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By now, the contours of the Department of Justice’s antitrust case against Google’s ad tech business are well covered – and deeply complex. Rather than rehash what’s already been parsed to death, here’s a definite (if not exhaustive) rundown of what’s actually in play as the case moves into its next chapter.  InPublishers suing platforms Out Platforms […]

Generative AI is taking over the discovery phase, thanks to shoppers starting their online search with AI platforms like ChatGPT, Google Gemini or AI Mode. But as is with all things AI, changes are moving faster than marketers and their tech stacks can keep up with.  No doubt, generative AI has become a permanent fixture

As AI bot traffic grows, content creators are taking steps to protect their intellectual property from being scraped against their will.  The publishing industry has spent the past year battling against the encroachment of AI tech, with companies like The New York Times and Ziff Davis suing AI platforms for scraping their copyrighted content and

TV broadcasters and walled garden platforms are competing to lower the cost of ad creative. Amazon, Google, Comcast, ITV and Channel 4 are each hoping to capture their share of the long tail of ad spend as AI removes a longstanding barrier to entry for small business advertisers. Although media agencies don’t necessarily benefit from

AI Mode isn’t just the name of Google’s newest search product. It also describes the present period of digital media — and the theme of this September’s Digiday Publishing Summit. AI is no longer the next epoch of the platform era. It’s the present. Publishers are seeing generative AI chatbots siphon search traffic at the

Friday marks the end of week one of the antitrust remedies trial between Google and the Department of Justice (DOJ). The trial will determine the punishments and required changes for Google following the court’s decision in April that it operates an illegal monopoly in the publisher ad exchange and ad server markets for open web

Will Google need to spin off its ad exchange and ad server? Court is in session in Virgina, with the DOJ and Google advocating for completely different remedies to Google’s sell-side ad tech monopoly. The post Calculating The Odds On The Google Spinoff appeared first on AdExchanger.

Influencer marketing has moved far beyond celebrity endorsements and vanity metrics. Today, the most effective partnerships are built on trust, relevance, and genuine audience connection—not just big follower numbers. The challenge? With countless creators online, finding the right fit can feel overwhelming. The key is knowing what to look for. Start with Your Audience Before…