Google keeps cookies in Chrome

The winners and losers of Google’s third-party cookie reversal

Fair warning: the ground is still shifting under this thing so consider this list more “hot take” than holy writ.

At industry conference, Google tries to salvage the Privacy sandbox after U-turn on third-party cookies

Privacy Sandbox reps are attempting to tee up optimism at the Possible conference in Miami, a week after Google’s mic-drop announcement.

Media

Digiday+ Research: Publishers look to cash in on growing events revenue

Publishers are getting significantly more revenue from events in 2025, and they’re going to focus on growing that even further.

In Graphic Detail: How creators are using generative AI to shape video and design

80 percent of content creators are using AI in their workflow, according to a study by Wondercraft. This is a deep dive into those numbers.

WTF are GEO and AEO? (and how they differ from SEO)

Future success no longer looks like being top of the blue links on Google’s index or any other search engine’s – it will center on how to ensure your content gets surfaced in AI answer engines too.

Marketing

Can brands like American Eagle appeal to Gen Z with Substack?

Brand-owned publications are arguably a cyclical trend and we’re in the next cycle of such a trend with Substack.

Amazon positions NBA rights and live sports portfolio as a lure for its broader ads business

Danielle Carney, head of live sports and video sales at Amazon, shares how the platform is wooing brands on its CTV pitch.

In Graphic Detail: How YouTube redrew the TV map

As YouTube has risen over the past 20 years to the streaming giant it is today, the platform has changed the way people watch TV.

Future of TV

Future of TV Briefing: The 2025 upfront preview

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at the topics and trends likely to set the tone for this year’s upfront negotiations.

A red-toned GIF of a TV screen with shifting static in pink, yellow, and red, representing the evolving landscape of biddable CTV and its dynamic, data-driven ad opportunities.

Future of TV Briefing: CTV ad market’s transparency problem hits a boiling point

This week’s Future of TV Briefing recaps a heated discussion about transparency in the connected TV ad market that took place during the Digiday Programmatic Marketing Summit.

What’s in and out in this year’s TV and streaming ad upfront market

Digiday senior media buying editor Michael Bürgi joined the Digiday Podcast to discuss what are set to be the hot topics heading into this year’s upfront market.

Media Buying

Microsoft Advertising is closing the Xandr DSP, layoffs pending

The software giant is contacting media buyers informing them it will close in February 2026.

The Trade Desk unfurls OpenSincera

The insights tool is now available via an API, and integrated into Kokai.

Media buyers anticipate a slower TV upfronts season amid economic uncertainty

Agency execs are prepping for a drawn-out upfronts season this year as marketers juggle tariff concerns and media goals.


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