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Curation Is Changing Programmatic — But Not Always For The Better

For years, programmatic advertising has operated on the assumption that most buyers didn’t really want to know how the system works. That’s changing. More advertisers are asking harder questions about where their media dollars actually go, and those questions increasingly come from mid-market agencies that would historically rely on DSPs to manage the complexity of

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When Last Touch Is By Ear; Drip Pricing, Named For The Torture Method

Can You Hear Me Now? What do you think of when you hear the term “programmatic audio?” Podcasts or streaming music probably pop to mind. But don’t forget about in-store audio, you know, the radio-ish channels playing in the background at the supermarket. Discount retailer Dollar General has outfitted 6,000 of its 21,000 locations with

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Ad Tech Briefing: The Trade Desk’s ‘changing of the guard’ and a ‘sign of the times’

Last week, separate developments emerged, each involving nuanced interpretations of the word ‘exit’ and simultaneously representing the contemporary challenges independent ad tech companies must traverse.  These two entities are: MiQ and The Trade Desk, with the former announcing its second quickfire acquisition in recent weeks, while the latter saw the exit of three senior execs. 

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MrBeast is so big, Beast Industries turns down eight-figure brand deals if they aren’t the right fit

Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson just hosted a two-day, multi-platform “50 Streamers” competition that exceeded 1 billion total views within the first three days. The latest MrBeast offering, which pitted 50 streamers against each other in competitions with the winner getting $1 million, dipped into the livestreaming space, with its Easter Sunday grand finale drawing 1.75 million

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