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

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

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. 

Media Briefing: Overheard at the Digiday Publishing Summit Europe, October 2025 edition

Publishers said they have lost hope that traffic will ever bounce back, in a closed-door town hall session at the Digiday Publishing Summit Europe

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.

Future of Marketing Briefing: AI didn’t break agencies – the talent drain did

It’s not about chasing AI breakthroughs or assembling yet another full-stack planning and buying setup. It’s something more fundamental – and harder to fix.

Reddit is already in early testing with its own AI campaign tool

It’s been a long time coming.

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.

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.

Ad Tech Briefing: The Open Internet’s factions spar, as Big Tech players are in a dead heat for gold

Amazon and Google are (literally) competing on another level while the Open Internet’s most prominent names fight for the rest.

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