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  1.    This month in AI: brands say no to agencies, paid AI search, new regulations and the rise of AI influencers
    Digital policyAI

    This month in AI: brands say no to agencies, paid AI search, new regulations and the rise of AI influencers

    In today’s rapidly changing digital and technological landscape, keeping pace with the latest trends can be challenging. As AI…

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  2.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 32: On AI, sharing and scaling with Asmita Dubey, L'Oréal
    CreativityMarketing technologyAIMarketing technologyMarketing technology

    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 32: On AI, sharing and scaling with Asmita Dubey, L'Oréal

    In episode 32 of the Better Marketing Pod, David Wheldon speaks to L'Oréal's CMO, Marketer of 2023 and Global Marketer Week…

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  3.    Facing the Firestorm

    Facing the Firestorm

    How can brands be resilient in polarised times? Sebastian Parker and Ishani Rege from Creative Equals, WFA's strategic partner for…

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  4.    CMO Forum APAC meeting overview (April 2024)

    CMO Forum APAC meeting overview (April 2024)

    Overview of the WFA CMO Forum Asia Pacific held in person in Singapore

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  5.    Spotlight: The Democratisation of Virtual Production
    CreativityAIMarketing procurement

    Spotlight: The Democratisation of Virtual Production

    The past few years have seen the emergence and evolution of virtual production.

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  6.    Navigating the Complexity of Marketing Capability Measurement
    Marketing capabilitiesMarketing operations

    Navigating the Complexity of Marketing Capability Measurement

    Proving the impact of capability building is vital, says WFA Associate Director, Global Marketing Services, Julia Kraft, as she…

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  7.    The DSA implementation and enforcement tracker
    Digital policyMarketing law

    The DSA implementation and enforcement tracker

    A tracker of the implementation measures taken by key online platforms to meet the advertising-related obligations in the EU’s…

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  8.    WFA Media Forum March 2024: Forum Connect Amsterdam
    Marketing capabilitiesMedia transformationMarketing effectiveness

    WFA Media Forum March 2024: Forum Connect Amsterdam

    Forum Connect in Amsterdam brought together four peer groups (Media, CMO, Insights, Sourcing) around the common theme of…

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  9.    Marketing Capability Forum Meeting Overview (March 2024)
    Marketing capabilitiesMarketing effectiveness

    Marketing Capability Forum Meeting Overview (March 2024)

    Overview of Marketing Capability Forum held remotely on 21st March 2024.

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  10.    Media price inflation falls marginally in WFA’s Outlook poll of predictions
    Audience measurementChannelsMedia governanceMedia transparencyProgrammaticMedia measurement

    Media price inflation falls marginally in WFA’s Outlook poll of predictions

    TV inflation cools globally, and particularly in the US, but growth in retail media is fuelling higher prices around the world. Tom…

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  11.    Measuring Marketing Capability Impact
    Marketing capabilitiesMarketing effectiveness

    Measuring Marketing Capability Impact

    WFA report on marketing capability impact measurement, conducted in partnership with Oxford.

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  12.    Benchmark: Recommended social media agencies in South-East Europe
    Marketing procurement

    Benchmark: Recommended social media agencies in South-East Europe

    WFA member benchmark on recommended social media agencies in South-East Europe.

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  13.    TPA Taskforce overview (April 2024)
    Digital policyMarketing law

    TPA Taskforce overview (April 2024)

    Overview of the Transparency in Political Advertising (TPA) Taskforce meeting held remotely on 4 April 2024

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  14.    WFA Media Forum April 2024: AI and Retail Media
    Marketing effectiveness

    WFA Media Forum April 2024: AI and Retail Media

    Intoduction to WFA AI Community & Retail Media deep dive.

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  15.    Halo CMM Community Townhall Meeting
    Audience measurementBrand safetyMedia governanceBrand safety

    Halo CMM Community Townhall Meeting

    Discover the Future of Cross-Media Measurement

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  16.    APAC Spotlight: Creative briefing - using AI to stoke EI
    CreativityMarketing technologyAIDigital transformationMarketing technologyMarketing technology

    APAC Spotlight: Creative briefing - using AI to stoke EI

    WFA members have always been quite humble in accepting that their briefing processes have enormous room for improvement. Bad briefs…

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  17.    Benchmark: AI in the Insights practice
    AI

    Benchmark: AI in the Insights practice

    WFA member benchmark exploring how WFA members are incorporating AI in their insights practice.

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  18.    GenAI and the marketing essentials that won’t change
    Marketing technologyAIMarketing technologyMarketing technology

    GenAI and the marketing essentials that won’t change

    As more brands and agencies get excited by generative AI (GenAI), WFA’s Director of Global Sourcing, Laura Forcetti, hosted a…

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  19.    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 31: On the evolution of creativity with Claire Beale and Sonoo Singh, Creative Salon
    Agency managementAgency review & pitchingCreativity

    WFA Better Marketing Pod Ep 31: On the evolution of creativity with Claire Beale and Sonoo Singh, Creative Salon

    In episode 31 of the Better Marketing Pod, host David Wheldon speaks with Creative Salon founders Claire Beale and Sonoo Singh on…

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  20.    Trust me when I tell you this about the state of creativity…
    Creativity

    Trust me when I tell you this about the state of creativity…

    We’ll only get better, more effective campaigns when agencies can persuade clients to trust them. Arwa Madhawi explores the…

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  21.    Insight Forum Connect meeting overview (March 2024)

    Insight Forum Connect meeting overview (March 2024)

    Overview of the Insight Forum held in Amsterdam, March 2024

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