Victoria McNally
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Marketers
The Sweet Strategy Behind Busy Bee Honey’s Unexpected Blue Makeover
Baby blue probably isn’t a color most shoppers expect to see in the honey aisle at their local supermarket. But that dissonance is exactly why Barkman Honey chose that color for its newly rebranded Busy Bee Raw Honey packaging, which first hit stores in September.
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CTV Roundup
What The TV Industry’s Q3 Earnings Tell Us About This Year’s Biggest Ad Trends
Is it just me, or do third-quarter earnings always seem especially strange?
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The Big Story
Yearning For Earnings
Every once in a while, we like to pull the curtain back here at AdExchanger and discuss how we decide what’s worth covering. Which is why this week’s episode of The Big Story opens with an important question: Why do we report on earnings calls in the first place?
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AI
How Agentic Advertising Platform Aimy Uses Comcast’s Universal Ads API
On Monday, Brand Networks announced that Universal Ads would now be buyable through the company’s agentic ad buying platform, Aimy Ads.
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CTV Roundup
Locality Wants Every Ad To Hit Close to Home
Ignoring the fact that early pioneers in the space didn’t plan to have ads in the first place (looking at you, Netflix!), even with targeting and personalization, most major players are still thinking of national reach – not local reach – as their default.
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CTV Roundup
High School Football Can Have Streaming Ads, Too, Thanks To Platforms Like Hudl
High school sports are very different now than when I was a teenager. As is the case with basically all forms of modern entertainment, they’ve faced some disruption by the rise of streaming video – as well as the ads that often follow.
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The Big Story
Rest In Privacy, Sandbox
Last week, after nearly six years of development and delays, Google officially retired its Privacy Sandbox. Which means it’s time for a memorial service.
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CTV Roundup
Everything You Want to Know About Being (And Working With) Media Buyers At Cynopsis Screenshift
What does it feel like to be a media buyer and planner in 2025? That question launched a fascinating “Ask Me Anything”-style discussion at Cynopsis ScreenShift in New York City on Tuesday.
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Marketers
How To Advertise To Advertisers At Ad Industry Events (Like Advertising Week)
People in New York City are bombarded by ads at every turn. But targeted ads? For your industry? While you’re on your way to an event for that industry? The surreality of that experience can still pack a punch, like it did last week at Advertising Week New York.
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CTV Roundup
It’s Official: TiVo Is No Longer A DVR Company. What Now?
TiVo has officially halted the sale and manufacture of its once-revolutionary DVR products. Which raises the question: What does TiVo even do anymore, anyway?