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  • Should Your FAST Channel Be Closed Captioned?

    By Steve Kabler, Partner in the Entertainment, Intellectual Property, Technology, and Corporate practices at Potomac Law Group You may be familiar with FCC closed captioning rules that require programming delivered on traditional linear TV networks to be closed captioned (subject to certain exceptions and exemptions), but what about programming on the FAST channels that many […]

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  • AI-driven search results increase AOV at Freedom Furniture  

    Freedom Furniture opts for artificial intelligence to power its on-site search, product recommendations and merchandising to save time and improve the shopper’s journey.   Australian-based Freedom Furniture is on a digital transformation journey to reinvigorate its brand and cater to a younger generation, said Paula Mitchell, digital general manager at Freedom Furniture.  This includes:   […]

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  • How Adyen Leaned on its Partner Ecosystem to Entice Retailers at NRF 2025

    If you’re going to demonstrate the power of “unified commerce,” you’ve got to have a unified event strategy to match. Such was the case for financial technology platform Adyen, which, with the help of its merchant partners, leveraged a widespread presence at NRF 2025 to give customers and prospects hands-on experience with its omnichannel payment […]

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  • American By Birth, European By Data Privacy Standards

    As an American ad tech CEO working for a UK-founded company, I’ve heard countless stories from peers about the challenges of cracking the European market. But is the way we approach data-driven advertising in the US really better for anyone? There’s plenty about my hometown of Baltimore that I hold dear: “Hairspray,” “The Wire” and […]

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  • The Washington Post’s Devolution has Weakened the Fourth Estate: How Will PR Professionals Adapt?

    The Washington Post’s crisis and the erosion of trust it faces represents a perilous moment for media relations professionals and the general public who rely on the press for competent and independent reporting.

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  • AI Search is Eating the Web—Can Publishers Stop It?

    Google’s AI Overviews and rival AI search tools are keeping users on their platforms, decimating referral traffic for publishers. As lawsuits mount, is there a way forward for the open web?

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  • Viant Acquires Lockr, And It’s All About Connecting IDs

    Viant announced that it acquired Lockr, a consumer and business service for managing email inboxes and data opt-ins, during its Q4 earnings call on Monday. The goal is to connect the identity Lockr gets from its publisher tech with Viant’s identity graph. The company reported fast growth in its TV-focused DSP business in Q4, earning […]

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  • Can We Do Better Than ROAS?

    ROAS might be the golden child of ad tech KPIs, but is it really the best measure of success? In this sharp take, Abhijith Jayakumar, Group Director at GroupM and AI storyteller, challenges the industry’s obsession with ROAS and explores better alternatives for measuring true business impact.

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  • The Brief: Lay’s Lights and Parking Lot Coffees

    This week’s hot takes on hot topics in events cover Lay’s Lights, fancy parking lot coffees and the debut of Ulta Beauty World.

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  • The PR Struggle to Fix AI-Generated News Errors

    As the proliferation of AI-generated articles continue, the PR industry must be prepared for a future where combatting bad AI in journalism becomes part of the job description.

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