In ad circles most of the AI chatter has centered on media — how it’s bought, sold and optimized. But the conversation is starting to shift. According to Publicis Groupe CEO Arthur Sadoun, creative is now coming into focus. “Production is a big topic right now,” he told analysts on Thursday’s earnings call, signaling a shift
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The best indie game developers can be a rich source of inspiration for anyone hoping to enter a booming creative scene. According to Mordor Intelligence’s Indie Game Market Report, the global indie game market is projected to reach $4.85bn in 2025 and $9.55bn by 2030, with mobile games accounting for half of all revenue. Of
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Perplexity has launched a web browser, Comet, offering users a look at how the company is evolving beyond AI search. While Comet shares familiar traits with Chrome, it introduces a different interface model. One where users can search, navigate, and run agent-like tasks from a single AI-powered environment. A Browser Designed for AI-Native Workflows Comet
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A former local crime reporter said she has found her purpose by teaching inmates how tell the stories behind the crimes they committed. Debra Des Vignes worked as an on-air news reporter in small markets across the country covering crime. But accoridng to a CNN story recently done on her work, she was only scratching
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A master in the art of evoking intense sensations and a cinematic feeling, even through the still frame, the illustrator’s work feels as if it was made for this latest introduction of a meditative and meandering motion. “Movement breathes life into figures and environments; it stretches time, and brings back imperfections that speak to a
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Google’s John Mueller and Martin Splitt discussed making changes to a web page, observing the SEO effect, and the importance of tracking those changes. There has been long-standing hesitation around making too many SEO changes because of a patent filed years ago about monitoring frequent SEO updates to catch attempts to manipulate search results, so
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X (formerly Twitter) has changed a lot in the past couple of years, and for B2B marketers, it may not feel like the obvious place to focus. LinkedIn usually gets that attention. But X still has an active user base —especially among millennial buyers — and it offers something most platforms don’t: a fast-moving, public
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AI isn’t going anywhere. Its impact on the creative industries only seems to be growing. Whether you’re embracing AI or are sceptical, or somewhere in-between, we’re here to bring you honest opinions about the technology from the people using it, and share how you can harness it to improve your creative work. With all the
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The CEO of Conductor started a LinkedIn discussion about the future of AI SEO platforms, suggesting that the established companies will dominate and that 95 percent of the startups will disappear. Others argued that smaller companies will find their niche and that startups may be better positioned to serve user needs. Besmertnik published his thoughts
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As generative AI reshapes how content is surfaced, scraped, summarized and monetized, new vocabulary to describe those processes is cropping up daily in the media industry. In strategy decks, licensing talks, research reports and closed-door meetings, publishers are navigating a flood of new terms, including “zero-click traffic,” “RAG agents,” and “Model Content Protocol.” Here’s a
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You might have come across Sergey Isakov’s illustrations if you’ve been reading The New York Times or The New Yorker lately. The illustrators’ textured geometric drawings have rolled out across their digital and physical pages with a playful and wondrous sense of movement to every scene. Inviting us to lean in and explore every detail,
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I’ve spent years working with Google’s SEO tools, and while there are countless paid options out there, Google’s free toolkit remains the foundation of my optimization workflow. These tools show you exactly what Google considers important, and that offers invaluable insights you can’t get anywhere else. Let me walk you through the five Google tools
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Blindspot, the former NBC drama, has found a new lease of life on Netflix, propelling to the No. 1 spot in Nielsen’s Top 10 Overall Streaming chart for the week of June 16. This is Blindspot’s second week in the chart, having made its debut during the week of June 9, and finishing only behind
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Painting greyscale images forces you to take a different approach to your digital art process and, it’s usually much harder than painting in full colour. Nevertheless, I think there are two good reasons for giving painting in black and white a go. First, a greyscale image provides flexibility. You can treat it as a stage
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Google’s June 2025 Core Update just finished. What’s notable is that while some say it was a big update, it didn’t feel disruptive, indicating that the changes may have been more subtle than game changing. Here are some clues that may explain what happened with this update. Two Search Ranking Related Breakthroughs Although a lot
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For as long as most of us can remember, go-to-market (GTM) operations — especially marketing and sales — have been treated almost entirely as operating expenses. The logic was simple: GTM costs are short-term, their benefits too uncertain and their ties to financial outcomes too tenuous to justify anything but immediate expensing. But that logic
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The use of music in Kyle’s short is particularly hilarious – stock, YouTuber-esque music underpins every sad moment with jarringly upbeat vibes, creating a juxtaposition that delivers laughs as well as discomfort. “The muscle bound creator of Behavey Gravy that features in the first part of the film is directly inspired by influencer culture, particularly
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT agent marks a change in how users interact with web pages and complete transactions. This could be the most consequential change to online interactions since the introduction of mobile browsing. ChatGPT agent will be available today to Pro subscribers. Plus, and Team subscribers will have access over the next few days while Enterprise
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The 2025 upfront season is starting to wrap, with sources claiming digital is on the precipice of dominating spend, bringing a new paradigm to negotiations. Clients’ pricing models often favor cheaper CPMs… the challenge is streaming video is expensive Anonymous townhall participant It’s one where sellers’ ability to offer granular measurement of ROAS, and decipher
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Wacom MovinkPad 11 specs Display size / res: 11.45-inches / 2200 x 1440Active area: 9.6 x 6.3 inchesSize: 10.5 x 7.2 x 0.3 inchesWeight: 1.3IbColour performance: 16.7 million, sRGB 99%Viewing angle: 170-degreeProcessor: MediaTek Helios G99Memory: 8GBStorage: 128GBConnection: WiFi, Bluetooth 5.2, USB-COS: Android 14Stylus: Pro Pen 3, 8,192 pressure levels, 60-degree tiltMulti-touch: 10 fingersBattery: 7700 mAhCamera:
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