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Forbes tests prediction platform as engagement strategies move past search
Instead of letting users bet real money on news, Forbes is gamifying predictions to boost onsite engagement, and foster reader loyalty as it shifts away from relying on traffic.
Media
The top AI platforms for publishers, ranked
Digiday’s Jessica Davies and Sara Guaglione joined the Digiday Podcast to handicap the more than a half-dozen AI platforms, from Amazon to OpenAI, that have begun doing business with publishers.
Not all creators are the same: How the creator economy breaks down by business model
Breaking down the creator economy by business model, from audience-owned media companies to micro creators with a niche.
‘JG believed that even in a demanding industry, it was possible to lead with both rigor and humanity’
The industry pays respects to OpenX CEO John Gentry, who sadly passed away last week.
Marketing
A step toward compliance: the creator economy addresses disclosure and liability risks
The Institute for Responsible Influence will offer a creator certification program to standardize disclosures and increase creator accountability.
Pinterest CRO Bill Watkins leaves amid reorganization
The move comes just over three weeks before the company reveals its Q4 2025 earnings update on February 12.
How brands like Vuori, Rothy’s and Away have adapted to the new DTC landscape
At NRF 2026, a panel of executives laid out the lessons learned from operating DTC brands over the past decade.
Future of TV
Future of TV Briefing: Brands are spending more to advertise creators’ content, making usage rights a focal point
This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at what brands spending more money to promote creators’ content means for creator compensation models.
Future of TV Briefing: 5 ripple effects that will shape the future of TV in 2026
This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at the trends and developments that will shape the TV, streaming and digital video industry in 2026.
‘A year of loose ends’: Digiday editors share top takeaways from 2025
This year was filled with major developments – from Netflix’s planned WBD deal to Omnicom’s acquisition of IPG to Google’s ultimately cookie reversal – and Digiday editors Sara Jerde and Seb Joseph help to recap the year that was (and wasn’t).
Media Buying
Ad Tech Briefing: Consolidation in a ‘Hunger Games scenario’ – and a true loss for the industry
Analysts predict various means of consolidation. and notes on the sad passing of OpenX CEO John Gentry.
Media Buying Briefing: How Horizon and Havas’ JV aims to distinguish itself in a ‘red ocean’
The joint venture is involved in multiple pitches for businesses with a strong U.S. base and international aspirations, while visiting pitch consultants to make sure it’s part of the consideration set.
The EC further pushes to rein-in Google’s ad tech monopoly
The preliminary findings order billions in damage payments and reserve the right to force a sell-off, echoing regulators across the globe.
Annual research reports
Podcasts
Research
Since 2016, makeup has skewed increasingly lighter and more natural. Today, we describe the dominating aesthetic as “no-makeup makeup” or “clean girl.” It’s had a long reign.
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Member ExclusiveLuxury Briefing: Inside Burberry's outerwear-led recovery
Since 2016, makeup has skewed increasingly lighter and more natural. Today, we describe the dominating aesthetic as “no-makeup makeup” or “clean girl.” It’s had a long reign.
Fabletics’ stores are more than showrooms for leggings and sports bras — they’re becoming one of the brand’s most powerful membership engines.
Fabletics’ stores are more than showrooms for leggings and sports bras — they’re becoming one of the brand’s most powerful membership engines.