A team of former engineers of Google, Adobe, and DeepMind have formed a supergroup and are going on virtual tour with Pomo, a new agentic marketing intelligence platform designed for mid-market. The platform has received $4.5 million in seed funding led by Kindred Ventures (that, despite the name, are not also a band), with support […]
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New research from Affinity Solutions reveals billions in waste from optimizing on the wrong data.
Just because a company doesn’t see itself as a data broker when it looks in the mirror doesn’t mean regulators would agree. “‘I’m not a data broker’ – that’s probably what a lot of you in this room think,” said Tony Ficarrotta, VP and general counsel of the Network Advertising Initiative, addressing a small group
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Podcasts are becoming broadcasts; your kid’s college scholarship might be a data mining venture; and states are getting wise to false advertising from non-profits. The post Video Killed The Audio Star; The “No Essay” Data Ploy appeared first on AdExchanger.
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This briefing is made available to all Digiday readers through a partnership with sponsor DirecTV Advertising. Outcome. Defined as “the final result, consequence, or end product of a process, action, situation, or series of events.” It’s a perfect word to describe the hopes of sellers and marketers in this upfront marketplace, who through their agencies
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Brand spending on social video is accelerating rapidly. One contributing factor could be the practice of amplifying influencer video content on platforms like Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Once an overlooked methodology that saw marketers use small budgets to top up reach on organic creator posts, amplification is now an essential element of influencer campaign planning.
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The Economist is testing new ways of structuring content to be read solely by agents as AI engines increasingly surface and summarize news. For now, the subscription publisher is experimenting with agent‑readable versions of content that already sits outside its paywall — chiefly marketing copy and B2B sales material — and restructuring those surfaces for
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Upfront negotiations used to be about locking in access to the TV networks’ best shows, although with the dawn of digital, those conversations have evolved from simple haggling over discounts for bulk-buying ad space. Digiday sources indicate that this year, negotiations have veered toward who controls the infrastructure of advertising itself — underscored by presentations from
The Trade Desk has a long history of AI ambition and a more complicated history of AI delivery. Its latest effort is notably smaller in scope and notably harder to argue with. The ad tech company is currently talking to agency execs about its new agentic capabilities, which it calls Koa Agents, that automate significant
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Upfront week is officially over. In case you missed any of the dog and pony shows — including Chappell Roan belting out “Pink Pony Club” during YouTube’s Brandcast — don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. The post We Went To Eight Upfronts This Week. Here’s What We Learned appeared first on AdExchanger.
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