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Unlocking the Power of In-Store Retail Media with Grocery TV’s Marlow Nickell
Grocery TV’s Marlow Nickell joins AdExchanger’s Inside the Stack to explain why in-store retail media is “inevitable” and what brands miss when they overlook the shelf.
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Nowhere To Go But Up; Rolling Out The (Code) Red Carpet
Newsweek launches an AI-powered homepage to offset traffic losses from AI search; OpenAI pulls an emergency pivot back to focusing on ChatGPT; and copycats dilute the impact of Spotify Wrapped.
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Omnicom Downsizes But OmniPlusses; VCs Aren’t Buying Dotcoms
Omnicom is making more cuts; investors aren’t interesting in publishing; and OpenAI is still on the fence about ads.
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Is Enshittification Really Such A Bad Thing?; The Android Beta Reveal
Can more ads be better?; Speaking of, ChatGPT’s Android beta code reveals a looming ad business; The web’s new puppy dogs.
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Daily Mail Launches A Social Media Agency; AI Eats The Food Blogs’ Lunch
DMG Media has a new social-focused agency services biz; AI search and AI slop sites are cannibalizing recipe sites; and a new TikTok trend blasts brands for not delivering free stuff they didn’t promise.
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TJX Wins Without An RMN; Unlearning To Crawl
Is TJX recession proof?; Amazon is blocking OpenAI; and Meta is in hot water with the US Senate.
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Trying To Make Kokai Happen; EU Readies GDPR Changes
The Trade Desk gets insistent with Korai again; the EU is rethinking hashed IDS; and is the AI industry becoming a cartel?
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From Creators To Haters; BidSwitch Says ‘No More Free Scrapes’
After pulling back on moderation, Instagram gets flooded with antisemites; BidSwitch builds a programmatic way for AI bots to pay to crawl websites; and nearly half of Gen Z dislikes AI content.
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What’s The (Sem)Rush?; AI’s Insights Are Out Of Sight
Adobe acquires SEO tech business Semrush; brands want to know what AI search engines think of them; and the LGBTQ community is an under-targeted audience.
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AI Search Tools Face Monetization Crunch; And So Does Kids Content
There’s no magic bullet for AI search optimization; how kids’ media monetizes outside of YouTube; and hey, whatever happened to the TikTok ban?
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Havas Says Let’s ‘Have Us’ WPP; GDPR You Kidding Me
Havas makes a play for WPP; The European Commission is getting simplified; and retail chains are monetizing their Muzak.
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Winning In The Privacy Biz; Monopoly Money
OneTrust wants to get bought; Europe wants Google to tweak its ad tech; and the DHS is spending more on ads than ever.
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Isn’t It Gross; API, A Pain In …
Omnicom revamps its revenue reporting; Amazon will now charge for access to its Selling Partner API; and brands seek sponsorship deals with all sorts of social creators.
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A Kick In The Back Over Kickbacks; The New Jolta Media
A former exec sues WPP over an alleged retaliatory firing; Jolt acquires Volta Media from Shell; and AI defamation litigation is on the rise.
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Braving The Elements; How Will The Agents Be Paid?
Lesser-known browser Brave comes out of the woodwork; agentic chatbots require new ad practices; and private equity can endanger both brands and publishers.
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The Daily (Mail’s) Dose Of Medicine; No Time To Wait On Pause Ads
The Daily Mail deals with AI overviews; pause ads are the new hotness; and YouTube fights back against ad blockers.
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Hold On, Holdcos; Rags To Riches
Dentsu is for sale; Associated Press is scraping its own archives; and AI is infiltrating newsrooms.
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The Meta Fraud Tithe; AI Is Out-Negotiating SaaS
Meta is profiting from fraudulent ads; LLMs are taking advantage of SaaS pricing policies; and agencies aren’t going under… yet.
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Netflix Ditches MAUs; Streaming Into Trouble
Netflix announces a new way to measure viewership; streaming and smart TV companies face data collection investigations; and Polymarket ads incentivized losing bets.
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LiveRamp Donates A Protocol; Time For A Spot Check
LiveRamp’s gift could make IAB Tech Lab’s AI consent model workable; Spotify hypes video podcast growth and nabs a bigger ad margin; and Coke launches another AI holiday ad campaign.
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OPINION: Daily News RoundupReady, Set, ’Bo; Kimberly-Clark And Johnson & Johnson
Fubo had a good quarter; Kenvue is having a bad time; and the holiday season has started earlier than ever this year.
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Waah Waah Call The Ad-bulance; Meta’s Customer Disservice
The Trade Desk is going after Amazon; Facebook creators are going after Meta; and everybody’s going after Warner Bros. Discovery.
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Wire And Plastic Products Gets Back To Basics; MeTube TV
WPP aims to turn around faster; YouTube TV tips the carriage deal market; and Roblox takes its time on video ads.
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Tylenol’s Marketing Team Feels the Pain; When Product Placement Becomes Slop
Tylenol maker Kenvue navigates pushing back against the Trump administration’s claims; viewers of Nobody Wants This are tired of product placement; and US Census data might become less privacy-safe.
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Never Mind About The Whole TID Thing; Live Sports Still Wins On Universal Reach
Prebid changes its mind on universal TIDs; streaming media takes advantage of live events; and short-form video clips are (still) all the rage.
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Condé At A Crossroads; The Cloud Wars Heat Up
Condé Nast doesn’t think advertising will save it; AWS strikes a blow against Google’s cloud service; and Paramount+ is going to have to pivot.
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Its Ads Or Innovation; And For OpenAI, It’ll Be Ads
Procter & Gamble is spending less on ads; OpenAI is spending more on ads; and guess which side of the scale Mondelez is falling on?
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The DIY Agency; YouTube’s Dynamic Change
WPP puts AI tools in the hands of brands; YouTube’s dynamic sponsored segments could redefine creator monetization; and Hollywood is getting into “microdramas.”
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Sour Scrapes; (Anti)-trust The Process
Reddit sues four companies for scraping and selling (and buying) its data; Unity Software’s new zero-fee product is good news for mobile developers; and brands aren’t thrilled by TikTok shop’s latest updates.
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Why Don’t Marketers Demand Better?; Attack of the Job-Killing Robots
Wouldn’t it be great to enact standards rather than talk about them?; Amazon wants to go fully automated; and revenue doesn’t seem to drop like search traffic does.