Marketing

Snap Stops Grading Its Own Homework

Advertisers don’t always trust the measurement they get directly from ad platforms. Snap gets it. Buyers need third-party measurement and a system with checks and balances to “assign credit where credit is due,” Fintan Gillespie, Snap’s global director of ad partnerships, told AdExchanger. On Wednesday, Snap announced a new product called Unified Attribution that aligns

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Three Takeaways From POSSIBLE That Signal Where CTV Is Headed Next

Coming back from POSSIBLE last month, one thing stood out to me: Streaming TV has entered a much more operational phase. The conversation has evolved from where streaming is headed to how marketers drive better performance today. The content and conversations focused on how AI can improve campaign execution, how data can sharpen targeting and

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Google expands AI Search, shopping, and content verification tools

Google has announced new AI features across Search, shopping, payments, and content verification, covering consumer products and Google Cloud. The updates, announced at Google I/O 2026, cover Search, Gemini, YouTube, Gmail, Chrome, Pixel, Google Wallet, and Google Cloud. They include changes to product discovery, checkout, task management, and media verification. Google updates AI Mode in

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Are Chatbots Replacing Search?; AI Is Muddying How Ad Tech Describes Itself

Chat To Cart As more people use AI chatbots for, well, everything, advertisers need to blow up their old playbook. Take product research. Brands have a tremendous opportunity to get in front of consumers as they move away from classic Google Search in favor of recommendations from AI, according to Debra Aho Williamson, founder of

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‘Moved that drop dead date’: Omnicom accelerates LiveRamp exit after Publicis deal

Omnicom was already planning to cut LiveRamp loose. Publicis buying it just moved up the date. Before the deal, the plan was to let the contract with LiveRamp run its course until the first quarter of 2028 and walk away. Publicis changed that. The acquisition is expected to close by year end, and when it

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U.S. CPG manufacturers are sitting on excess capacity, which could be a boon for brands

This article was first published by Digiday sibling Modern Retail. CPG manufacturers in the U.S. are sitting on excess capacity that’s just waiting to support a new wave of brand growth. Keychain, a platform that connects brands with manufacturers, released its 2026 CPG Intelligence Report this week, which included a survey of over 1,000 CPG

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Digiday+ Research: The marketers’ 2026 guide to a shifting CTV landscape, including YouTube, Peacock and Roku

Keeping the complexities of marketing channels in mind, Digiday+ Research has analyzed strategies and challenges across leading marketing channels — like retail media, influencer marketing and social media — to identify key trends and best practices in our CMO Strategies series. In this installment, Digiday+ Research focuses on an analysis of the ad-supported streaming landscape

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