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DOJ Divided Over Paramount’s WBD Deal; M&A Is So Back

Paramounting Concerns On Monday, the DOJ closed a months-long investigation of the merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery – but some staffers weren’t satisfied with the process. Per the Wall Street Journal, career staffers at the DOJ hadn’t made a final recommendation, but were planning to challenge the bid over antitrust concerns.  The

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Future of TV Briefing: Fox finds its programmatic identify in Roku

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how Fox’s acquisition of Roku bolsters the former’s streaming — specifically, programmatic streaming — advertising business. Fox + Roku Netflix’s M&A activity, Paramount’s WBD deal status, Bravo’s upfront attraction and more Fox + Roku Well, that’s one way to modernize an advertising business. This is a member-exclusive

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WPP Media is testing synthetic audiences based on charity donations for programmatic buys

Synthetic audiences have become a common tool within media agencies, but buyers drew a line at using them in programmatic buying. WPP Media’s latest move may redraw that line. The British agency holding company’s media arm struck a partnership with Givsly, a tech company founded in 2019, to use synthetic audiences based in part on

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