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Allison Schiff

  • Tariff Chaos And Yet More Ad Tech M&A

    Tariffs are taking effect in the US, and advertisers are shook. Our special guest, Madison and Wall’s Brian Wieser, weighs in on the “blindingly obvious” consequences of implementing tariffs, including supply-chain disruptions that lead to a pullback in ad spend. You can’t promote what you can’t produce. Plus: the rationale behind Publicis’ acquisition of Lotame.

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  • Teads On The Brain

    Now that Teads and Outbrain are one, the vision, explained CEO David Kostman when the deal was first announced, is to become an “end-to-end, full-funnel platform for the open internet.” But what does that mean in plain English?

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  • What It Means To Measure ‘True ROI’

    What does it take to serve midsize brand clients? How is AI transforming media buying? And why, for the love of god, is measurement still so messed up? Mediastruction CEO and Founding Partner Marilois Snowman has a few thoughts.

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  • Why Data Minimization Is A Very Big Deal For Ad Tech

    When it comes to data collection, the ad tech industry has long had a hoarder mentality. Gather up as much data as you can from as many sources as possible, store it indefinitely, and if you’re not quite sure what to do with it now, hey, you can always just figure out that part later. […]

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  • The Power Of Creative Data

    According to CreativeX, ad creative is responsible for nearly half of sales lift, which is more than reach, recency and targeting combined. So why doesn’t creative get the credit it deserves? Until recently, says Anastasia Leng, CEO and founder of CreativeX, technology wasn’t advanced enough to measure creative decisions at scale.

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  • Measurement Real Talk, With INCRMNTAL’s Maor Sadra

    Many measurement companies are promoting marketing mix modeling as an easy-to-use solution to overcome signal loss. But that couldn’t be further from the truth, says Maor Sadra, CEO and co-founder of incrementality measurement startup INCRMNTAL.

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