-driven audio ahead of…
How High-Brightness LED Displays Are Changing DOOH Infrastructure
Digital out-of-home advertising is moving beyond the traditional billboard model as operators deploy larger, brighter and increasingly networked LED displays in high-traffic environments. But scaling a DOOH network is not simply a matter of increasing screen size. Direct sunlight, rain, temperature swings, structural loads and electricity consumption can all affect the economics of an installation….
Moon Vibes Media Launches AI Lead-Gen Tools for Ad Efficiency
Moon Vibes Media, an AI-era SEO and Google Ads agency, has launched Gravity Pixel™ and Nova Leads™, two lead-generation tools designed to help advertisers identify previously anonymous website visitors and reach buyers showing active purchase intent. The launch targets a persistent challenge in digital advertising: businesses can pay to generate substantial traffic while capturing only…
Nongshim Expands Shin Ramyun Global Campaign With aespa Across 14 Markets
Nongshim is taking its global Shin Ramyun marketing campaign beyond the music stage, partnering again with K-pop group aespa to connect the instant-noodle brand with everyday consumer moments across 14 international markets. The second phase, launching August 20, shifts the campaign toward digital-first storytelling around cooking, shopping, travel and social occasions. Nongshim is expanding its…
