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Media Briefing: As AI search grows, a cottage industry of GEO vendors is booming

This week’s Media Briefing looks at the influx of GEO vendors promising publishers and brands better visibility in AI search — and why some in the industry are skeptical. The GEO gold rush Yahoo sells Engadget, AP says AI in newsroom is inevitable, and more. Inside the GEO cottage industry The race to show up

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Target looks to e-commerce, advertising investments to help grow the business

This story was originally published on sister site, Modern Retail. Technology is one of the most important areas Target will invest in with the hopes of returning to profit growth. The company expects rapid growth in its retail media network, Roundel, and its Target+ marketplace, which will help increase its operating income margin rate. Target

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Yahoo pauses IAB membership amid a series of quiet cost-saving measures

While Yahoo is a far cry from its peak during the dot-com bubble, its audience size, brand value, and underlying technology continue to attract advertiser interest.     However, that legacy is valued by some more than others (apparently), with sources telling Digiday that recent maneuverings point to a shift in priorities – particularly as its private

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‘Not a big part of the work’: Meta’s LLM bet has yet to touch its core ads business

Using large language models for ranking is a future bet, not a current reality at Meta.  The company’s CFO Susan Li made the admission at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecommunications conference in San Francisco on Wednesday (March 4). In an industry where execs routinely overstate how far along their AI transformation actually is,

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