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Using machine learning to automate and optimize ads is familiar to publishers. For years, this tech has helped publishers tune floors and serve the best ads behind the scenes. Now, publishers are exploring automation and optimization through agentic AI. Many publishers have identified a similar use case: sales agents who actively make decisions in the […]

For years, “inventory cleanup” (or “rationalization”) meant one thing: curating the domain list. Whitelists, blacklists, inclusion lists, MFA lists, premium lists, “approved publisher” lists. The industry uses them to reduce risk, improve quality and create a sense of control in an open marketplace that often feels chaotic. That era is ending.  It’s not because domain […]

When one hears “agent” these days, one automatically thinks “AI” – but that’s not what this story is about. This is a story about how agencies are losing what makes them agents – as in, putting the interests of their clients first. Ad agency holding companies are among the most adaptable businesses out there. In recent […]

Camera brand Nikon hosts free camera workshops during the South by Southwest festival to spur shoppers to try cameras and post pictures.

Women’s sports are no longer just a cultural signal for brands — they’re becoming a strategic cornerstone of the modern media mix. As investment accelerates and audiences scale, marketers are discovering that these environments deliver more than goodwill or alignment; they drive measurable business outcomes. WPP Media, in partnership with EDO, Adverteyes, and VideoAmp, has […]

For senior leaders, marketing performance has rarely looked more measurable. Dashboards are cleaner, efficiency metrics are stable and optimization systems promise continuous improvement at scale. Yet many organizations are encountering a paradox: Performance appears strong, while durable growth remains elusive. Today, there’s a widening gap between what modern marketing systems are designed to optimize and […]

Amit Patel had been a longtime user of MyFitnessPal, a health and nutrition tracking app, before joining a year ago as CRO. One of the reasons he joined, Patel told AdExchanger, is that he felt there was “untapped potential” in the app’s approach to advertising. Fast-forward to today, and MyFitnessPal has just announced the launch […]

More than 80% of companies saw no noticeable productivity gains despite widespread AI adoption, per a recent National Bureau of Economic Research survey.

Over the last six years, the Pinterest Predicts annual trends report has had an 88-percent accuracy rate, making it less of a forecast and more of a blueprint for what’s to come

CEO and Founder Scott Tannen shares how the Boll & Branch customer service team discovered an AI generated photo of damaged sheets in an attempt to get a free product.