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Health care organizations need to embrace fluidity and experimentation if they want to market to the diverse US population they rely on to survive.

One-third of Publicis Group’s revenue comes from its data and tech business, which includes Epsilon and Publicis Sapient. Maintaining a differentiated revenue mix is one reason why Publicis is growing faster than the global economy, particularly since the pandemic, chairman and CEO Arthur Sadoun told investors on Thursday.

Omnicom saw 5.2% organic revenue growth, or $178.7 million YoY, in the first quarter of 2023. The agency holding company reported total revenues of $3.44 billion, with net income up by 30.9% to $227.5 million, according to the company’s earnings call Tuesday.

Disintermediation is in the air. If The Trade Desk’s OpenPath cuts out SSPs (while claiming not to), Magnite’s ClearLine cuts out DSPs (while claiming not to).

Health care marketers are often in the business of reminding consumers of their diagnoses and getting them to change their behaviors for their own good. Andy Semons explains how IPNY works with neuroscientists to design persuasive, relatable and empathetic health care communication materials for different communities.

Publishers are fed up with brand safety and verification vendors using crawlers to scrape their sites for contextual signals, then using those signals to sell contextual ad products.

Health data and race are sensitive topics on their own. Put them together, and it’s easy to see why people struggle to thoughtfully tailor their marketing efforts to different audiences. Still, many health care marketers are opting in to race-based targeting to stay relevant and reach underserved populations.

Ad industry veteran and event stage mainstay Amanda Martin is taking on a new role as Mediavine’s SVP of partnerships and business strategy. Martin will be moving from the buy side to the sell side after a nearly eight-year stint at ad agency Goodway Group.

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