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Pernod Ricard's Malibu rum brand is betting on digital to spur a sales comeback -- to the tune of 75 percent of its marketing budget.

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Turns out no one is immune. Pokemon Go is such a phenomenon among ad execs that one agency created its own Slack channel devoted to it -- and another needed to have an HR intervention.

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NBC Universal's company-wide branded content studio offers production expertise and distribution across its wide network of sites, apps and social pages.

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It's been three weeks since the agency moved in, but 360i's London office -- all 11,000 square feet of it -- still has that new car smell. We take 360-degree look inside.

Why Malibu rum is spending 75 percent of its marketing budget on digital

Tanya Dua

Just like the setting sun on its iconic white bottles, things haven't been looking up for Malibu's sales in recent years. But the brand’s bet on digital has helped it usher a turnaround. After the Pernod Ricard brand's sales fell by 3 percent in 2014-2015, things finally started to look up in late 2015, with volume of sales increasing by 4.3 percent in September 2015. Some of its most recent campaigns have included a social campaign targeting millennial bros on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, a bunch of Snapchat lenses and sponsored filters and most recently, a search-driven video campaign.

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The Pokemon Go effect: Agencies pile on the craze

Yuyu Chen

Pok?mon Go is hot and agencies are piling on the game craze. Mirum has a new Slack channel for its 20 players, while Huge already started applying the gaming mechanics into retail marketing. Deep Focus, on the other hand, has a new company policy, while at Arnold Worldwide’s Boston headquarters there are in-office rivalries.

Inside NBCUniversal's content studio

Sahil Patel

Three months ago, NBCUniversal launched a companywide branded-content studio, which aims to work with marketers to create original videos and photos and distribute them across social platforms. Staffed by a dozen people, The NBCU Content Studio pitches the company's decades-long history in creating high-quality content as well as distribution that includes 158 million monthly visitors and additional potential distribution via partners BuzzFeed and Vox.

Companies building the future of native advertising discuss their plans at NATIVE 2016

Sharethrough

Leaders from across the native advertising industry will gather in San Francisco in July for Native Advertising Summit 2016. Find out what’s next in native. Click to learn more, see who’s attending, and what’s on the agenda. Sponsor content by Sharethrough

Inside the agency: A 360 degree view of 360i London's new 'agile' office

Grace Caffyn

It’s been three weeks since the agency moved in, but 360i’s London office — all 11,000 square feet of it — has that new car smell. With six new wins and 19 hires this year, Digiday took a 360-degree tour inside to discover how 360i London is creating a space that can adapt to changing industry demands and the varying needs of its young team.

How Clinton and Trump will drive digital, programmatic and video advertising

DashBid

This year, spending on political advertising in digital media is expected to be seven times larger than the last presidential election, topping a billion dollars for the first time. With the contentious election cycle poised told drive even more dollars toward digital programmatic and video advertising are set to experience as spike courtesy of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Sponsored content by DashBid.

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