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OPINION: The Sell Sider
Dynamic Take Rates Are A Market-Wide Squeeze Disguised As Innovation
The pitch for dynamic take rates is reasonable. Total volume goes up, and the publisher sees more impressions clearing. But the problem is where the extra volume comes from.
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CTV Buyers Are Getting The Show-Level Performance Optimization They’ve Always Wanted
A collaboration between InterMedia Advertising, Peer39 and Pontiac Intelligence provided show-level cost-per-acquisition data for 94% of CTV ad impressions.
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Kickbacks Takes An Outsider’s View While Bringing Ads To AI Agents
Andrew McCalip is a founding engineer at Varda Space Industries, where he oversees the manufacturing of things like hypersonic reentry vehicles and satellite buses.
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MFA Ad Spend Is Increasing. Is AI Slop To Blame?
This year, the percentage of ad spend going toward made-for-advertising (MFA) sites went up instead of down for the first time since 2023.
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Advertisers Await Programmatic Pause Ads
The IAB Tech Lab is working on standardizing programmatic signals for new streaming TV ad formats, including pause ads. Meanwhile, many brands are eager to add pause ads to their repertoire.

