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Meta’s bid to woo creators to Facebook just might work, despite its recent legal woes
Meta’s recent legal woes likely won’t deter creators from trying out its new Facebook Creator Track, according to marketing experts.
Media
Time pitches GEO insights into a new brand offering
Time is turning its AI insights into a new product, selling branded content to shape how brands are talked about inside AI-generated answers.
Why The Guardian’s first reader-facing AI product isn’t a chatbot
The Guardian has begun to roll out its first reader-facing AI product. But it doesn’t really look like an AI product.
After newsroom cuts, The Washington Post turns to creator-led video deals
The Washington Post is betting on creator content to open up new revenue and audiences, after newsroom layoffs.
Marketing
What AI disruption means for experimental ad budgets
The 2026 ad budget is now a lab experiment as marketers boost experimental budgets for AI and emerging channels.
AI influencer discovery tools are changing how agencies cast creators
As creator spending grows among brand advertisers, agencies are using AI to automate much of the influencer marketing workflow. Now, that includes casting.
Pinterest bets measurement and SMBs will boost performance revenue
Vik Gupta (vp, gm of monetization) has been tasked with strengthening Pinterest’s push to become a permanent media plan fixture.
Future of TV
Future of TV Briefing: WTF is the DASH TV universe study at the center of the latest Nielsen drama?
This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at what is the TV universe study at the center of the recent drama surrounding Nielsen’s The Gauge TV viewership report.
Future of TV Briefing: How Netflix is shaking up the upfront deal model
This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at Netflix’s single- and multi-year deals with advertisers that extend beyond the scope of traditional upfront commitments.
Future of TV Briefing: OpenX adds attention targeting for CTV ads backed by TVision
This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at a new ad targeting option for CTV advertisers wary of people staring at their phones while an ad airs.
Media Buying
Media Buying Briefing: What will Meta’s and YouTube’s legal losses mean for the marketplace?
As Meta and YouTube suffer defeats with damages in court, will media buyers steer clients away from them? Unlikely for now.
Genius Sports opens up real-time live sports targeting to brands
The live sports data firm is working with Publicis and a laundry list of SSPs ahead of major sports tentpoles like the NBA Finals and World Cup.
Future of Marketing Briefing: A cynic’s guide to the most transparent dispute in programmatic history
No, the industry doesn’t need another hot take on The Trade Desk’s standoff with the agency holdcos. I’m going to give you one anyway.
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Research
On March 16, creator Rebecca Pousma posted a TikTok with the headline “SLOMW needs a dry shampoo collab,” referring to the Hulu show “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.” By March 26, Batiste brought such a collab to life.
On March 16, creator Rebecca Pousma posted a TikTok with the headline “SLOMW needs a dry shampoo collab,” referring to the Hulu show “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.” By March 26, Batiste brought such a collab to life.
Amazon shoppers in far-flung U.S. towns are getting their packages faster as the company pushes deeper into rural America.
Amazon shoppers in far-flung U.S. towns are getting their packages faster as the company pushes deeper into rural America.