Tech Stack
When Did Ad Tech Get So Obsessed With Outcomes, Anyway?
Talking about outcomes is practically a mandate, especially in the CTV space, where ad buyers and vendors alike are heavily invested in streaming television’s potential as a lower-funnel, performance-driving channel.
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AI
It’s Gonna Be the Year of AI for the Next Five Years
Grant Gudgel, SVP of Marketing at Verve, reflects on how the AI narrative at Cannes Lions has shifted from theoretical buzz to practical use cases, smarter segmentation, and long-term strategy.
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AI
What Podcasting Gets Right About Attention (Even If the Budgets Don’t)
At Cannes Lions 2025, Sounds Profitable’s Bryan Barletta explains why podcasting still hasn’t reached its ad spend potential, despite capturing the attention of audiences across platforms.
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AI
How UChicago Medicine’s CMO Uses Agentic AI to Improve Patient Interactions
Marketing innovation is what healthcare needs, says UChicago Medicine CMO Andrew Chang. Read how he is infusing artificial intelligence, including generative and agentic AI, into the organization.
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AI
What Hilton Gets About Storytelling That Most Brands (and Publishers) Miss
Dan Reynolds, Hilton’s SVP of Global Content, Media, and Partnerships, explains how the hospitality giant became a storytelling machine—powered by creators, AI, and an in-house brand team that knows its story best.
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Tech & AI
Walmart launches generative AI shopping chatbot
Walmart debuted an app-only generative artificial intelligence chatbot, named Sparky, that can summarize reviews, offer product recommendations based on shopper requests and create product comparisons. Walmart displays the “Ask Sparky” feature as a main button on the bottom navigation bar of its app. Sparky can answer non-product-specific questions as well, such as the weather, sporting […]
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Acquisition
AdRoll Report: Prospecting Ad Spend Dips 27% as Marketers Target the Bottom of the Funnel
Facing an uncertain economic climate and wobbly customer sentiment, marketers are collectively tightening their belts and allocating more digital ad spend toward lower-funnel campaigns.
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Decoder
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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cookies
Why Publishers Shouldn’t Pause Cookieless Data Strategies
It’s easy to understand why some publishers feel like pressing pause on cookieless data strategies. A significant portion of ad spend still flows toward third-party cookie-based campaigns.
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AI
Twilio Survey: Consumers Want AI to Deliver Service with a Human Touch
More than half (55%) of consumers are tired of hearing about AI, according to Twilio’s 2025 State of Customer Engagement Report. And while they do want the technology to improve their brand experiences, what they want is more high touch than high tech.
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Digital
DoorDash CMO Kofi Amoo-Gottfried on the Platform’s New Ad Tools, Value-Driven Campaigns and Humanizing the Brand
At a media event announcing the launch of new ad tools, DoorDash chief marketer Kofi Amoo-Gottfried shared his thoughts on where the advertising industry is headed.
