for the Digiday Programmatic Marketing Summit, May 6-8 in Palm Springs.
DIGIDAY+ MEMBER EXCLUSIVES
Ford and Nissan are embedding their brands in sports as they chase fandoms
Advertisers are rewriting the branded entertainment playbook for a sports-focused media landscape.
Media
Ozone’s platform tries to simulate how publisher content appears in AI answers
Ozone’s new simulation platform aims to crack AI’s black box to let publishers model how their content gets surfaced in AI answer engines.
CNN builds in-house agent infrastructure as it prepares for AI-driven media trading
In Q3, it plans to test one or two properties to see how they’re interpreted by LLMs, before turning in Q4 to buyer behavior and whether budgets are being allocated toward agent-to-agent trading experiments.
How a ‘TikTok doctorate’ made 26-year-old Griffin Johnson a venture capitalist
Griffin Johnson made it big on TikTok back in 2019, now he runs a VC firm and uses his marketing expertise in the Derby world.
Marketing
What OpenAI’s TBPN deal reveals about branded entertainment’s limits
Brands are building in-house entertainment studios on the promise that great content earns the audiences advertising can’t buy.
Digiday+ Research: Retailers take a more complex approach to loyalty
Loyalty programs have changed over the last year: The number of retailers who offer them has increased, and the programs are now more complex.
The Trade Desk is changing how advertisers buy — and what they can see
The Trade Desk’s new buying modes bundle costs and automate decisions. Here’s what that means for advertisers.
Future of TV
Future of TV Briefing: What publishers have to offer creators
This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at what publishers have to offer creators as more media outlets enlist independent video makers.
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.
Media Buying
Media Buying Briefing: Instrument’s CEO on how agencies need to lead clients on AI
Part of Stagwell’s Code and Theory Network, Instrument has been able to help clients imagine projects not doable just a handful of years ago.
Transparency brought down The Trade Desk’s Publicis deal but it may not be enough to win its other clients
Nexxen’s launching new AI features. Amazon’s broaching streaming partnerships. And Viant, Blockboard and Stackadapt are setting out their stalls.
Future of Marketing Briefing: Horizon Media is building a platform to orchestrate ad tech from a single command center
Agency trading desks never really went away. Horizon Media wants to prove they grew up.
Annual research reports
Podcasts
Research
The last few years have seen Converse continue to underperform compared to the rest of Nike’s portfolio. As Nike continues to evolve under the new leadership of CEO Elliott Hill, there has been rampant speculation about Converse’s future, including a potential sale to Authentic Brands Group. But how did Converse get here?
The last few years have seen Converse continue to underperform compared to the rest of Nike’s portfolio. As Nike continues to evolve under the new leadership of CEO Elliott Hill, there has been rampant speculation about Converse’s future, including a potential sale to Authentic Brands Group. But how did Converse get here?
Amazon merchants are bracing for more cash flow troubles and margin pressure this year thanks to a bevy of new fees and policy changes.
Amazon merchants are bracing for more cash flow troubles and margin pressure this year thanks to a bevy of new fees and policy changes.