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What marketers need to learn from breakthrough brand IP like Barbie, Nike, Super Mario Bros. for 2024

It wasn’t just Barbie. Movies about or inspired by brands like Nike, Nintendo’s Super Mario Brothers, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, Beanie Babies, Tetris, Blackberry and more rolled out this year making it clear that the use of brands’ intellectual property (IP) to create entertainment was certainly a major trend throughout 2023.
December 21, 2023

What marketers need to learn from breakthrough brand IP like Barbie, Nike, Super Mario Bros. for 2024

It wasn’t just Barbie. Movies about or inspired by brands like Nike, Nintendo’s Super Mario Brothers, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, Beanie Babies, Tetris, Blackberry and more rolled out this year, making it clear that the use of brands’ intellectual property to create entertainment was certainly a major trend throughout 2023.

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It wasn’t just Barbie. Movies about or inspired by brands like Nike, Nintendo’s Super Mario Brothers, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, Beanie Babies, Tetris, Blackberry and more rolled out this year making it clear that the use of brands’ intellectual property (IP) to create entertainment was certainly a major trend throughout 2023.

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Media execs share their top takeaways from 2023.

The role of artificial intelligence in sales continues to grow as technology evolves, with 31% of business leaders believing that AI will have a moderate to high impact on analytics.

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Generative AI is expected to impact the advertising industry in many ways next year, from content development to enterprise and client tools.

With targeted, personalized and engaging experiences, direct mail has become a customer acquisition powerhouse.

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In this week’s Digiday+ Research Briefing, we examine how marketers are creatively using AI in ad campaigns, how YouTube has postponed its co-viewing measurement plans, and how brands are finding TikTok extremely valuable for driving revenues and branding, as seen in recent data from Digiday+ Research.

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For publishers, moving from print to digital-only comes with the need to communicate with consumers and advertisers in significantly new ways, not to mention collecting data carefully and in a privacy-safe manner.

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Time, Bloomberg and Semafor are all-in on events next year.

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Despite some issues that were challenging for TikTok this year, it also had a lot to be pleased about.

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