Marketing

‘The year where the dust settles’: Digiday editors share 2026 predictions

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Spotify If 2025 was the year of loose ends, expect 2026 to be the year where the dust settles, at least that’s what Digiday managing editor Sara Jerde is predicting. Jerde joined executive editor of news Seb Joseph on a recent episode of the Digiday Podcast with hosts Tim Peterson and […]

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Ad Tech Briefing: CES marks the opening of digital advertising’s (likely) year of consolidation

Historically, the Consumer Electronics Show was the January kick-off event where media buyers could eye the hardware onto which they could festoon their clients’ wares. Manufacturers of household goods took center stage.  However, now the lines of the traditional business calendar have blurred, making it difficult to delineate between industry verticals. Sources characterized CES, which

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At CES, Omnicom Media ties a deal with Walmart purchase data into Meta’s influencer followers

If you’ve been living under a rock, you might not know how pervasive influencers have become to marketers and agencies looking to sell products or services. At Omnicom Media, there’s an effort to scientifically quantify that, er, influence.  Digiday has learned that Omnicom Media today is unveiling a partnership that connects Walmart customer purchase data

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‘This is what the future will look like’: Accenture Song has moved upstream of advertising

Nearly a decade after it began acquiring agencies, Accenture’s marketing arm is now comparable to the largest ad agency holdcos — and is still aggressively expanding — while sitting outside many of the structural constraints that define them. Accenture Song generated roughly $20 billion in revenue over its last fiscal 2025, up 8% on the

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