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From page views to propensity: How the Daily Mail is retooling for a zero-click world

The Mail still plays in the big-numbers league. But inside the newsroom, the dials are quietly being reset. Page views, once the dominant metric on every dashboard, are being pushed aside in favor of time spent, repeat visits and what Mail executives call a “golden metric” of quality engagement. The urgency behind that reset is […]

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Hot Take: YouTube Shouldn’t Rely On Creators To Convince Brands It’s TV

Platforms using talent to corroborate sales pitches is nothing new – the TV upfronts have always included publishers peacocking their talent to impress buyers. But YouTube arguably juggles an additional obligation to act in accordance with its self-imposed competitive differentiator: authenticity. The post Hot Take: YouTube Shouldn’t Rely On Creators To Convince Brands It’s TV

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The Rundown: Q1 dealmaking cools across ad tech and martech as AI remains the hottest ticket

The last two weeks witnessed separate mergers and acquisitions in the ad tech sector, a stark contrast to the opening three weeks of the year, according to statistics from LUMA Partners released this week.  The deals in question were Viant’s intended $40 million purchase of TVision, an announcement made a day after True Anthem’s takeover

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