Hacking Advertising: How to Create High-Impact Ads at Lower Costs
A groundbreaking new book, Hacking Advertising: How We Learned to Make Ads Without the Agency (And You Can Too), was published on April 29, 2025. Written by Jon Sneider, former Microsoft executive with experience managing advertising budgets over $500 million, the book challenges the advertising industry’s status quo. It offers companies a detailed roadmap to create high-quality ads at a fraction of traditional agency costs, potentially saving marketers millions annually.
Boost by Sonobi Enhances Digital Advertising Reach Across Devices
Sonobi, a leader in digital media technology, has launched Boost by Sonobi, an innovative solution aimed at enhancing digital advertising reach. Boost helps advertisers increase reach, sustain audience scale, and extend the impact of campaigns across multiple connected devices within the same household. By addressing two key challenges in digital advertising reach rate and audience decay—Boost transforms a single impression into multiple opportunities for engagement.
Context Networks Partners with Play Globally to Redefine Fan Engagement
Context Networks, Inc., the first programmatic advertising platform tailored for the gaming industry, has entered into a strategic stock swap agreement with Play Globally, a leading sports gamification company. The deal, effective April 16, 2025, involves each company acquiring a 0.7% equity stake in the other, based on mutual valuations of $20 million. This partnership marks a significant step in integrating gamified advertising with interactive fan engagement.
Michael Kassan Joins Cognitiv’s Board to Drive Advanced Advertising Innovation
Cognitiv, a leading advanced performance partner powered by deep learning, has announced that marketing and media industry veteran Michael Kassan has joined its Board of Directors. This marks a new phase of strategic growth for Cognitiv, bringing decades of expertise in media, marketing, and investing to the company.
Analytic Partners Celebrates 25 Years with a Focus on Commercial Analytics and Innovation
Analytic Partners, a recognized leader in the Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM) and Commercial Analytics space, celebrates its 25th anniversary by unveiling a new website and announcing an enhanced focus on elevating MMM and Multi-Touch Attribution (MTA) measurement programs. With this renewed vision, the company aims to deliver actionable Commercial Intelligence to drive business impact.
BlueFocus Achieves 60B RMB Revenue, Leverages AI & Global Expansion
BlueFocus, one of China’s leading marketing companies, announced a strong financial performance with a 15.55% year-on-year revenue growth, reaching a record 60.797 billion RMB in its 2024 annual report. The company is now the first marketing firm in China to surpass 60 billion RMB in annual revenue. This achievement comes amid global expansion and rapid technological advancements, particularly in the AI-driven marketing space.
Future Today Launches Revolutionary CTV Ad Marketplace with Privacy-Safe, Addressable Impressions
Future Today, a leader in Connected TV (CTV) advertising solutions, has introduced the Future Today Marketplace, a cutting-edge platform that is set to transform CTV advertising. This solution offers over 1.5 billion privacy-safe, ID-less impressions across premium, brand-safe inventory, including channels such as Fawesome, FilmRise, and HappyKids. With content from top studios, this marketplace sets a new standard for transparency, targeting, and measurement in CTV.
RainCastle Communications Unveils New Brand Identity and Website for Fziomed
RainCastle Communications, an award-winning branding and digital marketing firm, has unveiled a fresh brand identity and website for Fziomed, Inc., a surgical products company. As Fziomed approaches its 30th anniversary, the company sought to elevate its brand to reflect innovation and growth while preparing for regulatory approval in the United States.
VidAU AI Secures Funding to Revolutionize Video Advertising
VidAU AI, a leader in AI-powered video advertising, has secured a new round of funding led by Nuohai Venture Capital. This investment follows the company’s Pre-A round in September 2024 with support from Nuohui Investment and River Jin Technology, marking a significant milestone in VidAU’s journey. With this new funding, VidAU aims to solidify its position as a top AI agent for video advertising, helping brands and marketers create engaging video content that resonates with global audiences.
Grocery TV Launches Closed-Loop Measurement for In-Store Retail Media
Today, Grocery TV announces the launch of its closed-loop measurement solution for in-store retail media. This solution is designed to help brands directly link their ad spend to sales more efficiently by providing faster, actionable insights across its growing in-store retail media network.
















