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Does Google Know What’s Going On Back There?; Content Creators Contend With AI

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Thanks And Sorry Google is notifying accounts regarding a recent oopsie-daisy involving Merchant Center accounts purchasing ads for random products – even direct competitors.  Google glitches and ad credits are common, and cryptically explained. But this time is new because there were two […]

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Digiday+ Research: TikTok moves ahead of YouTube for brands’ video-focused social media marketing

Interested in sharing your perspectives on the media and marketing industries? Join the Digiday research panel. YouTube is likely the first platform that comes to mind when marketers are thinking about their video strategies, but when it comes to video-focused social media, TikTok has undeniably strong footing — in fact, this year it surpassed YouTube

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Future’s Jon Steinberg shares his philosophy on AI content licensing deals

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts • Stitcher • Spotify Big changes came for the media industry in 2024.  Between generative AI technology companies spending millions of dollars to license their content and Google flip-flopping on third-party cookie deprecation plans, publishers have had a lot to sort through. Continue reading this article on digiday.com. Sign up for Digiday

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Job seekers encounter a ‘brutal and frustrating’ hiring market in e-commerce

This story originally published on sister site, Modern Retail. When Nate – not his real name – went on the job market earlier this summer, he figured it would be tough as someone looking for a mid-high to senior-level marketing role within the e-commerce industry. “I’ve got a network, and I’m extremely active – and

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Marketing Briefing: How brand safety has changed — even as Musk goes after GARM

There’s been a spotlight on brand safety this month.  August kicked off with the X lawsuit against the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) and a few advertisers. That suit shattered GARM leaving the future of GARM’s suitability standards in flux. Elon Musk isn’t alone in going after the

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Netflix Looks to Scale Ad Tier, Automatically Enrolls Basic Plan Users Into Ads Plan

When Netflix debuted its ad-supported tier in 2022, users were not automatically enrolled in the plan. Now, around two years later, the streamer is making some changes. In July, Netflix announced it was eliminating its cheapest ad-free tier, the Basic plan, in the United States and France–and some Netflix subscribers shared on Reddit and X…

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How publishers reduce the risk of political ads to drive revenue

Gavin Dunaway, marketing director, The Media Trust Good news for local media, particularly news sites, has been in short supply for the last several years. However, the estimated $16 billion in U.S. political advertising spend expected in 2024 may be a lifeline for digital publications dealing with advertisers’ economic anxiety and overzealous brand safety blocking.

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