Join us Sept. 14-16 in Miami to connect with top publishing leaders
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Discord adds lower funnel with outcomes push
Discord is pushing its ad business further down the funnel, betting that its gaming communities can deliver more than impressions.
OpenAI's ads program matures
Media
USA Fencing relies on creators to attract new fans ahead of the 2028 Olympics
Creators can bring new fans to niche sports in droves, and USA Fencing wants to tap into their cultural power.
An anatomy of the creator brand trip’s midlife crisis
The brand trip as we know it may be dead, but a newer, more genuine and engaging format is rising from its ashes.
European publishers are getting hit harder by AI bot scraping, report finds
European publishers face more AI bot scraping, fewer referrals and more ignored robots.txt rules than North American sites, report finds.
Marketing
OpenAI builds offerings on consent as it expands ChatGPT ads to Europe
The company’s new EU privacy policy goes live “later this month”.
ANA updates efforts to standardize retail media network measurement
The ANA is hammering out guidelines around standardization of retail media measurement, on behalf of its member base of marketers
How DTC startups are using AI to scale more efficiently
Brand marketers are recreating the DTC playbook for the current agentic AI landscape.
Future of TV
Ad Tech Briefing: TV measurement’s competitive reset gathers pace (with more job cuts)
ComScore and VideoAmp confirm large job cuts, just days after rival Nielsen makes bold M&A move.
Future of TV Briefing: In TV ad market’s swing to streaming, cheap inventory is in demand
This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how TV and streaming companies’ advertising businesses fared in the second quarter of 2026.
Future of TV Briefing: Why Aéropostale is investing in creator-led episodic shows
This week’s Future of TV Briefing features a Q&A with Catalyst Brands evp and chief customer and marketing officer Marisa Thalberg about Aéropostale’s recent creator-led episodic series.
Media Buying
‘Waste in the system’: Why Georgia-Pacific is holding out on buying agents
According to its senior director of digital media Paras Shah it’s less that the tech isn’t ready and more that online advertising isn’t.
Media Buying Briefing: How ‘outcomes’ has become the latest term to be overused
After throwing around transformation for the last few years, holdcos are now obsessed with delivering outcomes — but it’s not as easy as they make it sound.
Moloco launches an agency partner program, in part to expand beyond mobile programmatic
Although not a pure-play DSP, Moloco is expanding beyond into CTV and other media realms, building on its mobile and app base.
Annual research reports
Podcasts
Research
Upfronts
Future of TV Briefing: The upfront is overtaking streaming’s programmatic marketplace
This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how major TV and streaming ad sellers are seeing upfront deals represent a larger share of their programmatic businesses.
Why Amazon and YouTube pitched operating systems, not just TV inventory at this year’s upfront
Negotiations over identity, infrastructure, AI-driven buying take place as much as programing.
Marketing’s most valuable influencer has zero followers
The most valuable influencer in a given category probably has no followers, no media kit and no idea they’re influencing anyone. But when they pay, their friends do too. Partner insights from PayPal Ads.
In this week’s Luxury Briefing, I look into American luxury prep brand Ralph Lauren – as its marketing investment reaches 8.2% of sales, the brand is extending the tennis tournament into a retail season spanning luxury hospitality, personalization, vintage and home. Also, luxury brands’ bet on animation in the face of AI, executive moves at Farfetch, and news from Frasers and Shein.
In this week’s Luxury Briefing, I look into American luxury prep brand Ralph Lauren – as its marketing investment reaches 8.2% of sales, the brand is extending the tennis tournament into a retail season spanning luxury hospitality, personalization, vintage and home. Also, luxury brands’ bet on animation in the face of AI, executive moves at Farfetch, and news from Frasers and Shein.
By the end of this year, shoppers will finally be able to use Apple Pay and Google Pay in Walmart stores, ending years of frustration that the retailer didn’t support what is now a nearly ubiquitous payment option.
By the end of this year, shoppers will finally be able to use Apple Pay and Google Pay in Walmart stores, ending years of frustration that the retailer didn’t support what is now a nearly ubiquitous payment option.