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On Wednesday, Warner Bros. Discovery hosted its first quarterly earnings call with investors since agreeing to sell itself to Paramount SkyDance over Netflix in late February. The post Warner Bros Discovery’s Oscar Collection Grew In Q1, But Its Revenue Did Not appeared first on AdExchanger.

Criteo shares dropped by 20% Wednesday morning after the company reported shaky Q1 earnings and revised its guidance downward for the rest of the year. The amount spent by advertisers on Criteo was up, and exceeded $1 billion for the first time in Q1 (generally the lowest ebb of the year for advertising overall). But

On Wednesday, Josh D’Amaro led his first earnings call as the new CEO of Disney. The company closed last quarter with $25.2 billion in revenue, a 7% year-over-year increase. Disney Entertainment advertising revenue rose 5% YOY, and streaming revenue overall was up 13%.  ESPN ad revenue was down 2% year over year, although subscription and

The buzz around Criteo’s groundbreaking partnership with OpenAI was palpable during the ad tech company’s first-quarter earnings call earlier today, but an earlier-tipped lag in retail media spend, plus slowed performance media spend, impacted its revenue during the quarter.  Despite Criteo’s leadership assuring the markets that it would return to growth by the end of

People Inc. is making “who needs Google?” an entire business philosophy. The company – still technically IAC, though it’s rebranding to People Inc. – is undergoing a major reorganization. The company has spent the past few years revamping its structure to be less dependent on search and social platforms, senior executive and chairman Barry Diller

The last decade of app marketing drove massive success in downloads thanks in large part to preloads, install campaigns and carrier partnerships. But the app download is just the beginning. Ninety percent of new users stop using an app after seven days, eMarketer warns. How do we turn those installs into sustained engagement? We need

The CTV ecosystem has spent the last two years insisting that the antidote to complexity is “direct supply.” Buyers are told that if they transact closer to the source, they will regain transparency, control and efficiency. Publishers are told that eliminating hops will restore the value of their environments. Most CTV impressions flow through distribution

Sparring Partners Agentic advertising is forging a wave of unexpected programmatic alliances. Last week, The Trade Desk announced a partnership to embed its DSP in another platform – a first for the company – giving joint customers access via Pacvue and Skai. Likewise, affiliate rivals Rakuten and Impact announced a major strategic partnership last week.  An

Three months into testing ads, OpenAI has significantly changed. An ads manager is now up and running, pricing has come down and ad tech partnerships have been struck. What hasn’t shifted is the pitch to advertisers: we want test budget ad dollars, not search. That’s a notable position for a platform that just made performance-based