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Marketers
MMM Isn’t As Scary As Marketers Think – But You’ve Got To Do It Right
Deli meat company Land O’Frost has been leaning into a new MMM approach to figure out which opportunities it’s been overlooking – or even inhibiting.
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The Big Story
Prebid, Meet OpenAds
Shortly after Trade Desk CEO Jeff Green said the DSP would splinter off from Prebid, he showed up at the Prebid Summit. Then, at ScreenShift, we learn what the TV industry thinks about AI.
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CTV Roundup
Everything You Want to Know About Being (And Working With) Media Buyers At Cynopsis Screenshift
What does it feel like to be a media buyer and planner in 2025? That question launched a fascinating “Ask Me Anything”-style discussion at Cynopsis ScreenShift in New York City on Tuesday.
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AI
7 Ad Tech Veterans Who Have Founded Their Own AI Startups
As AI sweeps the tech landscape, new startups continue to emerge. Here are seven former ad tech execs’ thoughts on best AI practices and starting their own companies.
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Marketers
The Ad Context Protocol Aims To Make Sense Of Agentic Ad Demand
The AI advertising agents will need their own trade group eventually. For now, though, a bunch of companies are forming the Ad Context Protocol, or AdCP. The consortium of ad tech and AI ad software vendors aims to establish standard protocols for agentic solutions across the advertising supply chain to negotiate, plan and execute media […]
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AdExchanger Talks
The Business Case For Carbon Cuts
Anne Coghlan, co-founder and COO of Scope3, on why cutting carbon in ad tech isn’t just about saving the planet; it’s about eliminating inefficiency and financial waste at the same time. Plus: Using AI to automate and optimize digital media buying at the impression level.
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Marketers
Unity Hires Chris Feo As Its New SVP Of Programmatic
Unity has a gameplan for programmatic. On Tuesday, the game engine, which has a growing advertising business, announced the appointment of Chris Feo as its new SVP of programmatic. Feo is joining Unity from Experian, where he spent nearly five years as SVP of global sales and later as chief business officer. Before that, he […]
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Marketers
Subtracting The Pluses; From Frenemies To Good Old Enemies
Apple TV is losing its plus; Agentic AI is ruining the ad tech equilibrium; and Google insists that search is still solid.
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Marketers
How To Advertise To Advertisers At Ad Industry Events (Like Advertising Week)
People in New York City are bombarded by ads at every turn. But targeted ads? For your industry? While you’re on your way to an event for that industry? The surreality of that experience can still pack a punch, like it did last week at Advertising Week New York.
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Marketers
AI Is Helping Brand Safety Break Free From Blocklists
Brand safety has been broken for a long time. Kieran Geyer, a paid media manager at insurance company Prudential, is still having a lot of the same brand-safety problems today as he did years ago, he said last week during a panel at Advertising Week in New York City. And it’s pretty damned frustrating. Depending […]
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