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Singing The AI Scraping Blues At Sell Side Summit Nashville
The Nashville Sell Side Summit theme “Beyond the Browser,” resonated with publisher concerns around AI-powered, zero-click answer engines and the need to meet audiences outside of their own websites, which are receiving less referral traffic from search and social.
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Olyzon.tv Sees Through The CTV Chaos Using Contextual AI
When Jules Minvielle, co-founder and CEO of Olyzon.tv, launched his third ad tech startup, CTV’s rise and AI’s rewriting of ad ops were too significant to ignore, and he built it to converge the two.
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SiriusXM’s Brittany Warren Dishes On Offshoring Strategy And Managing Third-Party Vendors
After elevating through a company merger and several promotions, Brittany Warren, Director of Client Services at SiruisXM, now focuses on managing offshoring and emerging solutions.
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ArcSpan Raises $5.2 Million To Accelerate Publisher Tool Kit For First-Party Data
The publisher monetization startup ArcSpan raised $5.2 million in a seed extension round Wednesday. It will use the fund to invest in its tool set, which simplifies how publishers can use their first-party data.
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AgentMark Says AI-Enabled Ad Ops Means Less Dashboard Wrangling, More Decision-Making
Wentao Xiao, co-founder and CEO of Cactivate, started the company to help small brands get the most out of their customer acquisition campaigns. But the company evolved into an AI-powered campaign optimization solution.
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How Gannett’s Kara Chiles Aims to Turn AI Experiments Into Real Value for Readers and Advertisers
For this edition of the AdMonsters’ Publisher Spotlight, Kara Chiles, SVP of product management at Gannett and the USA TODAY Network gives a deep dive on the publisher’s AI strategy.
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What Is Bid Throttling And How Can Publishers Use It Effectively?
Bid throttling is publishers’ strategic response to this overwhelming flood of bid requests and the need for more precise inventory management.
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Dow Jones’ AI Game Plan: Inside Jesse Waldele’s Strategy For Smarter Ad Ops
As SVP of digital operations and client success at Dow Jones, Jesse Waldele brings a coach’s mindset to everything from cross-functional alignment to client relationships.
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Social Platforms Failed GLAAD’s Safety Test. What’s The Lesson For Publishers?
GLAAD’s 2025 Social Media Safety Index (SMSI) assesses the safety of six major platforms—TikTok, X, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads—specifically for LGBTQ users. Spoiler alert: they all failed the test.
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A Smarter Rate Card, Prescribed by the Yield Doctor
James Deaker,“The Yield Doctor,” has the prescription for smarter pricing decisions. Produced in partnership with AdMonsters, this video guide is all about what publishers need to review before they even think about changing rates.
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