Media

Why publishers are building their own creator networks

Publishers are forming creator networks to regain control, combat traffic declines, and reach audiences shifting toward influencers.

The accidental guardian: How Cloudflare’s Matthew Prince became publishing’s unexpected defender

Cloudflare’s day job is fending off botnets and nation-state cyberattacks, not debating how Google and other AI firms crawl publisher sites.

A timeline of the major deals between publishers and AI tech companies in 2025

Here’s a list of all the major deals signed between publishers and AI tech companies in 2025.

Marketing

Pitch deck: How Amazon is emerging as the proof layer for TV spend

Amazon is positioning itself to advertisers as the “first-stop shop” for planning, buying, optimizing and measuring TV.

OpenAI’s countdown: monetization, ads, and a Google-shaped threat

With fierce competition from Google et al, the clock is ticking for the AI company to launch its ad business.

Crisis, culture and costs: The new reality of the modern CMO

Crisis, culture and cost pressures are reshaping the modern CMO into a revenue-driven strategist uniting marketing, communications and finance.

Future of TV

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).

Future of TV Briefing: How the future of TV shaped up in 2025

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks back at the top topics and trends that overtook the TV, streaming and digital video industries in 2025.

Media Buying

Omnicom Media’s Adamski: clients are the only ones not complaining about principal media

The global CEO of Omnicom Media now has six agency brands and Acxiom under his control, and he’s expected to maintain consistent growth among them.

Omnicom Media tackles frequency issues in TV via partnerships with Amazon and Roku

The partnership brings together Acxiom data, Omni insights and Roku audience info through Amazon Ads to help solve for better camapign frequency management.

At CES, Omnicom Media says Walmart purchase insights help it make better use of Meta’s influencer followers

The partnership connects Walmart customer purchase data with Meta’s raft of influencers (via Instagram) to empower Creo to to help brands identify potential creator partners.


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