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What Does A Beta Test Of A Sell-Side Agent Look Like?

Using machine learning to automate and optimize ads is familiar to publishers. For years, this tech has helped publishers tune floors and serve the best ads behind the scenes. Now, publishers are exploring automation and optimization through agentic AI. Many publishers have identified a similar use case: sales agents who actively make decisions in the […]

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Data-Driven Thinking

Why Programmatic Quality Control Needs To Focus On The Bid Request, Not Domains

For years, “inventory cleanup” (or “rationalization”) meant one thing: curating the domain list. Whitelists, blacklists, inclusion lists, MFA lists, premium lists, “approved publisher” lists. The industry uses them to reduce risk, improve quality and create a sense of control in an open marketplace that often feels chaotic. That era is ending. It’s not because domain […]

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Marketers

The Rise Of Principal Media And The End Of The Agencies As We Knew Them

When one hears “agent” these days, one automatically thinks “AI” – but that’s not what this story is about. This is a story about how agencies are losing what makes them agents – as in, putting the interests of their clients first. Ad agency holding companies are among the most adaptable businesses out there. In recent […]

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Data-Driven Thinking

Optimization Isn’t A Growth Strategy: The Leadership Decisions Hidden Behind Marketing Metrics

For senior leaders, marketing performance has rarely looked more measurable. Dashboards are cleaner, efficiency metrics are stable and optimization systems promise continuous improvement at scale. Yet many organizations are encountering a paradox: Performance appears strong, while durable growth remains elusive. Today, there’s a widening gap between what modern marketing systems are designed to optimize and […]

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Marketers

MyFitnessPal Wants To Start The Health And Wellness Subsector Of Retail Media

Amit Patel had been a longtime user of MyFitnessPal, a health and nutrition tracking app, before joining a year ago as CRO. One of the reasons he joined, Patel told AdExchanger, is that he felt there was “untapped potential” in the app’s approach to advertising. Fast-forward to today, and MyFitnessPal has just announced the launch […]

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AdExchanger Talks

Perion Is So Over The AI Hype Cycle

Perion CEO Tal Jacobson is done with AI buzzwords. Instead, he’s betting big on agents, outcomes and letting machines handle the messy parts of media buying.

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AI

NBCUniversal Is Launching An AI Version Of Andy Cohen (And Yes, It’ll Do Brand Sponsorship Deals)

Someday soon, marketers may be able to pay NBCUniversal to have an AI-generated approximation of “Real Housewives” executive producer Andy Cohen namedrop their brand to hundreds of thousands of fans.

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CTV Roundup

Are CAPIs The Next Phase Of Performance TV?

Netflix unveiled its own conversion API, which is meant to help marketers and media buyers prove their streaming campaigns are actually producing real business outcomes. The news is part of the rising trend of CAPIs becoming more popular in streaming advertising environments.

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Marketers

Viant Had A Good Q4, But Still Needs To Punch Up At Bigger Platforms

Viant reported its Q4 and full-year 2025 earnings on Wednesday evening, and investors appeared pleased. Net income last year was $24.1 million, almost double the total in 2024. Full-year 2025 revenue, meanwhile, grew by 22% to $110 million. CEO Tim Vanderhook told investors that revenue would have grown 28% without the affect of the prior […]

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The Big Story

The Year CTV Goes Full Funnel

2026 is the year CTV will bridge the gap between branding and performance. Fresh off the Convergent TV World event, our team discusses the rise of performance TV, shifting live sports rights and the impact of M&A on the streaming experience in this future-facing episode.

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