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America’s Test Kitchen Puts Direct And Programmatic Access On Its Menu
America’s Test Kitchen introduced direct and programmatic buying for its free ad-supported TV channels – marking the first time it’s selling ad inventory as a standalone package.
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The Rise Of Principal Media And The End Of The Agencies As We Knew Them
Ad agency holding companies are among the most adaptable businesses out there. In recent years holdcos like Publicis, WPP and Omnicom-IPG have stretched our notions of what an agency business even is exactly.
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PODCAST: The Big Story
The Media Spend Skim
Principal-based buying is on the rise, and it’s causing conflict between agencies and ad tech partners. Plus: What are sell-side agents, and how could they help publishers?
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Beyond Programmatic: A New Model For Buying Premium CTV Inventory
If you buy CTV advertising, you’ve likely encountered two approaches to securing premium inventory: programmatic guaranteed (PG) and buying direct, also referred to as direct IO (DIO).
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What Does A Beta Test Of A Sell-Side Agent Look Like?
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 auction on behalf of the publisher.

