Four years since the start of the pandemic, most large digital publishers still have hybrid working models. Is this the new normal?
March 22, 2024 [PRESENTED BY]( [Why media companies are still hybrid, four years since the pandemic started]( Four years since the start of the pandemic, most large digital publishers still have hybrid working models. [Is this the new normal?]( Additional coverage: - TikTok's recent issues aren't affecting how much brands and retailers are spending on marketing on the platform yet â in fact, [their marketing spend on TikTok is actually growing](.
- As the third-party cookie fades, [advertisers have started shoring up their first-party data](, more seriously harvesting it as signal loss continues to mount. Itâs what Joelle Park, the new svp and CMO at Best Western's parent company, has spent the last eight months in her new role doing.
- As impressive and amusing as generative AI is becoming, the technology is backed by nothing more than data â putting datasets at the heart of all AI. [At least that's how one holding company head of tech sees it.](
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