Here’s the truth about data: while certain signals like weather patterns or real-time engagement metrics can significantly impact campaign performance, others merely add noise.

The open web is dead; long live the open web. It’s healthy; it’s full of opportunity; it’s doomed; it’s a mess. Also, what even is the open web, and do consumers care about the definition? This is the sort of inside baseball stuff that ad tech CEOs and founders somehow still continue to debate when […]

The last thing most marketers want to think about right now is politics. However, in today’s media environment, where attention is fragmented and trust is fragile, they can learn a great deal from how political advertisers operate. Political campaigns have mastered persuasion, precision and performance under pressure. They have to move people who are skeptical, […]

To be a successful PR pro in the retail and CPG space, you must understand the industry and the news cycle in every vertical and industry that retail influences or touches.

Microsoft Invest – formerly Xandr DSP and formerly AppNexus before that – will soon just be formerly, full stop. On Wednesday, Microsoft announced that it will shut down Microsoft Invest by March next year. The DSP will be replaced by a chatbot-style ad-buying product powered by Copilot, Microsoft’s generative AI solution. However, the change only applies […]

Connected TV ads are driving measurable results at athletic shoe brand Nobull, including an increase in revenue, said Chris Gil, Nobull’s digital marketing director. Before shoppers purchase, they need to know and trust a brand. TV ads are a great way to do that, especially with Nobull’s target audience of young shoppers, Gil said. There’s […]

While there’s chatter about Warner Bros. Discovery taking a page from Comcast ’s book and spinning off its linear business from HBO Max and its studio, they still made sure to flaunt what its linear

In this new life, Bill Belichick no longer has the media control he’s used to, but the outcome—winning—is still possible.

Discovery is shifting. Attention is scattered. And the sell side isn’t just supporting strategy—it is the strategy. Here’s what media owners need to know now, and the real moves to make next.

The ad industry speculated a great deal about how The Trade Desk might put Sincera to use after its acquisition of the ad metadata and  analytics startup in January. We now have one indication of how Sincera will be put to use. TTD publicly announced OpenSincera on Tuesday. The free API integration posts ad impression […]