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The Title Trap: Why 24% of Marketing Rebrands Fail to Deliver Results
New job titles won't fix broken marketing teams. Learn why 24% of rebrands fail and what actually drives organizational change.
Leighton Cosseboom
Founder of Mission Media. A marketing entrepreneur and veteran operator in Southeast Asia, leading corporate comms at Dunkin' Indonesia and PR & IR at DailyCo. Ex-CMO at ACV Capital, founder of C2 Media, and former Tech in Asia senior editor.
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Innovid Launches Hypermode to Unify Social Campaign Management
Innovid launched Hypermode, a unified campaign execution layer for social advertising across Meta, Pinterest, Reddit, Snapchat, TikTok, and LinkedIn. Early adopters report cutting setup time by up to 80%.
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MENA Agencies Win 19 Clios, Signal Growing Creative Power
MENA agencies claimed 19 Clio Awards 2026, with Saatchi & Saatchi UAE winning gold. A regional creative ecosystem demonstrates world-class work across airlines, automotive, and retail.
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Ideally Raises A$13.4M Series A for US Expansion
Ideally secures A$13.4M Series A funding for US expansion. Learn how this market research platform is disrupting consumer insights with overnight results.
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Mphasis Bets CAD 30M on Decision AI, Acquires Canadian TAP
Mphasis acquires Continuum AI for up to CAD 30M to close the gap between analytics and business action. Here's what enterprise AI buyers need to know.
brands
Inside CHAGEE's $8,000-Store Empire Built on Community, Not Ads
CHAGEE built 8,000 stores without traditional ads by prioritizing community depth over media reach. CMOs are questioning if this scales.
insights
Inside the DOOH Measurement Crisis: Why Lemma's Pitch Falls Short
Lemma Integral promises DOOH measurement breakthrough. But unverified claims and attribution gaps raise serious questions for APAC CMOs.
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Forrester: AI Strips Away CMO Accountability Buffers
Forrester: AI is stripping away the operational buffers between CMO decisions and business results, forcing marketing leaders into purer accountability for enterprise growth.
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Lemma Integral Closes Attribution Gap for Digital Out-of-Home Ads
Lemma's new AI platform links out-of-home ad exposure to digital conversions, delivering 3x ROAS. Marketers can now measure DOOH performance like performance channels.
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What Apple's CEO Transition Means for APAC Marketers
Tim Cook steps down as Apple CEO in September 2026, with hardware engineer John Ternus taking over. What does this leadership shift mean for APAC brand strategy?
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Treasury Wine's In-House Agency Splash Wins Four IHAC Awards
Treasury Wine's in-house agency Splash dominated the 2026 IHAC Awards, winning four major titles including In-House Agency of the Year. The wins signal how brands are building breakthrough creative work inside their organizations.
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Why Traditional Radio's Structural Decline Goes Beyond Star Power Disputes
ARN Media's talent costs exceed its market value by US$100M+, exposing radio's deeper problem: digital adoption failure, not star disputes. CMOs must rethink traditional radio ROI.