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Marketers
WPP Raises Its Ad Growth Forecast Thanks To The AI Boom – But That Doesn’t Mean It Will Last
Thanks to mitigated tariff effects and the AI boom, WPP Media’s 2025 ad spend forecast has good news for marketers.
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AI
Criteo Lays Out Its AI Ambitions And How It Might Make Money From LLMs
Hopefully everyone feels good coming out of Thanksgiving and America’s November shopaganza, BFCM, the Cyber Five, or whatever you call it. May your Q5’s be merry and bright and full of attributable sales. Now back to business. Which is to say, Criteo’s entrance to the AI arena. On Tuesday, Criteo debuted new AI tech and […]
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The Big Story
The Incredibly High Stakes Of Black Friday
Consumer spending on Black Friday Cyber Monday was up 7%. But prices are high, and the most affluent customers are doing the most spending in the US. Plus: the challenges faced by the ad buyers managing campaigns on Meta during Glitchmas.
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CTV Roundup
Why Hyper-Local Planning Agency Novus Media Likes Buying CTV Programmatically
Is it too soon to start thinking about New Year’s resolutions? Since taking on AdExchanger’s CTV beat at the beginning of March, I’ve learned a lot about the industry from the perspectives of publishers, measurement companies, platforms and even a few brands. So next year, to round out my education, I’m setting a goal for […]
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Marketers
New Social Media Platform Fizz Gives Brands A Crash Course In Marketing To College Students
The people who know how best to market to college students are other college students – and that’s doubly true on a social media platform whose entire user base is college students. Teddy Solomon and Ashton Cofer dropped out of Stanford to focus full time on Fizz, an (optionally) anonymous social media platform they co-founded in […]
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Data-Driven Thinking
Broadsign’s Big Move Isn’t The Endgame. It’s The Opening Gambit
Broadsign’s acquisition of Place Exchange last week is a defining moment for programmatic out-of-home (OOH). But it is not the endgame; it is merely the setup. The OOH stack is being rebuilt from the inside out. The final owner is not yet in the room. When you look at the sequence of recent deals, the […]
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AdExchanger Talks
From Hype To Hyperscale In AI
AI hype is everywhere, but Moloco CEO Ikkjin Ahn says the real winners in ad tech will be those who can move beyond flashy demos and harness AI at true hyperscale.
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Marketers
Why Acne Treatment Brand Differin Developed Pimple-Popping, Hormone-Dodging Roblox Games
Differin, which produces over-the-counter gels and patches to treat acne, wanted to connect with teens experiencing breakouts for the first time. But the brand knew it needed to reach these users authentically.
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Data-Driven Thinking
CTV Is Less Transparent Than YouTube. That Should Alarm Everyone
YouTube is more transparent than CTV. Let that sink in. In 2025, the fastest-growing segment in programmatic media is now less transparent than the walled garden we have spent the last decade criticizing for opacity. And the consequences are already showing up in the market. Look where the major media companies landed this quarter. Disney […]
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Marketers
Here’s How Manscaped Groomed Its Brand For Long-Term Growth
When Marcelo Kertész joined Manscaped roughly five years ago – before becoming CMO in 2022 – the men’s grooming brand was spending nearly three-quarters of its budget on performance marketing. It was a page right out of the DTC playbook. Performance is “the perfect tool for breaking through,” Kertész said, “because you can get exposure on par […]
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