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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.
Media
People Inc.’s Jon Roberts on the AI licensing boom – and the revenue lag
People Inc’s Jon Roberts discusses the boom in AI content licensing marketplaces — and the revenue that could materialize for publishers.
YouTube is building infrastructure for the full creator-brand partnership life cycle
YouTube’s Gemini-powered Creator Partnerships promises to alleviate pain points in the influencer marketing pipeline.
Joint signings highlight growing convergence between creator and Hollywood agencies
What a spate of joint signings between Reign Maker Group and Paradigm Talent Agency tells us about diversifying talent and owning media in the creator economy.
Marketing
Marketers shift growing shares of search spending to GEO
Generative AI is pushing brands to shift SEO budgets toward visibility in AI-generated answers over clicks.
Philadelphia Cream Cheese pulls dollars from search – people aren’t Googling ‘cream cheese’
Philadelphia Cream Cheese has stopped paying for search ads, at least to prospective shoppers on Google.
TikTok courts CMOs with first-ever Collective, as it targets bigger budgets
In its first CMO-focused event in the U.K. TikTok showcased how easy it is for brands to create content. The event is only part of the platform’s sharper 2026 commercial strategy: targeting larger, long-term ad budgets, courting independent agencies, and positioning itself as a serious competitor to Meta in 2026.
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
‘Be an engineer to understand the engine’: Why consultant Nick Manning thinks principal media is anti-marketer
An expert at the heart of Foster-WPP case argues principal-based media tensions could hold British group’s recovery back.
“It’s about change management’: Sir Martin Sorrell says the billable hour is dying, but getting clients to move in is proving harder
Sir Martin Sorrell says agencies can’t fix the billable hour until brands fix their AI problem.
Ad Tech Briefing: IAB Tech Lab accelerates push to make agentic AI more practical
An integration with Kochava’s StationOne signals shift from AI hype to standardized, executable ad workflows
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Podcasts
Research
In an interview with Modern Retail, E.l.f. Beauty’s chief digital officer, Ekta Chopra, shared the four pillars that guide the beauty brand’s approach to AI implementation.
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In an interview with Modern Retail, E.l.f. Beauty’s chief digital officer, Ekta Chopra, shared the four pillars that guide the beauty brand’s approach to AI implementation.