This Week: Saul Colt, Jo Darby, and Cyndee Woolley join Bob to discuss how social is evolving, addressing AI ethics, Instagram chief puts out an opinion, battling subscription fatigue, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.

Ian Baer, Founder/CEO, Sooth

Farrah Bostic, Principal Consultant, The Difference Engine

Jonathan Sackett, VP Communications & Marketing, NEI

Bob Knorpp, Host, The BeanCast

AI blossoms into the fully disruptive force that we always knew it would become

The Omnicom+Interpublic deal

The Trump 2.0 administration

The battle over who will own Warner-Discovery

The TikTok ban that never happened

The growth of women’s sports advertising

Meta ends fact checking

Digital content creators gain the attention and representation they wanted from Hollywood

Amazon’s makes huge gains in their ad solutions

Cracker Barrel’s logo fiasco

Google and Facebook manage to avoid many of the worst possible outcomes in their antitrust cases

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FAIR: The Severance glass box promotion in Grand Central

FAIL: Kanye goes full-on Nazi in an ad

FOUL: Apple continually promoted AI features on the iPhone that never appeared

This Week: Ian Baer, Farrah Bostic and Jonathan Sackett join Bob to discuss the biggest marketing, advertising and public relations news stories from the past year, plus the best of the #FairFailFoul.

Jason Keath, Co-Founder/CEO, Social Fresh

Janell Townsend, Chair Management & Marketing, Oakland University

Bob Knorpp, Host, The BeanCast

Netflix to Buy Warner-Discovery

Omnicom’s Lastest Merger Spin

Political AI Agents Better Than Ads

Creating a “Truth” Moment For Guns

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FAIR: Hershey’s interactive recreation of their holiday bells ad…AND…Percy Jackson billboard with a practical wave effect

FAIL: The leaked audio of a Campbell’s executive bad mouthing the products and the customers

FOUL: Pantone announces that the next color of the year will be…white

This Week: Jason Keath and Janell Townsend join Bob to discuss the Netflix+Warner-Discovery deal, a new spin on the Omnicom+Interpublic deal, AI as political persuader, why a "Truth" campaign is unlikely to happen for guns, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.

Craig Daitch, Founder & CEO, Telemetry

Scott Monty, Founder & Principal, Scott Monty Strategies

Bob Knorpp, Host, The BeanCast

Big Tech’s OpenAI Dilemma

Trusting Amazon’s Ad Platform

The Right Antitrust Remedy

Under Using Your Comms Department

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FAIR: Dolmio creates “naked pasta” ads

FAIL: Burger King does a stomach turning ASMR ad

FOUL: Meta wins antitrust case by convincing the judge that social media is dead

This Week: Craig Daitch and Scott Monty join Bob to discuss when AI is your best customer, trusting Amazon ads, appropriate antitrust remedies for big tech, how to use your comms department, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.

Christopher Baccus, Partner, Chameleon Collective

Saul Colt, Founder & President, The Idea Integration Co.

Bob Knorpp, Host, The BeanCast

Using Humor on LinkedIn

Social Listening’s Bot Problem

Media Diversification Today

Creators Question Meta’s Reels

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FAIR: Liquid Death scores an epic brand integration with Running Man reboot

FAIL: Chinese car brand, Chery, attempts Land Rover stunt with disastrous results

FOUL: New federal law about hemp products throws the entire industry into turmoil

This Week: Christopher Baccus and Saul Colt join Bob to discuss using humor on LinkedIn, whether bots are killing social listening, media diversification today, why Meta's Reels may not be worth your time, plus this week's #FairFailFoul.

Joseph Jaffe, Professional EOS Implementer, EOS Worldwide

Mitch Joel, Co-Founder, ThinkersOne.com

Bob Knorpp, Host, The BeanCast

The Impact of Too Much AI Praise

China Regulates Influencer "Authority"

Meta Profiting on Scam Ads

Avoiding "We" in Apology Statements

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FAIR: Owalla capitalizes on a home invasion story

FAIL: The ongoing Twitter rebrand saga fails yet again

FOUL: The growing backlash over the new AI-generate Coca Cola ads