February 16, 2026 The recent CEO turnover trend continues with three high-profile exits BY Stephanie Mehta Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. and … Continue reading The recent CEO turnover trend continues with three high-profile exits
AI won’t work if you can’t feed it data, and it’s going hungry at many organizations. Mike Pastore on November 7, 2025 MarTechCharts regularly highlights data of interest to marketers and marketing operations professionals. Source: Hightouch Marketers most often cite tools as their top pain point, but 75% of the time the real problem … Continue reading Data accessibility continues to stall AI adoption
M&A in the data ecosystem has some concerned about the future of open-source tools. Mike Pastore on October 14, 2025 xData infrastructure vendor Fivetran signed a definitive agreement this week to merge in an all-stock deal with dbt Labs. It is the third merger or acquisition for Fivetran in the last five months. The … Continue reading Data infrastructure consolidation continues as Fivetran, dbt Labs merge
Is this officially a wave of consolidation crashing over the CDP space? It certainly looks that way. Mike Pastore on January 16, 2025 For the third time in six weeks, M&A activity made a visit to the customer data platform (CDP) market on Thursday, when Rokt acquired mParticle. Rokt, which uses AI and machine … Continue reading CDP consolidation continues, as Rokt scoops up mParticle
2025 looks to be a year when marketers’ refine trends and strategies already underway, according to a new HubSpot report. Constantine von Hoffman on January 15, 2025 Marketers’ fast adoption of AI is letting them try different strategies and focus more on authenticity, according to HubSpot’s new State of Marketing 2025 report. The report, … Continue reading AI continues to aid marketers’ quest for authenticity: Report
October 14, 2024 17,000 jobs will be cut at Boeing as monthslong strike continues The layoffs will affect 10% of Boeing’s global workforce. BY Reuters Boeing will cut 17,000 jobs—10% of its global workforce—delay first deliveries of its 777X jet by a year and record $5 billion in losses in the third quarter, as the U.S. … Continue reading 17,000 jobs will be cut at Boeing as monthslong strike continues
May 07, 2024 Tinder continues to weigh down Match Group’s dating empire Tinder’s paying user base declined 9% from the same time a year ago to just under 10 million. BY Jessica Bursztynsky Tinder continued to lose paying users in its first quarter, with Match Group CEO telling investors Tuesday that the company expects to slow … Continue reading Tinder continues to weigh down Match Group’s dating empire
Adobe continues to weave generative AI into applications across its platform in a series of new product announcements. Kim Davis on March 27, 2024 “When we think about the magic and value of AI, we know that it actually comes only from a seamless integration into the workflows that you, as customers, already know and … Continue reading Adobe continues to roll out genAI capabilities across its platform
Video Continues To Drive Programmatic Spending Growth by Ray Schultz , August 17, 2023 Video will continue to dominate programmatic display ad spending going forward, according to a statistical summary on the state of programmatic released Thursday by Insider Intelligence/eMarketer. In 2023, video spend will total $74.47 billion, versus $59.49 billion for other programmatic digital … Continue reading Video Continues To Drive Programmatic Spending Growth
ChatGPT Site Traffic Continues To Fall Worldwide by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, August 4, 2023 Web traffic to OpenAI’s ChatGPT sites continues to fall. Worldwide traffic to chat.openai.com fell 9.7% in June and 9.6% in July. In the U.S., ChatGPT traffic fell 15% in June, then another 4% in July, according to Similarweb. One thought by … Continue reading ChatGPT Site Traffic Continues To Fall Worldwide
