Marketing

IAB Tech Lab Has A Fix For Mislabeled Instream Video – But Ad Tech Isn’t Ready To Change

Since 2023, programmatic buyers have had a new tool for targeting instream video inventory: the IAB Tech Lab’s video.plcmt spec. Nearly all major SSPs have adopted the instream spec, but six of the top 10 DSPs hadn’t as of August, according to a Jounce Media report, and it’s unclear what their current status is. Jounce

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Marketing Briefing: Why DE&I becoming a flash point is part of ‘politicization of everything’

The state of corporate America’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) policies continue to be under a magnifying glass — with all eyes watching to see if a flame will spark from the heat.  In recent weeks, major brands like Target, Walmart, Amazon, McDonald’s and Meta, have rolled back DE&I policies. It’s unclear whether they’re publicly

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Government oversight was the ghost at the feast during this week’s IAB ALM

The IAB Annual Leadership Meeting closes today, hosted in Palm Springs, Calif., and featuring more than 1,200 high-profile industry leaders, including “marketing game-changers,” according to its promotional material.  Justifying the admittance fee, which can cost anywhere up to $5,000, notable speakers, including filmmaker Edward Norton and Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard, helped add some glamor

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What Forbes, Dotdash Meredith, BuzzFeed and other publishers are saying about AI in 2025

Publishing executives from Forbes, Dotdash Meredith, BuzzFeed and other companies detail how they’re using AI in 2025, from how they’re building AI tools and using them internally and externally, to the guardrails they have in place and the future of AI.Read Digiday’s report on how marketers are using AI. Introduction Over the past year, publishers

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Marketers are rewriting the brand safety playbook for content creators in 2025

As content creators continue to accrue fame and influence, marketers have learned that they are not beholden to traditional brand safety considerations. In the current landscape of online content creation, AMP is one of the hottest names in the game. The creator collective, whose name stands for Any Means Possible, includes popular influencers Kai Cenat,

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