Volume 85 | November-December 2025

Executive Summary If one song could capture the mood, momentum, chaos, and electric possibility of advertising as we charge into 2026, it would be Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger.” Why? Because everything is being rebuilt—new rules, new models, new ambitions. Because the industry is reshaping itself in real time through restructurings, mergers, acquisitions, and seismic roster shifts. […]