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The Trade Desk shakes up Identity Alliance payouts, with a new focus on incrementality
The Trade Desk is changing how it pays its ‘identity partners’ in a shakeup potentially worth ‘tens of millions of dollars’ a year.
Media
Inside The Daily Mail’s creator-led content playbook
Inside the structure, strategy, and metrics of the Daily Mail’s creator-led content push.
Media Briefing: Overheard at the Digiday Publishing Summit, March 2026 edition
With no sign of search traffic returning, publishers are doubling down on subscriptions to build direct reader revenue — but it’s not easy.
People Inc.’s Jon Roberts on the AI licensing boom – and the revenue lag
People Inc’s Jon Roberts discusses the boom in AI content licensing marketplaces — and the revenue that could materialize for publishers.
Marketing
‘The processes are continuing forward’: Advertising’s dealmakers press on with M&A despite Iran uncertainty
War in the Middle East is a problem for advertising’s dealmakers. Just not yet.
TikTok rebrands its advertiser pitch around full-funnel ambition
The company’s latest business campaign aims to make the point that the app sees itself as a top tier platform for advertisers, where the full funnel can happen within one experience.
Lowe’s is fighting to prevent AI agent overload
Lowe’s is actively implementing AI to improve the customer shopping experience and to assist employees in asking difficult questions.
Future of TV
Future of TV Briefing: WTF is the DASH TV universe study at the center of the latest Nielsen drama?
This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at what is the TV universe study at the center of the recent drama surrounding Nielsen’s The Gauge TV viewership report.
Future of TV Briefing: How Netflix is shaking up the upfront deal model
This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at Netflix’s single- and multi-year deals with advertisers that extend beyond the scope of traditional upfront commitments.
Future of TV Briefing: OpenX adds attention targeting for CTV ads backed by TVision
This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at a new ad targeting option for CTV advertisers wary of people staring at their phones while an ad airs.
Media Buying
‘Be an engineer to understand the engine’: Why consultant Nick Manning thinks principal media is anti-marketer
An expert at the heart of Foster-WPP case argues principal-based media tensions could hold British group’s recovery back.
“It’s about change management’: Sir Martin Sorrell says the billable hour is dying, but getting clients to move in is proving harder
Sir Martin Sorrell says agencies can’t fix the billable hour until brands fix their AI problem.
Ad Tech Briefing: IAB Tech Lab accelerates push to make agentic AI more practical
An integration with Kochava’s StationOne signals shift from AI hype to standardized, executable ad workflows
Annual research reports
Podcasts
Research
Glossy checked in on Snif’s explosive sales day on TikTok Shop, thanks to Mikayla Nogueira, and what it means for the fragrance category and the retailer as a whole.
Glossy checked in on Snif’s explosive sales day on TikTok Shop, thanks to Mikayla Nogueira, and what it means for the fragrance category and the retailer as a whole.
For its new Malibu Pink spirit, rum brand Malibu tapped creator Sabrina Brier and fashion brand LoveShackFancy for a “get ready with me”-style campaign.
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AI StrategiesWhat went wrong with ChatGPT's Instant Checkout
For its new Malibu Pink spirit, rum brand Malibu tapped creator Sabrina Brier and fashion brand LoveShackFancy for a “get ready with me”-style campaign.