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Learning To Live With Our New AI-Based Advertising Overlords

AdExchanger

Google Performance Max (PMax) and the coterie of other AI-based ad platforms, including Meta Advantage+ Shopping Campaigns (ASC) and, more recently, Amazon Performance Plus, have taken hold in the past couple years. In fact, the first edition of AdExchanger’s Commerce Media Newsletter, in 2023, was a report on the mechanics of PMax. AI and machine […] The post Learning To Live With Our New AI-Based Advertising Overlords appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Inside BADBOX 2.0: How a Global Malware Operation is Exploiting Ads and Devices

Ad Monsters

HUMANs Satori Threat Intelligence Team uncovered BADBOX 2.0, a massive escalation in cyber fraud infecting over a million devices worldwidetargeting everything from off-brand smart TVs to Android tablets. In this Q&A, HUMANs CISO, Gavin Reid, discusses how cybercriminals have leveled up their tactics, why advertisers should be concerned, and what can be done to fight back.

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Google Can Keep AI Investments but Not Chrome Says DOJ

VideoWeek

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has softened its orders against Alphabet aimed at disarming Google’s search monopoly, dropping the proposal that would force the tech giant to sell its investments in AI companies. But the DOJ is still calling for Google to divest its Chrome web browser, maintaining the “core components” of the initial remedies proposed in October 2024.

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10 Tips for Publishers: How to Increase Your Video Ad Revenue

Brid.tv

While video advertising is one of the major revenue drivers for publishers, maximizing earnings requires more than just embedding ads into content. With how user behavior has changed over the years, recent ad tech advancements, and the increasing competition in the market, publishers need a strategic approach to get the most out of their ad inventory and boost their video ad revenue.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Freelancer as centaur

Seth Godin

Freelancers looking to build a career have two good options: Be so good at doing the work by hand that you’re a better alternative for a client than using AI. This is going to get more and more difficult. Be so good at having AI work for you that you’re the obvious choice when there’s work to be done. The lousy options are to insist that you don’t use AI, but to be slower, more expensive and not as good as the AI option.

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The Lotame Acquisition Is a Smart Move for Publicis, But Not a Cure-All for Marketers

Adweek

In a world where AI decisioning and autonomous agents are reshaping the advertising landscape, data and identity have never been more important. After all, how can you market to someone if you can't find them? But the rise of AI-driven platforms like Google's Performance Max (PMax) and Meta's Advantage+ has fundamentally altered how advertising operates.

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Understanding Ad Exchanges for RTB

Playwire

Key Points RTB ad exchanges create true price discovery through simultaneous auctions, typically delivering 25% higher CPMs than traditional methods Unlike ad networks that function as intermediaries, ad exchanges operate as neutral technology platforms where buyers and sellers transact directly Strategic optimizationincluding supply path management, auction dynamics, and demand diversificationseparates average performers from top earners Publishers with strong first-party data strategies gain s

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Worst possible

Seth Godin

While it’s tempting to compare suffering, inconvenience, unfairness or general no-goodness, it’s not helpful. Someone else’s trauma doesn’t diminish yours. In fact, when we can find the space to see that others have their own mess to deal with, it opens the door for forward motion. The past happened, but all that’s available to us now is the choice of what to do about it.

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WGN Names Jeff Lilly Director of Technology

Adweek

Jeff Lilly has been named director of technology for Nexstar's Chicago owned station WGN. Lilly will oversee the day-to-day operations of the engineering department and the Bradley Place facility.

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The smarter approach to marketing measurement

Martech

Marketings biggest challenge today isnt a lack of data its too much of it. Campaigns, channels and customer interactions generate endless metrics, often fragmented across platforms. The decline of third-party cookies and the explosion of new marketing channels connected TV, retail media, digital out-of-home and more only deepen this fragmentation.

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Retail media advertising: How e-commerce is becoming AdTech’s next frontier

what retail media advertising is what a retail media network is how the changes in the privacy landscape benefit retail media networks how retail media network functions market overview of retail media networks

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Why big brands are turning agency reviews into quiet affairs

Digiday

These days, everything is getting quieter. Employees check out in silence quiet quitting. Companies nudge them out just as discreetly quiet firing. And now, even the high-stakes theater of ad agency reviews has been muted. Advertisers are ditching the bloated pageantry of requests for proposals in favor of something more understated: no press, no pomp, just quiet deals behind closed doors.

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The tactics trap

Seth Godin

You have a strategy. Perhaps you didnt even choose it but you have one… and its not working. The dominant question is, “what do I do now?” Which tactic do we use? How do we get the word out? How do we close this sale, solve the problem and succeed? Perhaps we should look to others that have succeeded and use their tactics. The problem is simple.

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A Teddy Bear’s Dreams Are Dashed in Sandy Hook Promise’s Gut-Punching Ad

Adweek

A teddy bear is typically a symbol of childhood innocence, comfort, and play. But in a harrowing ad from nonprofit Sandy Hook Promise, the stuffed animal serves as a stark reminder of how the gun violence epidemic is impacting childhoods across the U.S. As the organization's latest public service announcement (PSA) reminds viewers, teddy bears.

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Smarter AI means bigger risks — Why guardrails matter more than ever

Martech

AI agents are changing the game for business in general and marketing in particular. While they bring automation and efficiency to a new level, they require strong governance. As AI agents get smarter and more embedded in daily operations, ensuring they’re used responsibly, securely and ethically isn’t just a nice-to-haveit’s a must. “The question is the same, whether it is generative AI, traditional AI, machine learning or agentic,” said Kavitha Chennupati, senior

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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Pixalate Research: 14.9K Mobile Apps with 32M+ EU Downloads May Violate GDPR

Exchange Wire

Pixalate, the global market-leading ad fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics platform, released the Q4 2024 GDPR Evasion in the Mobile App Ecosystem: Privacy Policy Omissions & Legal Implications for SSPs and App Stores Report. The report examines apps across [.] The post Pixalate Research: 14.9K Mobile Apps with 32M+ EU Downloads May Violate GDPR appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

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Can Media Buyers and Sellers Finally Align—Or Are Publishers Still Playing Defense?

Ad Monsters

AdMonsters Sell Side Summit laid bare the tensionsand opportunitiesthat will define 2025. Can buyers and sellers find common ground, or is this industry stuck in a perpetual playoff series? From the keynotes to the workshops and roundtables, AdMonsters Sell Side Summit was a front-row seat to the evolving power dynamics in digital advertising. And right now, its feeling a lot like a full-court press, with buyers doubling down on efficiency and control as publishers scramble to find their footing

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New Research Shows Ad-Supported Streaming TV Is Growing FAST

Adweek

The world of FAST is changing, well. fast, according to a new Gracenote report. Today, Gracenote, Nielsen's content data business unit, released new research, data, and insights on the evolving landscape of free ad-supported TV services (FAST), providing information for distribution platforms and advertisers seeking to monetize consumer engagement and understand the shifting streaming environment.

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New content strategies for handling AI-powered search

Martech

With the rise of genAI search channels, users are searching more conversationally and intuitively, forcing brands to rethink their approach to content optimization and engagement. This shift impacts every touchpoint in the consumer journey from discovery to purchase. To stay visible and relevant, you must ground strategies in consumer intent data, understanding what people search for and how and where they seek answers.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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Funnel Building: Step-By-Step Guide for Marketers

MNTN

If you’re a business looking to grow your pool of committed customers and increase your number and rate of conversions, youre well-versed in the sales funnel model. But if you’re wondering how to build a sales funnel that gets results or if you just need a refresher here’s a helpful guide. What Is a Sales Funnel? A sales funnel , so named because it features a large group at the top and a much smaller, more filtered group at the bottom, represents the journey(s) of your poten

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Digest: Google Experiments with AI-Only Search Engine; EU Pushes Back on US Antitrust Regulation Criticism  

Exchange Wire

Today's news digest looks at Google experimenting with a new AI-only search feature, the EU pushing back on criticism from the US over its antitrust regulation, as well as the Competition and Markets Authority deciding against formally investigating Microsoft's partnership [.] The post Digest: Google Experiments with AI-Only Search Engine; EU Pushes Back on US Antitrust Regulation Criticism appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

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Flau’jae Johnson and Experian Double Team Consumer Debt in March Madness Ads

Adweek

Flau'jae Johnson has been an LSU Tiger, an NCAA Champion, a rapper, a business major, and a prolific endorser--but being financially stable has become a similarly important part of her identity. As March Madness tips off, Johnson is using her sports marketing partnership with credit firm Experian to help fans get there as well. She'll.

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How to build use cases to break down customer data silos

Martech

As a marketer, you are uniquely positioned to create compelling use cases for dismantling customer data silos. Your deep understanding of customer behavior, cross-functional perspective and ability to demonstrate tangible business impact make you a key player in this effort. Martech whether you are selecting, implementing or managing these platforms gives you another way to lead in using customer data.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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5 Sales Funnel Stages Explained (+Examples & Strategies)

MNTN

As a marketer, you’re always looking to build relationships with new customers and strengthen your sales with existing ones. But how do you make that happen? To maximize your efforts, youre going to need a deep and granular understanding of the stages of the sales funnel. Because your ability to attract customers to the sales funnel and move them down its stagesfrom more abstract consideration of your product to concrete actioncan make or break your sales and marketing operation.

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Publicis challenges WPP’s OpenX for Coca-Cola media

More About Advertising

WPP is defending the North American media part of its flagship $4bn exclusive marketing deal with Coca-Cola against Publicis, runner-up when the account was awarded to WPP’s bespoke Coke agency OpenX in 2021. North American media is worth about $800m. OpenX pulls in resources from various parts of WPP, latterly a team from Grey with … The post Publicis challenges WPPs OpenX for Coca-Cola media first appeared on More About Advertising.

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EXCLUSIVE: Publicis Nabs Coca-Cola U.S. Media Business From WPP

Adweek

Publicis Groupe has snagged The Coca-Cola Company's media and data business in the U.S. and Canada from incumbent WPP, two sources with knowledge of the matter told ADWEEK. The result came after the beverage company held a competitive closed door review with both holding companies, which ADWEEK reported on last week. It means a crucial.

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AI-powered martech news and releases: March 13

Martech

Can you imagine an AI start-up saying no to money from investors? DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng is doing just that. According to The Wall Street Journal, In recent weeks, executives from Chinese technology companies including Tencent and Alibaba have met Liang to discuss potential cooperation, said people familiar with the companies. Those people said Liang didnt want to charge for DeepSeeks core AI models, which are currently free.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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To Compete With Walled Gardens, The Open Web Needs More Collaboration

AdExchanger

Its obvious that publishers and advertisers have a lot to offer each other. And yet, based on the way advertisers have dealt with publishers over the years, you’d think they were sworn enemies. This is far from how things play out with major walled gardens like Meta and Google. There, ingenuity and openness prevail. The […] The post To Compete With Walled Gardens, The Open Web Needs More Collaboration appeared first on AdExchanger.

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The Growing Role of Agencies in Omnichannel Loyalty Strategies

InMobi

“Getting new users on your application is just step one. A successful mobile strategy is three-pronged with acquisition, in-app engagement, and retention.” Phil Golas, VP Technology and Activation, Spark Foundry In today’s competitive digital landscape, user retention is key to brand success. With mobile as an always-on touchpoint, brands can go beyond transactions to build lasting relationships through personalized engagement, in-app experiences, and app-driven loyalty program

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘You Threw Gasoline on the Fire’: Madwell CEO Lashes Out at Unpaid Employees

Adweek

The CEO of Brooklyn-based creative shop Madwell, Christopher Sojka, is lashing out against distressed employees--according to internal communications obtained by ADWEEK--for pushing back against the agency's in-office policies after not being paid in time, and for speaking to the press about the company's financial woes. The indie shop, which has serviced major brands including Verizon.

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How marketers at FX, Paramount and Criterion feel about experiential at SXSW

Digiday

Brynn Brewer got in line around 9:30 a.m. last Saturday morning behind dozens of others some of whom got there as early as 6 a.m. to be near the front of the line for the chance to experience the Criterion closet like the filmmakers and artists featured on the entertainment companys YouTube channel. The South by Southwest experience to Brewer, a content producer at Chubbies Shorts, felt like an organic activation and more like an interactive art installment.

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.