Hi, Welcome Welcome back A new API report card reveals major gaps in the systems marketers depend on for automation and AI workflows. By Pamela Parker Published on May 28, 2026 AI agents are supposed to automate marketing workflows at machine speed, but many martech platforms can barely support them. Behind the AI … Continue reading AI agents are exposing martech’s weak point
The most valuable email marketers know how to apply AI across automation, personalization, analytics, testing, and customer journeys. By Kath Pay Published on May 28, 2026 Many marketers make the mistake of treating AI as a strategy. It’s not. AI is a tool, an accelerator, and, in some cases, a useful assistant. It … Continue reading AI is not the skill email marketers need most
Fertitta Entertainment strikes multibillion dollar deal to acquire Caesars operations Suswati Basu Fertitta Entertainment plans to buy Caesars Entertainment in an all-cash agreement valued at roughly $ 17.6 billion, including the assumption of nearly $ 11.9 billion in debt, the companies said Thursday (May 28). Under the proposed deal, Caesars shareholders would receive … Continue reading Fertitta Entertainment strikes multibillion dollar deal to acquire Caesars operations
Search Engine People is now offering ChatGPT Ads management services. Wisam Abdulaziz May 28, 2026 The advertising platform structure feels very familiar to Google Ads users, with campaigns, ad groups, ads, products, conversion tracking, and bidding strategies already built into the platform. One of the most interesting features is the ad … Continue reading Search Engine People is now offering ChatGPT Ads management services.
New guidance from IAB Tech Lab aims to help publishers and content owners decide how to manage AI crawlers, bots, and other non-human traffic. By Constantine von Hoffman Published on May 27, 2026 The flood of AI crawlers and automated agents is forcing publishers and content owners to face a challenger: Deciding who … Continue reading IAB Tech Lab tackles the growing AI bot problem
Organizations say they value feedback, but employees and customers notice when leadership listens without taking action. By Annette Franz Published on May 27, 2026 Most executive listening tours fail for one simple reason: They’re designed to collect feedback instead of uncovering the truth. Meetings get scheduled, leaders host town halls, surveys go … Continue reading How to avoid tone-deaf executive listening tours
May 28, 2026 Tory Burch wants to help women add $1 billion to the economy by 2030 BY Shalene Gupta In 2004, the designer Tory Burch launched her first store specializing in women’s apparel in Manhattan. She and her ex-husband, the retailer and investor Christopher Burch, funded it by pooling $2 million of their own money. … Continue reading Tory Burch wants to help women add $1 billion to the economy by 2030
May 28, 2026 ‘Skills manifesting’: More workers citing skills they don’t have—but intend to learn—on their résumés BY Erica Lamberg Many people, Gen Zers in particular, have embraced the practice of “manifesting”: essentially, believing that positive thoughts lead to positive things happening in life. Now, it seems some job seekers are applying the same principle to … Continue reading ‘Skills manifesting’: More workers citing skills they don’t have—but intend to learn—on their résumés
Trump declares prediction markets patriotic while state regulators wonder if they’re gambling Suswati Basu Trump just posted what may be the most aggressively pro-prediction-market presidential rant in modern American history — a sentence that somehow exists now. In a sprawling Truth Social post, President Donald Trump threw his full support behind prediction markets, … Continue reading Trump declares prediction markets patriotic while state regulators wonder if they’re gambling
Last.fm goes independent after breaking up with Paramount Skydance Don’t worry: It will keep your profiles and scrobbles. By Mariella Moon May 27, 2026 Casimiro PT/Shutterstock Last.fm is an independent company again, it has announced on its forum, nearly two decades after it was acquired by CBS. “Today, Last.fm begins a new chapter as an independent … Continue reading Last.fm goes independent after breaking up with Paramount Skydance
