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The Guardian brings The Filter to the U.S. in affiliate commerce push

The Guardian is bringing its product recommendation site, The Filter, stateside – a year after its U.K. launch – as it looks to push harder into commerce revenue.  The move reflects the publisher’s goal to grow commerce into a bigger slice of its revenue pie, alongside ads and membership donations. Digital reader revenue grew nearly

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Media Briefing: From standards to marketplaces: the AI ‘land grab’ is on 

This week’s Media Briefing looks at the growingly crowded AI space, with trade groups, vendors and startups all vying to set AI standards and build marketplaces that help publishers monetize their content. Inside the AI ‘land grab’ – and why it may benefit publishers The Economist launches video show, OpenAI and Meta introduce AI video

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Nike’s tentative turnaround suggests its return to brand plan is working 

Nike’s turn away from its performance-led marketing strategy looks like it’s getting the 61-year-old company back on track. The brand’s latest quarterly earnings report showed a mixed financial picture; revenues increased 1% year on year to $11.7 billion, but profits were down 31%, squeezed by President Donald Trump’s tariff regime. Perhaps it’s the stretch before

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TikTok’s U.S. ownership shift raises creator concerns over algorithm changes

The picture of TikTok’s future in the U.S. is starting to come into focus. With a U.S. ownership deal looming, influencers and content creators fear the algorithm, TikTok’s so-called secret sauce, will become a political battleground.  More details of the proposed deal were announced last week. U.S. based companies, like Oracle, venture capital firm Andreessen

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Digiday Media Agency Report 2025: How clients are experimenting and spending — from AI to tariffs

01 Introduction Just a short year ago, ad forecasters and agencies alike optimistically predicted that ad spending would significantly increase in 2025. But a lot has changed for media agencies (and businesses worldwide) since then. President Donald Trump’s tariffs have already affected client spending, and there is lingering uncertainty among agency executives about how tariffs

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