Snapchat showcased its augmented reality (AR) and generative AI capabilities to ad buyers during its NewFronts presentation. The platform unveiled AR extensions that let advertisers integrate AR Lenses into Snap's ad products, including Snap Ads, Collection Ads, Spotlight Ads and Dynamic Product Ads. The platform, which touts 800 million monthly active...

Welcome back to The Garage: Tools for Retail Media Innovation. Hosted by Evan Hovorka, vp of product and innovation, and Dan Massimino, director of marketing, from Albertsons Media Collective. The Garage dives into the why, the how and the who cares of retail media innovation. In our second special episode from POSSIBLE, our hosts sit...

U.K. activewear brand Gymshark has made a series of executive hires to help it claim a bigger slice of the North American market, and it has a plan to take on its more established, homegrown U.S. rivals: Target gym-goers, not runners. The company, known for its seamless leggings and crop tops, has appointed former Abercrombie...

Paramount is looking to make measurement moves ahead of the TV upfront. Top line Today, Paramount announced it's partnering with Mastercard and EDO for an enhanced measurement suite across all base media buys in linear and digital. Between the lines According to the company, the offerings broaden its attribution suite, delivering outcome-based metrics...

NBCUniversal doesn't want any surprises heading into this year's upfront week. Last year's NBCU upfront event from Radio City Music Hall had to overcome several unexpected hurdles. In addition to Hollywood strikes keeping entertainment talent on the sidelines, NBCU's former ad sales chief Linda Yaccarino exited the company for Twitter/X days before...

Audiences and sponsorship for women's sports grow in spite of a scattered broadcast landscape, not because of it. Sports Innovation Lab's Women's Sports Club NewFront gave marketers and ad agencies a clearer picture of women's sports offerings during its event at New York's NeueHouse Madison Square. Joining its audience credit and debit purchase data...