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European publishers say the Digital Omnibus ‘cookie fix’ leaves them worse off
The European Union’s attempt at a legislative spring clean for Europe’s web of data privacy rules, has landed flat with publishers.
Media
TikTok Shop sheds bargain-bin reputation as average prices climb across categories
An analysis by e-commerce intelligence firm Charm shows average prices climbing across more than a dozen key categories.
Ad Tech Briefing: The Programmatic Governance Council is a bid to reset power dynamics
As tensions over TID and GPID peak, Tech Lab is convening a council to hash out commercial ground rules.
Newsweek is building an AI Mode-like experience to customize homepages for readers
Newsweek is building an AI homepage modeled after Google’s AI Mode to increase engagement and offset declining search referrals.
Marketing
Visa extends its reach into the creator economy’s liquidity crunch
The financial firm is working with creator financial platform Lumanu.
Why Carter’s new CMO wants more emotional, relatable marketing across channels
Carter’s CMO Sarah Crockett joined the company in the summer of 2025 with a goal of doing more realistic, relevant storytelling around childhood and parenting. In an interview with Modern Retail, she shared more about her approach.
U.K. retailer Tesco wants advertisers to see it as equal to any traditional media partner
Tesco’s client development director, Nick Ashley, talked to Digiday about its latest Upfront, the importance of shopper data, as well as how much its ad business impacts profit margins.
Future of TV
Future of TV Briefing: The creator economy needs a new currency for brand deals
This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at why paying creators based on reach misses the mark and what IAB is doing to clear up the creator-brand currency situation.
Future of TV Briefing: WTF is IAB Tech Lab’s device attestation tactic to combat CTV ad fraud?
This week’s Future of TV Briefing breaks down the CTV ad industry’s new tool for fighting device spoofing.
Future of TV Briefing: Streaming subscribers save $16 through bundles
This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how much money people are actually signing through streaming subscription bundles and which streamers they plan to subscribe to in perpetuity.
Media Buying
Criteo CEO Michael Komasinski on agentic commerce, experiments with LLMs, and M&A rumors
Criteo is not up for sale, although ‘no comment’ on potential divestment of assets, and how the future of ads in LLMs is (likely) native.
Media Buying Briefing: Understanding 24 Seven’s move to become a mini-holdco with three complementary agencies
The staffing consultancy moved to acquire performance agency Markacy and creative shop Futureman, adding them to tech platform-turned-agency SketchDeck
OpenAI’s new ChatGPT shopping tool promises ‘in-depth’ research — just not for Amazon products
OpenAI is rolling out a new AI-powered shopping tool inside ChatGPT that researches products online, reads reviews and compares options according to users’ specific needs and preferences.
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Research
The tool is designed to help employers measure and boost workforce well-being.
The tool is designed to help employers measure and boost workforce well-being.
On Thursday, Ulta Beauty reported a net sales increase of 12.9% to reach $2.9 billion in sales during the quarter ending on November 1. During the earnings call, CEO Kecia Steelman shared insights into the promotions, sales and categories dominating holiday sales now.
On Thursday, Ulta Beauty reported a net sales increase of 12.9% to reach $2.9 billion in sales during the quarter ending on November 1. During the earnings call, CEO Kecia Steelman shared insights into the promotions, sales and categories dominating holiday sales now.
As podcast advertising becomes even more competitive, smaller brands are trying to fine-tune their strategies and spending to best reach their target demo.
As podcast advertising becomes even more competitive, smaller brands are trying to fine-tune their strategies and spending to best reach their target demo.