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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 […]

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 […]

James Deaker, aka The Yield Doctor, outlines how AI is reshaping ad ops—from incremental improvements to major workflow shifts and the emerging unknowns teams should keep an eye on.

At AdMonsters Sell-Side Summit Austin, Mediavine CRO Amanda Martin explored how AI-driven discovery and new rules for premium inventory are helping publishers remix control and stay profitable in the connected future.

For years, publishers have done what they had to do to survive — navigating opaque supply chains, blunt safety tools, and automation that trades transparency for control. Now, with AdCP and MCP, new standards promise a shift from endurance to empowerment. But survival instincts die hard — can the industry learn to thrive?

In 2000, US newspapers made more money than ever before, but have since then lost about two-thirds of that revenue. Here are 10 big, bankable ideas for turning the page.

Here’s what Head of Performance Media Josh Palau had to say about how Pfizer currently navigates the CTV landscape, including why having your own hands-on-keyboard experts is key and how new ad formats can be slow to accommodate pharmaceutical brands.

At POSSIBLE 2025, VaynerMedia’s John Terrana talked to AdMonsters about what most media teams get wrong about attention—and what it really takes to build performance-driven plans that keep up with culture.

Microsoft’s decision to shutter its Xandr DSP, formerly AppNexus, a pioneer in programmatic advertising, is reverberating throughout the ad tech industry.  As Microsoft itself puts it: “Our commitment to more private and personalized advertising experiences for a conversational and agentic world is not achievable with the industry’s current DSP model and, therefore, it no longer […]

After 2.5 years, Goodwill’s online marketplace GoodwillFinds abruptly closed. The brand’s CEO, retail veteran Matthew Kaness, shares wins and woes from the resale venture.   Matthew Kaness is no stranger to challenges. The retail veteran has more than two decades of experience at top retail and technology brands including Burton Snowboards, Urban Outfitters, Mod Cloth […]