By acquiring the profitable, YouTube-first entrepreneur brand, HubSpot is expanding its audience machine and doubling down on media as a demand generation strategy. By Constantine von Hoffman February 23, 2026 HubSpot is doubling down on its media strategy. On Monday, HubSpot Media, the in-house media arm of the CRM and marketing automation company, … Continue reading HubSpot supercharges its media engine by buying Starter Story
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Sony is buying Peanuts The company will own 80 percent of the franchise that features Snoopy and Charlie Brown. Mariella Moon Fri, December 19, 2025 The Peanuts gang. (Peanuts) Sony is paying approximately $460 milliion to purchase Peanuts [PDF] and its characters, including Snoopy and Charlie Brown, created by Charles M. Schulz. That’s a … Continue reading Sony is buying Peanuts
Agents As Brand Influencers Collapse Consumer Buying Journey by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, October 17, 2025 The collapse of the customer buying journey into a couple of taps that take only a few seconds or minutes at the longest may be one of the most profound ways I have read to describe the future … Continue reading Agents As Brand Influencers Collapse Consumer Buying Journey
The new AI agents aim to help tackle long buying cycles by identifying decision-makers, personalizing journeys and accelerating deal flow. Constantine von Hoffman on October 9, 2025 Adobe has launched a new suite of AI agents to help B2B marketers and sales teams with one of their biggest challenges: the slow, complex buying journey. … Continue reading Adobe introduces AI agents to help B2B marketers navigate long buying cycles
AI-driven buyers aren’t browsing your gated content — they’re already making decisions. Chris Penn discusses how this shift is leaving sales teams in the dark. Constantine von Hoffman on July 28, 2025 Amid the hype and dire warnings about AI creating a “Frankenstein’s monster,” one of the most tangible shifts marketers face today is … Continue reading AI tools are rewriting the B2B buying process in real time
Perplexity Considers Buying Chrome, Offers DOJ Remedy In Google Monopoly Trial by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, April 24, 2025 Perplexity has stepped up to argue with the U.S. Department of Justice that it should not divest the Chrome browser from Google, calling the push a major “mistake” for the industry. Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas … Continue reading Perplexity Considers Buying Chrome, Offers DOJ Remedy In Google Monopoly Trial
More data means a more comprehensive view of consumers, which should lead to more effective campaigns. That’s the theory, anyway. Mike Pastore on April 7, 2025 At the end of 2024 and the dawn of 2025, customer data platforms (CDPs) were the popular acquisition targets in the martech space. Digital experience vendors gobbled up … Continue reading The latest trend in martech M&A: Agencies buying data collaboration firms
Brain Functions React Differently To AI-Generated Ads, Consumers Not Buying It by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, December 12, 2024 How the brain accepts and processes GAI in creative and advertisements has become a focus of several studies as more companies start using the technology to build ads. It will affect ad performance if certain factors … Continue reading Brain Functions React Differently To AI-Generated Ads, Consumers Not Buying It
Inside Home Depot’s And Walmart’s Retail Media Buying by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, October 8, 2024 A shakeup in retail media networks is underway as Home Depot and Walmart separately strengthen their respective positions to support brands and the millions of dollars being invested in ad media buys. Vantage, founded in 2013, began powering … Continue reading Inside Home Depot’s And Walmart’s Retail Media Buying
