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Thursday, June 18, 2026

Digiday

Kepler, Samsung Ads and Kraft Heinz are among the 2026 Digiday Media Buying and Planning Awards winners

This year’s Digiday Media Buying and Planning Awards winners reflect a media landscape increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, data-driven decision making and integrated audience strategies.

Marketing Dive

Hinge’s chief marketer on why community is more than a marketing channel

Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Tamika Young explains why the dating app has donated millions to grassroots social groups.

Marketing Dive

How the World Cup fuels US soccer leagues and their brand partners

The CMOs at Major League Soccer and the National Women's Soccer League explain how they’re marketing around the tournament.

Digiday

Cannes is becoming ‘a Super Bowl moment’ for creators: How they’re storming the French Riviera

Cannes Lions 2026 is gearing up to be the advertising industry event’s biggest bet on creators yet.

Social Media Today

Social media is the leading source of news, per Reuters

The 2026 Digital News Report found that people rely on social media for news more than TV or news websites.

ON-DEMAND TRAINING

American Marketing Association

Data Visualization & Storytelling

Leave this workshop thinking differently about how to communicate with data and armed with some tangible techniques to do so immediately.

American Marketing Association

Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Marketing Professionals

This course covers the phases of AI, such as rule-based AI, machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI, to provide a solid foundation of AI principles.

CMSWire

Meet the Newest Martech Member: Databricks, Via Agentic CDP

Databricks enters martech with CustomerLake, an agentic CDP built into the Lakehouse.Continue reading...

Search Engine Roundtable

Google Ads Updates Its Campaign Status Interface

Google is rolling out a new look and feel for the Google Ads campaign status notifications and icons. The new statuses are no longer highlighted fully, instead they are just outlined in various colors.

Search Engine Roundtable

Google Search Ranking Volatility Continues Into This Week

I've been watching the chatter in the SEO industry, and honestly, it hasn't calmed down much since my last report for the period of June 8-12.

Seth's Blog

Status symbols

Seth Godin's Blog on marketing, tribes and respect

Social Media Today

Snap opens pre-orders for Specs AR glasses

The $2,195 devices come in two sizes and feature hundreds of custom-built Snap Lenses, but the company faces stiff competition from Apple and Meta.

CMSWire

Medallia Lands $150M, New Owners and a Fresh AI Roadmap — After Thoma Bravo's Historic Loss

Recapitalization deal gives Medallia $150 million and a debt-reduced balance sheet. It also officially closes one of PE's most expensive software bets.Continue reading...

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