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WBD Hopes To Buoy Linear TV Long Enough For Streaming To Find Its Way

Warner Bros. Discovery cited softer ad sales growth and the continued decline of linear TV as its reasons for missing investor expectations in Q2. Unsurprisingly, streaming ads are the biggest bright spot on WBD’s earnings report card.

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AppLovin Asks For Patience As It Grows Its Ecommerce And Consumer Ads Business

“We’re deemed a new bucket, so a testing category,” AppLovin CEO told investors regarding its nascent consumer and ecommerce ads business. “And to graduate up takes time. This stuff compounds over quarters and years.”

Magnite Doesn’t Want To Be A DSP. It Just Wants To Own The Decisioning Layer

On Wednesday, Magnite CEO Michael Barrett painted a picture of a company that’s edging into the buy side by adding more DSP-style capabilities for planning and activation.

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For Cuisinart, AI-Generated Ads Are As Handy As A Kitchen Blender

Cuisinart’s marketing team has been eager to take advantage of generative AI-based creative.

Paramount Skydance Insists The WBD Merger Will Be Good For The Media And Ad Industry

During Paramount Skydance’s Q2 earnings call, CEO David Ellison limited his remarks to a two-minute monologue about the company’s confidence in the intended merger. 

AI Agents Are Giving Publishers A New Way To Monetize Their Data

Here’s how PubMatic and Optable are using AI to help publishers turn first-party data into new ad deals and reach more buyers.