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Marketing Dive

Sociable: How will Meta’s settlement impact social media?

The company’s landmark $18 billion payout was only one part of a larger agreement that aims to force other apps to implement similar teen restrictions.

Social Media Today

How will Meta’s settlement impact social media?

The company’s landmark $18 billion payout was only one part of a larger agreement that aims to force other apps to implement similar teen restrictions.

Adweek

Gap’s Bet on Hailey Bieber and Other Culture-Driven Ads Pay Off, Even as Parent Company’s Sales Drop

Net sales grew 9% at Gap while Old Navy's fell 4%.

Marketing Dive

Campaign Trail: Beefeater revisits Jamiroquai video for zero-proof gin

London agency Lucky Generals teamed with Jamiroquai frontman Jay Kay to expand on the award-winning video for “Virtual Insanity.”

Social Media Today

X offers updated NFL Gametime display

The platform tweaked the design and renamed its NFL portal ahead of the upcoming season as a way to engage more fans and maximize community interaction.

Adweek

Retail Roundup: Home Depot Finally Hires a Retail Media Leader, and More Ads Are Coming to Shopping Malls

Plus, Dollar General goes deep on DoorDash, and Amazon brings brands into its back-to-school campaign.

Brain Pickings

Bruce Springsteen on Surviving Depression and His Strategy for Living Through the Visitations of the Darkness

"If you can acknowledge it and you can relax with it a little bit, very often it shortens its duration."

CMSWire

How Oceania's Customer Experience Won Over 2 Cruise Skeptics

Small-ship scale, remembered orders and a lost wedding ring recovered mid-flight — what turned two cruise skeptics into fans.Continue reading...

Search Engine Roundtable

Google Preferred Sources, Tailor Your Feed & Search Profiles Are Different

Google has two, well, maybe three, features that are being confused as one. The preferred sources, the tailor your feed and also search profiles.

Fortune

Gen Z’s bedazzling era is the latest Lipstick Index as youths put gems on everything from coffee cups to skincare

Brands are leveraging young women's increasing spending power by jumping on the sparkly maximalism bandwagon.

Search Engine Roundtable

Google Won't Enforce Its Site Reputation Policy Manual Actions In Europe

Google announced it will not enforce manual actions under the site reputation abuse policy in the European Economic Area (EEA) due to a mandate set by the European Commission, effective August 30, 2026.

Chief Marketer

How Northwell’s CMO Built a Content Studio, Tackled Gun Violence and Went AI-First

When Ramon Soto, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, joined Northwell Health 12 years ago, the health company was grappling with standing out in a crowded market.

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