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Meta Dumps Nvidia, Bets Big on Amazon Chips for AI

Meta signed a multibillion-dollar deal with Amazon for Graviton5 chips, signaling a strategic shift away from Nvidia dependency. For CMOs, this reshapes AI infrastructure costs and vendor negotiations across the industry.

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Tencent Controls the Platform. Indonesian Creators Get Exposure.

Indonesian creators gain esports exposure through MOONTON-Tale X partnership, but Tencent's platform control leaves IP rights and revenue sharing unclear.

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Mars Rolls Out Gemini Enterprise to 65,000+ Employees in AI Platform Overhaul

Mars rolls out Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise to 65,000+ global employees, unifying fragmented AI tools across operations. The consolidation centralizes enterprise search and AI assistant access for marketing, sales, and R&D teams.

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Why Brand Safety on YouTube Has Become Impossible to Guarantee

YouTube's enforcement is unpredictable and fast. Creators get banned, campaigns disappear overnight. Asia's regulators are raising joint liability stakes.

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Markable Opens Creator Tools as Social Commerce Hits US$100B

Markable democratizes creator tools as social commerce hits $100B. Why affiliate infrastructure commoditization matters for brand teams.

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Publicis Opens Singapore AI Hub With Government Backing

Publicis Groupe launches AI Development Hub in Singapore with government backing. New roles and capabilities, not automation cuts. How this shapes regional marketing.

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Tanishq Rewrites the Akshaya Tritiya Playbook With a Chef, Not a Gold Price

Tanishq's Akshaya Tritiya campaign decouples jewelry from gold-price storytelling, signaling a strategic pivot toward emotional and craft-led narratives in luxury marketing.

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Canva Hires Former Coles Data Chief as Enterprise Push Accelerates

Canva hires Coles data expert for enterprise push. With AI 2.0 and marketing automation acquisitions, it's building unified campaign infrastructure for Asia's CMOs.

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Inside WPP's Hidden Restructure: What the ANZ CEO Title Means

WPP elevates Rose Herceg to ANZ CEO as the Elevate28 restructure reshapes regional leadership and holding company strategy.

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Pixazo Consolidates AI Video and Image APIs Under Single Key

Pixazo consolidates Seedance 2.0 and GPT Image 2 under a single API key. Reduces vendor fragmentation and integration overhead for developers.

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Vinyl Group Misses Profitability Target Again as Q1 Cash Burn Hits A$2.7 Million

Vinyl Group's Q1 2026 cash burn of A$2.7 million and delayed integration challenges reveal why acquisition-driven growth strategies collapse. A stress test for APAC media leaders.

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Why Cannes Lions Now Values How Brands Build Over What They Make

Cannes Lions 2026 shifts from judging individual campaigns to rewarding how brands build creative capability. A critical signal for Asian marketing leaders investing in organizational strength.