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How employment is projected to transform in media during the AI era

The latest round of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is expected next week (July 3), with more recent statistics indicating the upcoming numbers are unlikely to cause much positivity in the space, as the wider marketing industry goes through a period of unparalleled disruption.  BLS numbers for May 2025 indicate the total number of jobs […]

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Why The FTC Tied The Omnicom-IPG Merger To Brand Safety

The FTC approved the Omnicom-IPG merger, but with a brand-safety caveat: The agencies cannot create agency-level blocklists of any media that’s political or ideological. With Ad Fontes CEO Vanessa Otero, we unpack the consent order’s ramifications. The post Why The FTC Tied The Omnicom-IPG Merger To Brand Safety appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Four Guys Who Built Publisher Ad Servers Are Out To Fix Publisher Ad Servers

Publisher ad ops teams often must wrangle campaign data from multiple different ad servers to get the maximum ad revenue yield. The pub tech SaaS startup Swivel wants to make that process much less manual and time-consuming with an AI-driven yield optimization tool designed by people who used to build ad servers. The company –

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Why omnichannel advertising needs gaming at its core

Melinda Spence, head of measurement and insights, Activision Blizzard Media At a time when audience attention is increasingly difficult to hold, brands that incorporate gaming into their omnichannel strategies enjoy a significant advantage. A robust omnichannel approach meets consumers where they are with consistent, relevant experiences across devices, platforms and touchpoints.  Gaming aligns naturally with

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Zuckerberg bets big on AI with $14B stake and talent hunt

Meta is ramping up its investment in artificial intelligence by going after some of the most talked-about startups and people in the space. Reports say CEO Mark Zuckerberg has approached several AI companies for potential acquisitions, including Perplexity AI, Runway, Thinking Machines (co-founded by ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati), and Safe Superintelligence (SSI), started by former…

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