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Media Buying Briefing: Upfront sports is getting the job done – but it’s not helping the rest of the market move

As expected, professional sports inventory is selling rapidly in this year’s upfront marketplace, notably the NFL, which as one media buyer said has become “mainstream,” and no longer the place to reach just sports fans.  The rest of the upfront marketplace, historically dominated by selling entertainment content rather than sports, is slow to build any […]

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IAB Tech Lab Says Advertisers Are Excited About Pause Ads – But Are Users?

Advertisers love new ad formats, especially on connected TV. Just look at how many platforms announced their own during the IAB NewFronts and TV upfronts last month. But it’s possible to have too much of a good thing. The post IAB Tech Lab Says Advertisers Are Excited About Pause Ads – But Are Users? appeared

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The Next Phase Of Retail Media Is A Brand New World For Programmatic Vendors

Welcome back to AdExchanger’s Commerce Media Newsletter. This week, we’re checking in on Pacvue, an ad-buying platform for sponsored listings and retail search results that sits right at the heart of open programmatic retail media. Pacvue is one of a small handful of companies, alongside the likes of Skai, Omnicom-owned Flywheel Digital, Criteo and The

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Digiday+ Research: Nearly half of publishers report an increase in referral traffic from social

Interested in sharing your perspectives on the media and marketing industries? Join the Digiday research panel. Publishers have grappled with a love-hate relationship with social media platforms over the years. But as AI continues to propagate (skewing media metrics along the way), social media could be moving closer to the “love” side of the relationships

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Boston Globe, Future, Vox Media join ProRata’s generative AI licensing model

A fresh wave of publishers have signed up for generative AI startup ProRata’s revenue share program, including The Boston Globe, Vox Media and Future, as well as Fast Co. and Inc owner Mansueto Ventures. ProRata operates Gist.ai, an AI-powered search engine that utilizes licensed content to generate answers, which launched in December 2024. Today, the

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