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As ChatGPT’s growth slows, ads look like the next risky move
While launching an ad business might be good for the AI platform’s bottom line, it could cause some users to jump ship as a result.
Media
Bold Call: AI will rewrite publishers’ websites in 2026
This year, publishers will use AI to transform static sites into dynamic, personalized and reader-driven experiences.
Media Briefing: The anatomy of the publishers’ SEO dilemma
As AI upends search, publishers face a choice in 2026: chase Google, feed AI, or figure out how to balance both.
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.
Marketing
What Amazon’s proposed big-box store could mean for Walmart
Public documents published by the Village of Orland Park described a 225,000-square-foot Amazon store that would sell a range of products.
Future of Marketing Briefing: AI companies are staffing up for a reputation fight
AI has an image problem, which explains why the industry is suddenly investing so much energy in who gets to tell its story.
Albertsons is putting digital screens for ads in more than a third of its stores
The retail giant has seen enough success in its digital screen network to begin a rollout in 800 of its 2,200-plus stores in 2026.
Future of TV
Future of TV Briefing: YouTube develops new program to pitch brands on top creators’ shows
This week’s Future of TV Briefing reports on YouTube’s new pilot program that would have brands sponsor shows from top creators.
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.
Media Buying
Bold Call: OpenAI’s ads pivot may come too little, too late
Advertising is coming to ChatGPT, but not fast enough to outrun incumbent platform giants — one in particular.
As U.S. courts near a remedy, Europe puts Google’s ad tech concessions under the microscope
The European Commission is probing the industry’s response to Google’s proposed behavioral remedies.
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.
Annual research reports
Podcasts
Research
This week, I checked in on the newly formed Evermark portfolio, home to the likes of Suave and Pond’s. Additionally, Pat McGrath Labs files for bankruptcy, and E.l.f. gets into fragrance.
This week, I checked in on the newly formed Evermark portfolio, home to the likes of Suave and Pond’s. Additionally, Pat McGrath Labs files for bankruptcy, and E.l.f. gets into fragrance.
Floral delivery company Bouqs, which did around $90 million in sales last year, is experimenting with crowdfunding to finance future store growth.
Floral delivery company Bouqs, which did around $90 million in sales last year, is experimenting with crowdfunding to finance future store growth.