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Silence isn’t safe: Why brands need transparency to build trust

When footage of Astronomer’s CEO and chief people officer at a Coldplay concert went viral last summer, it quickly spiralled from a lighthearted clip into a reputational crisis. In hours, global headlines framed the incident as a test of leadership and accountability. Astronomer’s communications team eventually defused the situation with a quick, transparent response, but… […]

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Why Shipt, The Target-Owned Same-Day Delivery Service, Added Yahoo As Its DSP

Welcome and welcome back to the AdExchanger Commerce Media Newsletter. I’m James Hercher, your guide through this messy terrain. For this week’s edition, I caught up with Julio Loredo, senior director of media at Shipt, the same-day delivery service owned by Target. Loredo is in an interesting position – by which I mean the “senior

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How EssentiallySports’ creator program benefits both sides of the equation

As creators rise, publishers are finding that they can partner with creators to produce original content and generate value for both sides of the equation. Over the past year, the sports news publication EssentiallySports has employed creators to make in-house video and editorial content around major tentpole sporting events — and thus far, the experiment has

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Media Briefing: Overheard at the Digiday Publishing Summit, September 2025 Google search edition

This week’s Media Briefing recaps what publishers had to say about Google’s changes to its search experience and results page — and its impact on their referral traffic and their relationship with the tech giant — during the Digiday Publishing Summit’s closed-door town hall sessions. Overheard at DPS Trump sues NYT, Penske sues Google, and

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Marketers warm to AI, but creative challenges and legal risks still loom

No doubt, generative AI tools have optimized the creative process, edging marketers closer to personalized content at scale. But not all marketers are sold on AI for final campaign assets, especially ones with human likeness. While generative AI has been used by the industry at large to produce everything from pitch decks to campaign assets,

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Ad execs hope quarterly earnings reform can ease short-termism, but it’s no silver bullet

Elliott Hill needs a good holiday. The CEO of Nike promised shareholders and analysts in June that his company had now borne the worst side effects of his turnaround treatment. “We believe full recovery will take time,” he said during its Q4 earnings call. At the end of this month, they’ll want to see early

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How media companies are escaping the digital ad tech maze to meet the demand for cross-platform campaigns

As audience behavior evolves to include cross-platform media consumption, advertisers are responding to this shift by demanding outcome-focused, cross-platform advertising campaign strategies. To keep up with this increased demand, publishers must adopt new technologies to move forward. The goal is to create tech stacks that address the challenge of cross-platform ad sales and improve efficiency.

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