Ad Tech
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AdExchanger Talks
AI That’s Generative, Not Generic
Jay Richman, Amazon’s VP of product and technology, on how AI-generated ad creative can still stand out at scale without becoming generic or too samey samey. Plus: The risks brands face if they wait too long to embrace AI.
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Marketers
The VAB’s Latest Report Puts Nielsen’s Big Data + Panel Methodology On Blast
The VAB is accusing Nielsen’s Big Data + Panel of producing “instability, inconsistency and irrational” TV audience measurement results, particularly when compared to its legacy panel-only product.
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Marketers
Why Meta Doesn’t Mind A Scam; Working Backwards into AI Prompts
Meta’s not beating the scam ads allegations; SEO tools are getting into AI prompts; and the telcos are at it again.
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Marketers
Albertsons Launches New Off-Site Click-to-Cart Tech
The grocery chain Albertsons is trying to reduce the time and number of clicks it takes to add an item to an online shopping cart. Its new click-to-cart product should help. On Monday, Albertsons Media Collective announced the new click-to-cart product, based on its “Add-It” technology for off-site media, which is to say that those […]
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Data-Driven Thinking
When The Last Click Disappears: How AI Shopping Breaks Attribution And Rejuvenates Brand-Building
For the past three decades, most of digital advertising has revolved around one obsession: performance. Marketers leaned on channels that could prove conversions: search ads, programmatic retargeting and affiliate links. A purchase trackable to a click was gold. Multi-touch attribution (MTA) models thrived. Conversely, brand-building was often dismissed as harder to justify next to the […]
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The Big Story
Warner Bros., Netflix, Paramount: The CTV Chessboard
Netflix could acquire Warner Bros., unless Paramount swoops in or regulators intervene. How rearranging the streaming leaders could affect the CTV ad business.
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Data-Driven Thinking
How To Tell If An AI Vendor Will Still Matter In Two Years
Remember the Cinnamon Challenge, when people filmed themselves trying to swallow a spoonful of ground cinnamon in under a minute? For a short window in the early 2010s, it was everywhere – until it was gone. Now, it’s mostly remembered as one of those “What were we doing?” internet moments. And don’t get me started […]
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AdExchanger Talks
Why The Economist Is An AI Outlier
The Economist is charting its own course in the age of AI, says Nada Arnot, the 182-year-old publication’s EVP of marketing. It’s steering clear of licensing deals and lawsuits and partnering with Claude on its own terms.
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Data-Driven Thinking
AI Is Bringing MFA To Social Media. Here’s How Advertisers Can Avoid It
AI has changed content creation overnight. What once required time, skill or a production budget can now be spun up in seconds. That’s led to an explosion of low-quality, made-for-advertising (MFA) content, not just across obscure websites but on social platforms like TikTok, YouTube and Meta. For years, MFA was a mostly web-based problem: cheap, […]
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Marketers
WPP Raises Its Ad Growth Forecast Thanks To The AI Boom – But That Doesn’t Mean It Will Last
Thanks to mitigated tariff effects and the AI boom, WPP Media’s 2025 ad spend forecast has good news for marketers.