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  • Inside Brand Safety Summit Day 2: Power Players, Purpose, and the Pursuit of Trust

    By integrating advanced tools, fostering inclusivity, and leading with integrity, brands, publishers, and platforms pave a path toward a safer, more impactful future. Read on for a roundup of the day’s most impactful sessions, highlighting strategies that can help you balance safety and responsibility.

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  • Beyond the Firewall: 7 Bold Lessons on Brand Safety from Day 1 of Brand Safety Summit

    Brand safety should not be about throwing up a wall, it should focus on building trust in every corner of the digital media and ad tech ecosystem. Discover seven essential lessons from Brand Safety Summit Day 1, where industry leaders tackled evolving brand safety challenges, from AI-driven brand suitability to merging sustainability with ad performance.

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  • Inside Coca-Cola’s Evolving Formula 1 US Grand Prix Sponsorship Strategy

    When Coca-Cola became the official soft drink, non-sparkling water and sports drink provider of Austin, TX-based Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in the summer of 2023, the brand was on a three-month time crunch to prepare its trackside activation for the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix. Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages partnered with the corporate sponsorship […]

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  • WBD’s DTC Ad Revenue Grew Nearly 50% In Q3 (But It’s Not All Good News)

    Stop if you’ve heard this one before: Overall revenue is down at Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), at a rate of 4% YOY in Q3 to $9.6 billion.

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  • Steal-Worthy Exhibit Experience Ideas from Money20/20 USA 2024

    The world of money is changing fast, and Money20/20 USA, the fintech trade show and conference that took place at the Venetian Expo in Las Vegas, Oct. 27-30, is channeling that energy into a dynamic event that every year rewrites the book on the show floor experience with bold enthusiasm and supercharged commitment to uplift […]

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  • Road Rules: 10 Mobile Tour Insights from Walmart, CeraVe, Pernod Ricard and More

    Mobile tour programs have a lot of benefits wrapped up in one. They often involve reusable assets, saving marketers money amid rising costs. They’re flexible, allowing teams to adjust routes to avoid hazards or maximize time. They reach a wide range of audiences, and deliver insights and results you can compare region by region. And […]

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  • LiveRamp Outperforms On Earnings And Lays Out Its Data Network Ambitions

    LiveRamp reported an unexpected boost to Q3 revenue, from $160 million last year to $185 million in 2024, during its quarterly call with investors on Wednesday. The company has a number of tailwinds, said CEO Scott Howe. LiveRamp benefits by the disappearance of Oracle’s ad business – another prominent data marketplace provider and a main […]

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  • DoubleVerify Won 70% Of The Former Moat Advertisers It Courted

    Moat, ya basic. Well, ya were basic, at least according to DoubleVerify CEO Mark Zagorski. “One thing we did note is that Moat had a pretty basic product,” Zagorski said on Wednesday during the company’s Q3 earnings call in response to an investor asking for more detail on the Oracle opportunity. In September, Oracle shut […]

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  • DanAds’ 2024 Summit Spotlights AI & Automation 

    DanAds’ Summit 24 was an engaging one-day event packing a large punch of industry experts. Over 180 ad tech professionals gathered to explore strategies for embracing emerging technologies, network, and share best practices. The talks centered around AI, automation, and implementing self-service to enhance growth.

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  • Why Old-School CPGs Are Getting Back To Basics

    This is a challenging time for grocery-store brands. For example, last month, McKinsey published a report on 18 “arenas of competition” that will define the growth of the economy: It encompasses “Digital advertising,” “Ecommerce,” “Electric vehicles,” “Space,” “Video games” and 13 others. Everything except the manufacture of food, drinks and snacks or household goods. (“Drugs […]

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