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News/Media Alliance signs AI licensing deal to unlock recurring RAG revenue for small and mid-sized publishers

The News/Media Alliance is testing a new path to AI revenue, signing a licensing deal that lets its 2,200 publisher members opt in to monetizing RAG-driven enterprise demand. The deal is with AI startup company Bria, which has enterprise clients that want access to vetted, factual, specialist data to fulfill any internal agent queries as

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Publicis vs. The Trade Desk isn’t really about transparency – it’s about who gets the margin

The standoff between Publicis Groupe and The Trade Desk is widely viewed as a transparency dispute, but that’s only the surface; deeper analysis shows it’s indicative of tectonic plates shifting. Related Insights The Programmatic Marketer The Trade Desk remains the dominant DSP but its advertisers are starting to shop around Read More Away from the

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Joint signings highlight growing convergence between creator and Hollywood agencies

Creator agency Reign Maker Group and Hollywood talent agency Paradigm announced a series of joint signings, underscoring how representation models are evolving as agencies seek to diversify both their talent rosters and revenue streams. The agencies, which kicked off a partnership in October, just jointly signed three multi-hyphenates: Reza Jackson, reality star and fashion influencer;

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Alibaba targets $100B in AI and cloud revenue over 5 years as its vision for the agentic era comes into focus

This story was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail. Change is afoot at one of the world’s largest e-commerce companies as it shifts its business model to adapt to the agentic AI era.  During its latest quarterly earnings report on Thursday, Alibaba reported revenue that fell below analyst expectations. For the fiscal quarter ending

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Media Buying Briefing: Horizon’s Bob Lord on the ways agencies have to adapt to survive today

The word transparency is bandied about across the media and marketing world, with marketers demanding it (or so they say), and agencies and tech firms insisting they deliver it. But it all feels sometimes like kabuki theater, with larger-than-life protestations and apparent action, but little substance behind what’s being expressed.  That’s been a bugaboo for

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A year after Unilever, the ad-funded creator economy is still catching up to its own ambition

The creator economy had been waiting for a moment like this. For years, influencer marketing had occupied an awkward position on media plans – big enough to matter, not established enough to defend. The measurement was patchy. The contracts were informal. The boardroom case was hard to make.  Then in March 2025, Fernando Fernández walked

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AdExchanger and The Women in Programmatic Network Renew Partnership for 2026 Events to Elevate Women’s Voices in Ad Tech

New York, NY — Friday, March 20, 2026 — AdExchanger has renewed its partnership with the US chapter of The Women in Programmatic Network (TWIPN) for 2026, expanding collaboration across its flagship industry gatherings and reinforcing a shared commitment to elevating more diverse voices across the programmatic advertising ecosystem. The partnership will span Programmatic AI,

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