Marketing

Amazon tightens its grip on TV ads with AI tool built for upfront negotiations

Amazon’s grip on TV advertising keeps tightening, and now it’s gunning for the industry’s biggest payouts: upfront commitments and scatter market budgets. To do so, it’s launching Complete TV, a tool designed to make the notoriously convoluted process of managing those investments as seamless as clicking “Add to Cart”. The pitch is simple: Complete TV […]

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Rembrand CEO Omar Tawakol Joins Venture Studio Super{set} As Partner

It’s a small world after all. On Tuesday, Super{set}, a venture studio led by Tom Chavez and Vivek Vaidya – co-founders of Krux back in the day – announced that serial entrepreneur and Rembrand CEO Omar Tawakol is joining their outfit as a general partner. But just over a decade ago, Tawakol, Chavez and Vaidya were steely-eyed

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From Burger King to Bumble, These Brands are Currently Without a CMO

There is always activity in the chief marketing executive (CMO) role, and some big moves have been made over the last 12 months. Where OpenAI hired its first marketing chief, other brands such as Starbucks, Adobe, and McDonald’s said goodbye to execs and either promoted or welcomed new ones in their place. There have also…

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What The Trade Desk Means When It Talks About Premium

The Trade Desk’s (TTD) embrace of the “Premium Internet” has the ad industry wondering just what the heck the largest independent ad-buying platform means by “premium.” TTD’s FWD25 event, which took place in New York City on Thursday and was subtitled “The Rise of the Premium Internet,” provided some answers, particularly if you read between

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Why creators see Twitch’s monetization and moderation updates as the latest salvo in the livestreaming wars

Twitch is expanding its monetization and moderation tools, and creators see the move as an attempt to regain ground lost to competitors such as Kick and YouTube. In an open letter penned by Twitch CEO Dan Clancy on Feb. 27, the company revealed a slew of updates for 2025, including the opening up of monetization features

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News podcast listeners over-index on video podcast consumption

News podcast listeners are more likely to use YouTube to watch videos and consume and find podcasts, compared to non-news podcast listeners, according to a report by NPR, NPM and Sounds Profitable. “The News Podcast Consumer,” which came out last week, looked at news podcast listeners to analyze their demographics, media behaviors and consumption habits.

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