Marketing

Publishers swap traffic angst for strategy in Q3 earnings

The tone has flipped: instead of lamenting lost clicks, publishers are outlining where and how they’re building sustainable growth. That’s been a key throughline in third-quarter publisher earnings calls: People Inc. saw search traffic declines that hurt its overall digital ad revenue, but was confident its strategy to focus on AI licensing and off-platform reach […]

Publishers swap traffic angst for strategy in Q3 earnings Read More »

The End Of Endless Scale: How AI Is Forcing A Rethink Of What ‘Data-Driven’ Really Means

As the digital advertising industry enters a new phase of maturity, so does its relationship with data. Going into 2026, marketers’ long-standing obsession with scale is giving way to something more grounded: a push for smarter, actionable, owned data. Scale still matters. But it isn’t sufficient on its own anymore, nor do we achieve in

The End Of Endless Scale: How AI Is Forcing A Rethink Of What ‘Data-Driven’ Really Means Read More »