Marketing

Advertisers are starting to walk away from platforms’ AI solutions that once promised them everything

It’s hard to deny that AI will have a larger part of media buying — even as marketers will stall, resist and negotiate every inch of the way. And who can blame them? The uneasy feeling that handing over control to AI, whether through Google’s Performance Max or Meta’s Advantage+ which each promised easier media […]

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Snapchat, LEGO, Disney and Courageous Studios are among the 2025 Digiday Media Buying and Planning Awards finalists

The Digiday Media Buying and Planning Awards recognize companies, campaigns and technology that have been most successful in the modern media landscape. This year’s nominees prioritized technology-driven storytelling, strategic brand partnerships and immersive and interactive experiences.  Snapchat and LEGO stand out in the Best Emerging Technology Campaign category for the pair’s redefined digital play with

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Warner Bros. Discovery Turns On OpenPath For Web News, But Not CTV

In February 2024, The Trade Desk (TTD) announced it was expanding its OpenPath direct-to-publisher supply connection to include CTV. But not every CTV publisher is eager to dive into OpenPath without seeing what it can do on the display side first. Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) officially launched the solution last week, Marisa Crocker, VP of

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Beyond The Cookie: How Connectivity Is Redefining Advertising’s Future

The need for addressability has been a rallying cry among advertisers for the past five years, as they search for targeting and measurement alternatives in a privacy-centric world. But clinging to outdated notions of addressability means overlooking the broader needs of today’s modern media landscape. Advertisers need to think bigger, connecting the totality of the

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Marketing Briefing: Why the topsy-turvy economic and cultural landscape led to decision ‘paralysis’ from marketers

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‘We’ve got to call their bluff’: Amidst retail media spend scrutiny, advertisers pull out of negotiations

As ad spend in the fast-growing retail media network ecosystem continues to grow, marketers and media buyers are increasingly concerned about the transparency in negotiations, otherwise known as the joint business planning (JBP) process. In response, some advertisers are pulling their ad dollars and walking away from the negotiation table. Notably, there’s been executive dysfunction

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