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Paramount, Warner, and the Price of Consolidation

Inside Pfizer’s plan to bring SEO and AI search in-house

The ad industry’s latest dernier cri is going in-house. Marketers at major advertisers, such as Pfizer, are pulling generative engine optimization (GEO) expertise inside the tent as their sense of urgency over search’s shifting landscape grows. Pfizer officially transitioned its SEO and AI discoverability efforts to its in-house team this week, according to a LinkedIn

Blurr Bureau gives us a lesson in how to brand something that’s been around forever: Apples

For Jessica Dimcevski, founder and creative director of the New York branding studio Blurr Bureau, developing the visual identity for Yes! Apples, a collective of small, family-run apple orchards in New York, came pretty close to the dream brief. It’s one that’s quite rare for a design team to come by, because the produce aisle

Google Answers If Outbound Links Pass “Poor Signals”

Google’s John Mueller responded to a question about how Google treats outbound links from a site that has a link-related penalty. His answer suggests the situation may not work in the way many assume. An SEO asked on Bluesky whether a site that has what they described as a “link penalty” could affect the value

YouTuber Jesser Launches Parent Company, Preps Expansion

On Friday, the YouTube creator Jesse “Jesser” Riedel announced the formation of JesserCo., a new parent company that will unite his growing portfolio of businesses under a single structure. The 27-year-old Jesser will remain founder, while Zach Miller, who previously served as president of Bucketsquad, Jesser’s apparel brand, has been elevated to president of JesserCo.

Bose QuietComfort Ultra headphone review: As good as all that!

Why you can trust Creative Bloq Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you. Find out more about how we test. I knew the Bose QuietComfort Ultras by reputation. Since their arrival in 2023, these headphones have become famous for the most freakishly impressive

What Pichai’s Interview Reveals About Google’s Search Direction

Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s description of search as a future “agent manager” made headlines this week after an hour-long interview with Stripe CEO Patrick Collison. As SEJ’s Roger Montti reported, Pichai described a version of search where users have “many threads running” and are completing tasks rather than browsing results. But the interview covered more

Agents drive more ecommerce traffic, but conversions lag

Traffic from AI agents is starting to show up in ecommerce analytics. It’s just not moving the numbers in a meaningful way yet, according to Dell’s ecommerce lead. Dell is seeing more visits from platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude, according to Breanna Fowler, head of global consumer revenue programs. The increase is noticeable, but

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Google’s Push For Data Strength Is Really A Push For Better Bidding

Google keeps coming back to the same message this year: your AI is only as good as the data feeding it. That message has shown up across the Ads Decoded podcast, Data Manager updates, tagging guidance, partner integrations, and now even developer-focused content like the Ads DevCast podcast. It seems to reflect a broader shift

OpenAI has quietly launched its ads manager

OpenAI launched an ads manager last week — the latest move in its fast expanding advertising business, Digiday has learned. The tool — described by those with access as serviceable and broadly similar in layout to Google Ads — is a test within a test accessible to only a handful of advertisers. But it represents

Step inside Linda Merad’s whimsical and poetic illustrated universe for Hermès

Hermès also had Linda illustrate a huge campaign to welcome in the new year at the start of 2026, where her Lithograph style was brought to life in a series of animations, made in collaboration with French animator Quentin Klein. “The texture of the material and the handcrafted quality were aspects that particularly interested them,”

Core Update Done, GSC Bug Fixed, Mueller On Gurus

Welcome to the week’s Pulse: updates affect when you can start analyzing core update performance, how much you can trust your impression data, and what Google’s CEO thinks AI will do to software security. Here’s what matters for you and your work. March 2026 Core Update Is Complete Google’s March 2026 core update finished rolling

CNN Names Alex MacCallum COO

New roles: More than two years after her return to CNN, Alex MacCallum is taking on additional duties as she was named the news network’s chief operating officer. In a memo to staffers obtained by TVNewser, CNN CEO Mark Thompson said MacCallum’s promotion comes as she has “already achieved an impressive set of critical accomplishments

Has Adobe just solved one of AI video’s biggest problems?

Mangled nightmares like the Coca-Cola AI advert and the withdrawn McDonald’s Christmas ad show that AI-generated video is still of dubious usefulness as a finished creative asset. Meanwhile, OpenAI’s closure of Sora has raised questions again about whether there’s demand for it and whether it can be both safe and profitable given the amount of

What I Learned About The Future Of Search And AI From Sundar Pichai’s Latest Interview

I really enjoyed this interview with Sundar Pichai by John Collison and Elad Gil of Stripe. Here are the five most interesting things I learned. 1. Search Will Still Exist In The Future, But Much Of It Will Be Agentic Sundar was asked if agents would replace Search. He said: “If I fast forward, a

Email delivers ROI, but many teams still can’t prove it

Email does a lot more work than it usually gets credit for. In Sinch Mailgun’s latest Email Impact Report, 78% of respondents say email is either “very” or “extremely” important to their organization’s success, which tells you pretty quickly that this is still a core business channel. The problem is that importance and measurability are

THE X-MEN SERIES :: Behance

THE X-MEN SERIES A visceral reimagining of Marvel’s mutant lineage, stripped of cinematic polish and returned to a raw, handcrafted state. In this series, I explored the intersection of biological evolution and graphic surrealism, treating each character not as a superhero, but as a textured atmospheric study. By utilizing a bespoke 3D workflow, blending Cinema

Google March Core Update Left 4 Losers For Every Winner In Germany

A SISTRIX analysis of German search data found far more losers than winners after Google’s March core update. The analysis revealed 134 domains experiencing confirmed visibility losses and 32 with gains. SISTRIX determined these figures by examining 1,371 domains showing significant visibility changes, then applying filters such as a 52-week Visibility Index history, 30 days

Who decides what honest AI advertising looks like?

People no longer trust what they see, and the ad industry hasn’t agreed on what honesty looks like in response. Does an AI-generated background warrant a label? What about a synthesized soundtrack? Or does the threshold only kick in when it’s a human face, a product claim or a body that never existed? These feel

Lizzy Stewart’s The Wreck tells a messy love story like only an illustrator could

Lizzy Stewart is back with her second illustrated novel, The Wreck, following her much acclaimed debut Alison, and it’s a beauty. Described as ‘genre-defying’ for good reason, it combines comic panels, fully written prose and full-page painted illustrations, challenging the limits of what a book can be. “I’ve always thought I made books the way

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