Future of TV Briefing: Streaming subscribers save $16 through bundles

Ad Tech Briefing: IAB Tech Lab plans a ‘Programmatic Governance Council’ amid transparency rift

Media Buying Briefing: Why Dentsu Japan and the rest of the holdco just don’t fit well together

How U.K. news group Reach is diversifying traffic sources amid zero-click threat

Reach is diversifying beyond Google by leaning on news aggregators and monetizing Facebook engagement to offset declining search traffic.

How Forbes is using ChatGPT referral data to create audience cohorts

Semrush and Similarweb provide information, including the prompts that led an AI platform user to click through to a publisher’s site, that Forbes is able to use to learn more about its AI-referred audience’s interests.

AI slop myths, debunked: What’s harmful, what’s hype, what’s just meh

AI slop has become a catch-all for low-quality AI content, because it’s fast, sticky shorthand. But that convenience hides the nuances that are emerging. 

Target layoffs hit almost all corners of the business, from merchants to engineers

The move is expected to have a noticeable impact on the workloads and sentiment of those who remain with the company.

The Great Resignation is over — unless you’re a retail CEO

More than 1,500 chief executives have left their posts so far this year through August, up 4% from last year.

Pitch Deck: How Amazon plans to turn Q3’s $17 billion ad haul into Q4’s next big DSP push

It’s no secret the company wants advertisers to see its demand-side platform as the backbone for buying across the open web.

Future of TV Briefing: Streaming advertising’s supply-demand imbalance

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at a spate of recent studies that illustrate the out-of-whack supply-demand dynamics in the streaming ad market.

Future of TV Briefing: YouTube’s dynamic brand insertions could unlock the upfront market for creators

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how YouTube’s plan to enable creators to swap out sponsored segments normally baked into their videos may be the most disruptive development in the creator economy in 2026.

Future of TV Briefing: The ad product OpenAI should introduce in Sora (I’m sorry)

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how OpenAI could create a commercial version of Sora’s Cameos feature that could thread the needle between a sponsored product, affiliate commerce and a revenue-sharing program for creators.

Inside the ‘grand bargain’ to reconcile ad tech’s warring middlemen

Leading media buyers have tabled terms to establish ‘fair auctions’ following the recent TID row.

How agencies, publishers and platforms are actually using AI agents

Agencies, platforms and publishers weigh in on whether AI agents deliver, or if they’re just jam tomorrow.

How retail execs will evaluate ChatGPT checkout this holiday season

After OpenAI revealed a new feature where users can purchase products directly inside ChatGPT and landed partnerships with Etsy, Shopify and Walmart, other retailers will be watching closely to consider whether to get on board.

Digiday Media Agency Report 2025: How clients are experimenting and spending — from AI to tariffs

Digiday+ Research: Unwrapping brands’ 2025 holiday marketing strategies

CMO Strategies: How marketers are spending and measuring across social media in 2025 — from Meta to TikTok

How Kalen Allen navigates brand safety and cultural polarization in the creator economy

How creators are becoming their own networks with Night agency’s David Huntzinger

How The Trade Desk faces growing challenges amid rising competition

Digiday+ Research 2025 Influencer Index: Key strategies influencers use to drive engagement on Instagram

Digiday+ Research: Publishers identify the top trends among Gen Z readers

Digiday+ Research: Publishers pull back their dependence on digital revenue