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Only 6% of marketers say AI is paying off in a big way. Here’s what the winners are doing.
Marketers have gone all in on AI. Now comes the awkward question: Is it actually paying off yet? The answer is largely “no,” according to new research from the management consulting firm Bain, shared exclusively with CMO Insider. The starkest finding from the study, which surveyed 1,397 senior…
These are the world’s best airlines for flying business-class, ranked by passengers. See the full list.
These 20 airlines are the best in the business. Business class, that is. Skytrax, an aviation rating company, conducted the world’s largest airline passenger satisfaction survey to determine the airlines with the best business-class offerings in the world. The airlines were evaluated by customers…
Dunkin’ Is Serving Up New Halloween-Inspired Drinks
Spooky season is about to get into full swing, so it’s no surprise that Dunkin’ has added Halloween-inspired drinks to its menu. Starting Wednesday, Sept. 30, customers can order several new drinks or add Purple Marshmallow Cold Foam, a spin on Dunkin’s regular marshmallow foam, to a drink of their…
David Ellison won Warner. Next up: taking on Netflix and YouTube.
It took Larry and David Ellison two years to assemble a media behemoth. Now that they’ve bought Paramount, and are about to add Warner Bros. Discovery, the hard part starts: First, they have to figure out how to merge the two companies — and then they have to figure out how to compete with Netflix
Ad pros say Meta should ignore the haters and go all in on its cuddly Muse mascot
Could Meta’s Muse get even more Jolly? By now, you’ve probably seen plenty of cynical hot takes about Meta’s choice to represent its new AI agent with Jolly, the cuddly mascot. “Surveillance Tamagotchi.” “Don’t believe his lies.” “It’s sinister that Meta’s Muse AI mascot is so cute.” Marketing and…
You Sold the House and Became a Renter. Here’s the Insurance Coverage You Lost
Roughly 2.4 million more Americans over 65 became renters between 2013 and 2023, the largest increase of any age group by far. Their share of all renters rose to 13.4% from 10.4% over the decade, according to a Point2Homes analysis of Census data. Many did not end up in a rental because they ran out
What data center backlash? My night at a raucous ‘pro-data center’ party.
Data centers are drawing protests and city hall spats across the country. You wouldn’t have known it Saturday night in downtown Washington, DC. When I arrived at Data after Dark, a “pro-data center” party 10 minutes before it was scheduled to start, there were already a few dozen attendees waiting…
Clio just made an acquisition to deepen its push into the courts
While Harvey and Legora fight for Big Law’s business, Clio, an older legal tech company, is making a quieter bet on a corner of the market those upstarts have barely touched: the courts. Clio, last valued at $5 billion, has acquired Learned Hand, a startup that builds artificial intelligence tools…
Is an Amazon Prime Price Hike Coming? 5 Moves to Make Before Your Renewal
We’ve been writing about Amazon Prime price hikes for a long time. We warned readers when Prime went from $79 to $99 in 2014, from $99 to $119 in 2018, and from $119 to $139 in 2022. See the pattern? Every four years. And the last one was more than four years ago. Now Amazon
The Airbnb backfire
John Kenney is the second real estate agent to take a stab at selling 317 Matterhorn Drive, a rustic, two-bedroom cabin in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The getaway sits in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, about a 30-minute drive from Dollywood, in an area that draws millions of tourists each year…