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Social Media Today

Snapchat report highlights users’ political engagement

The platform study, released ahead of the U.S. midterms in November, found that nearly 80% of Snapchatters plan to vote.

Digiday

Future of TV Briefing: Every major streaming subscription price increase since 2019

This week’s Future of TV Briefing features charts breaking down every monthly subscription price change since 2019 across ad-free and ad-supported tiers for nine major streaming services.

Search Engine Roundtable

Daily Search Forum Recap: September 16, 2026

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.Google said Search Console position reporting may change as Search, AI Mode, AI Overviews...

Search Engine Roundtable

Google Chrome User Experience Report (CrUX) With Ad Metrics

Google announced new ad metrics that are being tested within the Chrome User Experience Report (CrUX). These metrics include Ad Count, Ad Density, Ad Weight (Network) and Ad Weight (CPU).

Social Media Today

TikTok announces featured creators for Hispanic Heritage Month

The app will showcase journalist Fernando Hurtado, musician Jasmine Wesley and comedian Eric Sedeño as part of a larger community celebration.

CMSWire

Why RCS's Advantage Is a Single Thread, Not a Single Format

A quick text, an invoice as a PDF, a voice question about it — RCS's edge is keeping it all in one trusted thread.Continue reading...

Adweek

Snap’s Grace Kao on Conversational Marketing and the Future of Brand Engagement

Plus, the role of creativity as AI and other technologies evolve.

The Ahrefs Blog

8 AI Marketing Trends I’ve Seen Firsthand in 2026 (Backed by Data)

The buyer’s journey looks different, because people now research and increasingly buy through AI tools instead of a page of blue links. The tools and processes we use to do marketing work have changed, because so much of it can…Read more ›

Journal of Consumer Research Advance Access

Time-Duration Asymmetries in Consumer Decision-Making

AbstractConsumers routinely make decisions about short time periods, such as waiting for a table or deciding whether to pay for faster delivery.

CMSWire

HubSpot Debuts Breeze Assistant & Self-Updating CRM

HubSpot's Fall '26 Spotlight introduces AI automation, a self-maintaining CRM and new ad integrations aimed at go-to-market teams.Continue reading...

Moz

How To Get Your Website Ready For AI Agents

AI agents are already browsing your site. Here is Crystal Carter's five-part framework for agent readiness, from llms.txt and MCP to choosing the right partners.

Adweek

Patrick Dempsey Is the New Face of Guardant Health’s ‘The Reckoning’ Campaign

In a new campaign for Guardant’s Shield™, the first FDA-approved blood test for primary colorectal cancer screening, Dempsey urges people to get tested.

EVENTS & LIVE TRAINING

American Marketing Association

Measure What Matters in Content Marketing

Good content measurement doesn’t start with a dashboard. It starts with a clear agreement on what you’re actually trying to learn and who on your team is responsible for acting on it.

This workshop helps you build exactly that. You’ll work through how to identify the metrics that reflect your real content goals, how to extract insights that make your segmentation sharper and your personalization more relevant, and how to draw a straight line from your content program to your lead generation and nurture results.