
AGENCIES: THE NEW CMO
What’s going on with all these big agency mergers and the slow decline of the CMO power? Is there a connection? And more importantly, what’s it mean for all of us?

hesitant return of x
Apple is the latest big brand headed back to X after X's disastrous 2022. And a few more are sure to follow suit. I'm sure these brands have their reasons, but I can't imagine any are feeling too good about this move.

We’re all a Monday morning qb
There’s something really unique about Super Bowl Sunday that has nothing to do with the football... it’s the ads and the cultural (and intimate) conversation around the ads. For this one day, lots of millions of people (I mean LOTS of millions of people) congregate around a tv and become marketers.

Tiktok flip-flop
I'm still reeling from last week's run-up and shutdown head fake. It was a wild 24 hours for us all, even those that aren't on the app. And even though TikTok is back online, has it changed forever? Is it brand safe anymore?

Who's afraid of the big bad RTO
Trump’s most recent return to office mandate for federal employees (via Executive Order) and WPP’s organization-wide RTO got me thinking… is this what people want? Have attitudes drastically changed toward remote work? In short, nope.