Marketing

How marketers, creators vet influencer agencies as the creator economy continues to expand

When major marketers like Unilever are saying they’re dramatically increasing their ad spending on influencer marketing, the agencies who manage influencer marketing are, naturally, chomping at the bit to get those ad dollars. But when everyone, even more traditional ad agencies, are after brand dollars — in a market where most ad budgets are tightening […]

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Media Briefing: Publishers are frustrated — and quietly grateful — after Google’s cookie u-turn

In this week’s Media Briefing, publishers say that after years of preparing for Google’s deprecation of third-party cookies in the Chrome browser, the tech giant’s u-turn this week felt like a slap. And yet, they say their investment in cookieless solutions and focus on first-party data hasn’t been a waste. Publishers are frustrated but also

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Digiday+ Research Data Sheet: The state of subscription pricing

This is the Digiday+ Research Data Sheet, a new monthly feature that takes an in-depth look at our survey data in relation to major trends in the marketing and media industries. This month, we look at how publishers are approaching subscription pricing and how subscriptions drive other revenue streams for publishers. “We are subscription first

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The FTC’s New Consumer Protection Chief Plans To Be Objective About Targeted Advertising

Back in 2022, the term “surveillance advertising” became common parlance at the Federal Trade Commission. But you won’t catch any of the current commissioners or key staff invoking that term anymore. Using pejorative labels, like “surveillance advertising,” for example, “does nothing to help us understand the practice,” said Christopher Mufarrige, the newly appointed director of

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Who’s Driving Your Identity Strategy?

Managing first-party data – and, by extension, your identity strategy – has never been more critical in today’s evolving digital landscape. The landscape has also never been more challenging to navigate. As privacy regulations shift and consumer expectations rise, brands are working to acquire more first-party data assets to enable direct relationships and build more personalized experiences

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