Marketing

Primed For Context; Streamers Turn A Profit, But Will It Last?

Prime Numbers A pitch deck procured by ADWEEK indicates that Amazon will soon begin allowing far more granular contextual targeting for Prime Video inventory. Currently, advertisers can target Prime Video based on genre, like horror, action or sports. The new targeting parameters will also blend audience and media characteristics, such as “female voices,” “top trending,” […]

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ChatGPT referral traffic to publishers’ sites has nearly doubled this year

ChatGPT is sending more of its traffic to publishers’ sites.  Of the traffic OpenAI’s generative AI platforms send to external websites, 83% went to news and media sites in April, up from 64% in January, according to Similarweb data shared with Digiday.  Referral traffic from ChatGPT also continues to grow this year. ChatGPT sent 243.8

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The Rundown: How Google is sizing up to the DOJ in its ad tech antitrust trial

Related Insights Google on Trial Assessing the fallout of Google’s ad tech antitrust trial Read More Participants in the Google antitrust trial are entering the final furlong, with Google on Monday (May 19) countering the Justice Department’s remedy proposals after Justice Leonie Brinkema ruled its ad tech stack a monopoly last month. Of course, Google’s

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Media Briefing: Less clicks, more problems: What Google’s AI Mode means for publishers

This week’s Media Briefing looks at what AI Mode, the latest generative AI search experience Google has rolled out, means for publishers’ search referral traffic. Users’ queries in AI Mode are two to three times the length of traditional searches, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said during the company’s annual I/O developer conference on Tuesday. Google

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‘We’re seeing an immense uplift in the scale’: How generative AI is fueling the next wave of ad tech fraud

AI may be fueling a fresh chapter in ad tech fraud — and not in ways the industry is ready for. Generative AI content farms are stealing publishers’ ads.txt files to hijack ad revenue, according to DoubleVerify, which has been tracking the activity since January.  The tech company has been investigating what it has dubbed

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How publishers like Texas Monthly and Axios turn engagement data into revenue

Publishers have long chased growth through social platforms and short-term traffic spikes. These tactics often prioritize volume over value, inflating reach without building meaningful relationships or translating into lasting engagement or revenue. Without meaningful data or audience insights, personalization efforts fall flat, revenue is unpredictable, subscription offers miss their mark and ad performance suffers. Instead,

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Prog IO: Tariffs Continue To Impact Advertisers Across All Industries

It’s not a news flash that advertisers aren’t happy about the effects of tariffs. And they only expect things to get worse. Forty-three percent of advertisers believe the business climate will further deteriorate over the next three months, according to an April study conducted by Advertiser Perceptions. That’s the highest rate that Advertiser Perceptions has

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Coca-Cola grants vote of confidence to WPP with Open X renewal

WPP has retained its account with Coca-Cola, one its largest clients, according to the global beverage giant’s chief marketing officer Manuel Arroyo. Writing on LinkedIn, the CMO said Coca-Cola had renewed its partnership with WPP and credited it with delivering “significant value” to the firm, which is one of the world’s largest advertisers. “I’m happy

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Google And Amazon Flex Their AI-Powered Ad Tech And Creative Suites

Google and Amazon compete for people’s time and wallets, and for advertisers’ budgets. And on Wednesday, they both kicked off their marketing industry conferences and announced a round of big ad tech news focused on how they’re trying to differentiate their offerings to the industry. Here’s a breakdown of the important takeaways from Google Marketing

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