The Washington Post’s EIC succession plan shakes up newsroom, but does little to curb marketers’ news avoidance

The Washington Post’s EIC succession plan shakes up newsroom, but does little to curb marketers’ news avoidance

The sudden shakeup at the top of The Washington Post’s newsroom is unlikely to improve buyers’ evaluation of news orgs as a place to spend their media budgets.

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• Far from turning off brands, esports orgs’ participation in the Esports World Cup has actually sparked an influx of new sponsors into the space. Marketers are jumping at the opportunity to put their brands in front of the audience of an event that is billing itself as the Olympics or FIFA World Cup of esports.
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• European homewares and garden retailer Kingfisher said in-house AI pilots have been successful.
• With experimentation in digital and immersive displays to live feeds, agencies and clients are able to integrate live consumer data.

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