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Cadbury has been doing Easter-themed advertising since at least 1994. This year, Cadbury named Annie Rose, an English Doodle from Cincinnati, as its Easter bunny. Read the full story by Todd Wasserman

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One day after Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter for $43 billion, the social media company announced the adoption of a limited duration shareholder rights plan (the "Rights Plan"), otherwise … Read the full story by Colin Kirkland

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"We're actually planning, optimizing and buying against it," Chief Investment Officer Cara Lewis said. Read the full story by Joe Mandese

Commentary
"Alternative currency is not just a question of research and methodology. It's about operationalizing it." Read the full story by Joe Mandese

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OMG's new private marketplace went live April 8 and includes inventory from retail vendors/networks such as Cooler Screens, GSTV, Grocery TV, Lightbox, and others. Read the full story by Richard Whitman

News
Growth in North America remained strong at 8.1%, where data unit Epsilon was called out as a key performer. Digital transformation division Publicis Sapient was also cited as a key … Read the full story by Steve McClellan

Commentary
The ARF Audiencexsicence conference opened by putting "impressions" on a nebulous note, but didn't resolve whether "attention" should replace it as currency. Read the full story by Tony Jarvis

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The final day of the ARF conference highlighted the meaninglessness of audience "impressions," as well as nebulous terms like "watching," "viewing," etc. Read the full story by Tony Jarvis

News
The platform was developed by Nielsen and outputs an "equity index score" marketers can utilize to make their media mixes more inclusive. Read the full story by Joe Mandese
Commentary
I've heard some great presentations from marketers on webcasts and Zoom -- but nothing to compare with what I saw in person this week at ANA's Brand Masters event. Read the full story by Dave Morgan

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"I was thinking the other day that ratings stories don't mean very much anymore, unless they are about live events (like award shows and sports)." Read the full story by Joe Mandese

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"The thing [Putin] did not fully anticipate is the degree to which the nature of war has changed where everybody is seeing exactly what is happening on a real-time basis." Read the full story by Joe Mandese
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I was born in 1961. I always thought that technically made me a baby boomer. But I recently discovered that I am, in fact, part of Generation Jones. Read the full story by Gord Hotchkiss

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Digital ad revenue in the U.S. rose 35% to $189 billion last year as marketers spent more to reach consumers, according to a report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau and … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
Commentary
I have read countless articles and watched a ton of videos, looking for anything that had "for dummies" in the title. It still hasn't given me the answers. Read the full story by Maarten Albarda

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Obama cited "product design" for disinformation's undermining of democracy, suggesting the outcome isn't unintentional, but engineered explicitly. Read the full story by Joe Mandese
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"I am concerned that present market realities may render the 'notice and consent' paradigm outdated and insufficient," FTC Chair Lina Khan said this week. Read the full story by Wendy Davis

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The high-profile publishing sponsorship comes after ABC rejected the pregnancy-relevant brand's Oscar commercial. Read the full story by Joe Mandese

Commentary
"He's not going into Ukraine, OK, just so you understand. He's not going to go into Ukraine, all right? You can mark it down. You can put it down. You … Read the full story by Joe Mandese