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Inside the Buy Side
What VaynerMedia’s John Terrana Wants You to Understand About Attention
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.
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Amazon Joins the Prebid Party With Its Own Adapter
Amazon announced Wednesday it’s building a dedicated Prebid adapter. The move signals that Prebid has firmly established itself as the industry standard.
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Creativity Isn’t Dead—It’s the Cheat Code
At POSSIBLE 2025, Megan Jones, Chief Media Officer at Digitas, rolled back the covers on scroll culture, AI shortcuts, and the strategy-first mindset brands need to stop chasing metrics and start making moments.
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30 Years In, Yahoo’s Still Got a Signal—and a Strategy
At POSSIBLE 2025, Yahoo CRO Rob Wilk shared the company’s “greatest hits with new tracks” approach to reinvention—and explained why client loyalty, not hype, is the real signal of success. Yahoo’s been around for three decades. But that doesn’t mean we should mistake staying power for standing still. At POSSIBLE 2025, AdMonsters sat down with […]
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The Law Of Diminishing Returns In AI: When More Data Signals Don’t Mean Better Campaigns
Here’s the truth about data: while certain signals like weather patterns or real-time engagement metrics can significantly impact campaign performance, others merely add noise.
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Everything Is Everything. Change Comes Eventually. Will Media Owners Lead It?
Discovery is shifting. Attention is scattered. And the sell side isn’t just supporting strategy—it is the strategy. Here’s what media owners need to know now, and the real moves to make next.
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Cookies Are Back (Sort Of): Now Get Back To Work
Google paused third-party cookie deprecation (again), but what is the real takeaway? It was never just about cookies. Keith Petri, CEO, Lockr by Viant, writes about why future-proof identity strategies matter more than ever.
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Cracks in the Ad Stack: Publishers Want Power, Not Just Promises
Publishers aren’t celebrating the Google antitrust ruling. It just confirmed their reality. From floor pricing frustrations to platform lock-in, they’re done waiting for structural change. They’re ready to reclaim control: one lever, one partner, one practice at a time.
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REVOLT And Revry Want To Protect Publisher Data, Not Sell It Off
The collaboration with Revry allows marketers to reach REVOLT’s audiences by tapping into the publisher’s first-party data, while ensuring that data ownership and consumer trust remain central.
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How Dotdash Meredith’s Joetta Gobell D/Ciphers Intent Signals and Measurement Innovation
Joetta Gobell, SVP of Data Strategy and Insights at Dotdash Meredith, shares how her journey from shy student to data leader shapes her work driving contextual targeting innovation, measurement strategies, and smarter audience insights.
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