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AdExchanger
- From Bluey To The News: How BBC Studios Is Connecting Brands To Audiences Across Its Portfolio March 18, 2026The BBC is about much more than news. But it isn’t always easy for marketers to find audience connections across a content mix that includes hard-hitting global news coverage, tentpole TV series like “Planet Earth” and “Top Gear” and family favorites like the smash-hit “Bluey.” Sketching out that cross-portfolio play is the main focus of […]Andrew Byrd
- Optimization Isn’t A Growth Strategy: The Leadership Decisions Hidden Behind Marketing Metrics March 18, 2026For senior leaders, marketing performance has rarely looked more measurable. Dashboards are cleaner, efficiency metrics are stable and optimization systems promise continuous improvement at scale. Yet many organizations are encountering a paradox: Performance appears strong, while durable growth remains elusive. Today, there’s a widening gap between what modern marketing systems are designed to optimize and […]AdExchanger Guest Columnist
- The Memo Heard Round The World; The Limits Of Unlimited ChatGPT March 18, 2026Public Spat Ruh-roh. The programmatic power couple Publicis and The Trade Desk are on the rocks, according to Adweek. Per a leaked memo Publicis sent to some clients, an independent auditor – FirmDecisions, owned by Ebiquity – says TTD applied its DSP fee and charged for opt-in products in unauthorized ways. But that’s not how […]AdExchanger
- MyFitnessPal Wants To Start The Health And Wellness Subsector Of Retail Media March 17, 2026Amit Patel had been a longtime user of MyFitnessPal, a health and nutrition tracking app, before joining a year ago as CRO. One of the reasons he joined, Patel told AdExchanger, is that he felt there was “untapped potential” in the app’s approach to advertising. Fast-forward to today, and MyFitnessPal has just announced the launch […]James Hercher
- Smartly Is Planning To Acquire INCRMNTAL Within The Next Few Weeks March 17, 2026Last-click attribution isn’t dead yet, but Smartly is making moves like it knows how this movie ends. On Tuesday, Smartly announced that it signed a letter of intent to acquire INCRMNTAL, an incrementality measurement startup founded in Tel Aviv in 2019 that focuses on causal lift rather than user-level tracking. Smartly, which started life as […]Allison Schiff
- Future Is Training Its AI On Publisher First-Party Data March 17, 2026For years, publishers have heard the same advice: First-party data is the key to unlocking demand from digital advertisers. That’s even more true now as agentic AI reshapes ad buying. Publisher data on audience behavior is gold for training AI ad optimization engines, and publishers like Future are building their own AI solutions to capitalize […]Anthony Vargas
- Perion Is So Over The AI Hype Cycle March 17, 2026Perion CEO Tal Jacobson is more than a little sick of talking about AI as if it’s some brand-new innovation. The industry has been using similar techniques to steer ad spend for years, just under a different name. “You know, we’ve been doing AI for 15 years and we called it ‘machine learning,’” Jacobson says […]Allison Schiff
- Gen AI’s Empty Calories; WaPo Subs Pay What The Algorithm Says March 17, 2026CPG brands are all in on AI; The Washington Post tries dynamic pricing; and Buzzfeed has officially lost its edge. The post Gen AI’s Empty Calories; WaPo Subs Pay What The Algorithm Says appeared first on AdExchanger.AdExchanger
- To Succeed With Paid Media, This Indie Agency Advises Nailing Organic First March 16, 2026Content creation and media buying are often treated as siloes, especially in agencies. But for social-first shop LV8 (pronounced like the word “elevate”), these two disciplines are inseparable. The post To Succeed With Paid Media, This Indie Agency Advises Nailing Organic First appeared first on AdExchanger.Victoria McNally
- Hot Takes From FTC Commissioner Mark Meador On Cookies And The Limits Of Self-Regulation March 16, 2026“Private eyes They’re watching you They see your every move” That was FTC Commissioner Mark Meador’s rather droll choice for walk-on music when he spoke at the Marketecture Live event in New York City earlier this week. Nothing like a little Hall & Oates to get you in the mood to talk about cookie-based opt-out […]Allison Schiff
Digiday
- Why one creator commerce platform is connecting brands and creators for ‘flat-fee’ campaigns March 18, 2026Quick Collabs is LTK's latest attempt to make creator marketing campaigns faster and more scalable. for brands and creators alike.Alyssa Mercante
- Advertisers aren’t happy about picking up Meta’s European tax tab March 18, 2026As things stand, Meta hasn’t provided any communication to ad execs about these additional fees, beyond the email shared with Digiday.Krystal Scanlon
- Some creators don’t see immediate value in Instagram’s controversial ‘Shop the Look’ AI test March 18, 2026Instagram's controversial Shop the Look rollout didn't ask for creators' consent, nor did it tag products they've endorsed. What did they learn from it?Alyssa Mercante
- Retailers turn to digital rebates as alcohol sales slump March 18, 2026Grocers and C-stores are turning to digital alcohol rebates to try to boost alcohol sales and digital engagement.Mitchell Parton
- Future of TV Briefing: How Netflix is shaking up the upfront deal model March 18, 2026This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at Netflix’s single- and multi-year deals with advertisers that extend beyond the scope of traditional upfront commitments.Tim Peterson
- Media Buying Briefing: Is ad marketplace uncertainty the new normal? March 17, 2026Despite a war in the Middle East, rising oil, gas and consumer prices and a fresh round of tariffs that are roiling economies, brands and buyers are largely staying the course in media spending.Michael Bürgi
- Butler/Till’s first agentic media buying tests cut media and supply chain costs March 17, 2026Initial campaign tests by the indie agency and Pubmatic show cost reductions and time saved. Success, inevitably, brings more questions.Sam Bradley
- After WPP reckoning: The case for and against principal media March 17, 2026Ten years later, principal media is back in the zeitgeist. Why agencies and brands are clashing over the so-called hidden model.Kimeko McCoy
- Ad Tech Briefing: The industry is rethinking its foundations as a new world order is established March 17, 2026The days of 'fake it 'til you make it' are coming to an end.Ronan Shields
- ‘I’m not selling you hours’: PMG’s push beyond agencies March 17, 2026PMG never called itself an agency. Here’s why that matters now.Seb Joseph
Adweek Feed
- 98th Oscars Down Nearly 2 Million Viewers, Reaching 17.86 Million March 17, 2026The 2026 Oscars take a viewership dip.
- AI Is Everywhere at SXSW, but Humanity Still Leads March 17, 2026Execs from 3M, Adobe, Accenture Song, Ancestry, and Monks shared insights at ADWEEK House.
- Compound Growth: How U.S. Bank Uses AI to Drive Revenue and Results March 17, 2026Blending synthetic audiences, behavioral data, personalization, and business fluency with Michael Lacorazza.
- Sephora’s Zena Arnold on Navigating Trends, Shaping Discovery, and Marketing at the Speed of Culture March 17, 2026Learn how Sephora discerns which trends represent fleeting moments versus real behavioral shifts.
- CBS News Streaming Workers Stage 24-Hour Walkout March 17, 2026Protests are being held outside the CBS Broadcast Center.
- Inside the SXSW 2026 Brand Activations, Ranked in Tacos by ADWEEK March 17, 2026Paramount+, Rivian, Prime Video, and more popped up at the festival
- Publicis Advises Clients to Avoid The Trade Desk, According to a Leaked Memo March 17, 2026French advertising titan Publicis is advising its clients to avoid working with demand-side platform (DSP) The Trade Desk. In an email sent Tuesday to select clients, obtained by ADWEEK, the […]
- A Look Back at Gap’s Most Iconic Dance Ads March 17, 2026From 'Khaki Swing' to Katseye, Madonna to Young Miko, Gap's commercials have been in step since 1998.
- Reinventing a 77-Year-Old Brand: NASCAR’s Modern Playbook with Tim Clark and Jimmie Johnson March 17, 2026Turning stock car racing into a lifestyle brand.
- EXCLUSIVE: Shaq Will Headline Walmart and Vizio’s First Joint NewFront Event March 17, 2026Execs from L’Oreal, NBCUniversal, and Universal Studios will also be on stage.
ExchangeWire.com
- The Five-Minute Internet (Estimated Reading Time: Five Minutes) March 18, 2026This week, Shirley’s column looks at the digital world’s obsession with speed, and how time became the internet's most aggressively optimised metric... The post The Five-Minute Internet (Estimated Reading Time: Five Minutes) appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.Shirley Marschall
- Digest: Whistleblowers Say Meta & TikTok Amplify Harmful Content for Engagement; Amazon Rolls Out 1-Hour Delivery; UK Gov Launches Local Media Support Initiative March 18, 2026In today’s Digest we cover whistleblowers saying Meta and TikTok amplify harmful content in order to keep users’ attention, Amazon rolling out one-hour delivery in US cities, and the UK government launching a local media support initiative. The post Digest: Whistleblowers Say Meta & TikTok Amplify Harmful Content for Engagement; Amazon Rolls Out 1-Hour Delivery; […]Sheila Obeng-King
- MarkApp Joins IAB MENA March 17, 2026MarkApp has officially joined the Interactive Advertising Bureau Middle East and North Africa (IAB MENA), reinforcing its commitment to supporting the development of transparent, standards-driven digital advertising markets across the region. IAB MENA represents one of the most influential industry organisations [...] The post MarkApp Joins IAB MENA appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.ExchangeWire PressBox
- Shifts in Streaming: Competition, Collaboration, and Consolidation March 17, 2026We examine the latest shifts in the streaming landscape. How are major players working together to compete? The TV landscape is going through constant evolution. Once limited to linear, it’s now a heavily fragmented ecosystem, dominated by streaming and major players [...] The post Shifts in Streaming: Competition, Collaboration, and Consolidation appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.Aimee Newell Tarín
- Limelight Inc Report Calls for “Efficiency Reset” in Ad Tech to Tackle Environmental Costs & Waste March 17, 2026While the programmatic industry continues to develop more tools and solutions; Limelight Inc.’s new whitepaper, "Title TDB" focuses on how efficiency should be the guiding principle in the next phase of digital advertising. The whitepaper uses expert and market insights to [...] The post Limelight Inc Report Calls for “Efficiency Reset” in Ad Tech to […]ExchangeWire PressBox
- “Demand Doesn’t Disappear. It Relocates”: Jessica Saunders, Eyeota March 17, 2026Jessica Saunders, VP global partner success and operations, joins us to discuss DOOH, CTV, and the continuity challenge for marketing in the AI era.. The post “Demand Doesn’t Disappear. It Relocates”: Jessica Saunders, Eyeota appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.editorial
- Digest: OpenAI Tests Ads Manager and Prepares Agentic Storefronts Feature; Meta Plans Layoffs while Publishers Back its Expulsion from IAB Sweden March 17, 2026Today’s digest covers OpenAI testing an Ads Manager and preparing its Agentic Storefronts feature, Meta being expelled from IAB Sweden while it plans major staff layoffs, and TikTok investors facing a huge bill from the Trump Administration. OpenAI tests Ads Manager [...] The post Digest: OpenAI Tests Ads Manager and Prepares Agentic Storefronts Feature; Meta […]Aimee Newell Tarín
- EscalaX Hosts an Event to Present EX+: Its SSP March 16, 2026EscalaX, a global programmatic advertising company, held an event in Madrid with leading industry professionals to present EX+, its supply side platform (SSP). The goal of the event was to showcase the platform’s capabilities and create an open space for [...] The post EscalaX Hosts an Event to Present EX+: Its SSP appeared first on […]ExchangeWire PressBox
- Hakan Özal Joins impact.com to Drive Enterprise Partnership Growth in DACH March 16, 2026impact.com, the world’s leading commerce partnership marketing platform, today (16th March, 2026) announced the appointment of Hakan Özal as director of sales DACH, supporting the company’s continued growth across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Özal will lead sales strategy in the region, [...] The post Hakan Özal Joins impact.com to Drive Enterprise Partnership Growth in DACH […]ExchangeWire PressBox
- SBTi Approves Adform’s Near-Term Science-Based Emissions Reduction Target March 16, 2026Adform, the powerful and safe media buying platform, today (16th March, 2026) announces its near-term science-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets have been officially validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). This recognition underscores Adform’s continued leadership in sustainability [...] The post SBTi Approves Adform’s Near-Term Science-Based Emissions Reduction Target appeared first on […]ExchangeWire PressBox
MediaPost.com: mobile
- BuzzFeed Looks To Avoid Bankruptcy With Anti-Slop AI Apps March 17, 2026BuzzFeed is launching "Branch Office," an initiative made up of AI-powered mobile apps designed to connect people and offset the buildup of AI "slop" content, while potentially saving the media company from imminent bankruptcy.
- Acquisition Sprint Bridges Pixels To Pavement For Retail Media Network March 17, 2026This is what happened when a North African on-demand daily services company that offers payments, ride-hailing, food and grocery delivery, entered a rapid-acquisition phase this month, acquiring a programmatic and trading desk technology company, as well as a grocery-store chain to build a retail media network (RMN).
- OAAA Reports OOH Advertising Rose 3.6% In 2025 March 17, 2026According to the group's analysis, momentum accelerated in the fourth quarter, with revenue increasing 4.8% versus the prior year period.
- News Publishers Stay Calm, Carry On, Monetize Everything In Sight March 17, 2026Events, partnerships and content services now make up a significant portion of publisher revenue.
- Study Finds Social Channel Delivering 29% Of Results On 27% Of Spend March 16, 2026Publicis Media and Snap found that Snapchat may deliver conversions more efficiently than its rivals.
- Gale, Buchanan's Scotch Tap Rauw Alejandro To Celebrate The World Cup March 16, 2026The campaign represents Latinos' passion for soccer.
- Microdramas: Can They Turn The Tables - And Living Room Screens? March 16, 2026Short-duration TV series and episodes could be just the thing for hard-pressed, financially strapped legacy TV-based media companies that are risk-averse.
- Text Tide: Consumers Prefer SMS Over Email For Mobile Interactions March 13, 2026Consumers are more likely to redeem digital wallet offers via text, Vibes reports.
- World Baseball Classic Delivers Highest Rating With U.S.-Mexico Game March 12, 2026The game produced 5.02 million Nielsen-measured viewers - the highest-rated game ever for the sports event.
- Gaut Oversees Product Management For Novus March 12, 2026The new hire is known for creating successful delivery standards while mitigating risk.
MediaPost.com: video
- FIFA Adds YouTube As World Cup Media Partner March 17, 2026FIFA has added YouTube as second "Preferred Platform" partner to spotlight premium content across social media and streaming during the upcoming 2026 World Cup.
- Acquisition Sprint Bridges Pixels To Pavement For Retail Media Network March 17, 2026This is what happened when a North African on-demand daily services company that offers payments, ride-hailing, food and grocery delivery, entered a rapid-acquisition phase this month, acquiring a programmatic and trading desk technology company, as well as a grocery-store chain to build a retail media network (RMN).
- NFL Reportedly Seeking 50% Hike In New CBS Deal March 17, 2026The NFL has a pricing hike option with CBS and other TV/streaming partners. It could strike similar deal increases - which are all in the midst of 11-year deals that started in the 2023 NFL season, going through 2033.
- News Publishers Stay Calm, Carry On, Monetize Everything In Sight March 17, 2026Events, partnerships and content services now make up a significant portion of publisher revenue.
- NBCU Ends 'First-Run' Biz: Daytime Talkers Still Want To Talk? March 17, 2026NBCU is the first major movie/TV company to abandon the business of offering "first-run" syndicated scripted and unscripted programming.
- Meta Defines 'Original' Content, Tests Protection Tools March 17, 2026Meta has issued new statements around its prioritization of "original content," alerting creators on updated algorithmic preferences and content-protection options.
- Katie Couric Teams With PatientPoint For Colorectal Cancer Screenings March 16, 2026In a spot running on PatientPoint screens in healthcare locations nationwide, Couric touts the "screening that can truly save your life."
- Study Finds Social Channel Delivering 29% Of Results On 27% Of Spend March 16, 2026Publicis Media and Snap found that Snapchat may deliver conversions more efficiently than its rivals.
- The War On Reality Has Begun March 16, 2026When citizens inhabit different informational worlds, shared outrage becomes impossible. Opposition fragments. Power consolidates.
- Microdramas: Can They Turn The Tables - And Living Room Screens? March 16, 2026Short-duration TV series and episodes could be just the thing for hard-pressed, financially strapped legacy TV-based media companies that are risk-averse.
MediaPost | Data and Targeting Insider
- Study: Gap Found Between Customer Expectations And Reality April 27, 2017According to a Talend study released Wednesday, 63% of respondents said using data to better understand customers is a top business priority for 2017, with 80% of companies ranking it at an eight or above on a 10-point scale,
- Oracle's Aggressive Move Into TV Based On Data Targeting History April 20, 2017This week Oracle also entered into a partnership with Charter Communications that will allow brands to target connected TV audiences.
- Gen Zers Are Savvy Ad Blockers April 13, 2017Those born during the Gen Z generation have no problem with letting an ad run its course. They don't need ad-blocking software or technology. They simply divert their attention or turn down the volume on a video or streaming radio ad and return to the content when complete.
- Build America Mutual Finds Ad Data Identifying Niche Audience April 6, 2017Financial advisors managing municipal bond investments for their clients have become an important audience for Build America Mutual, but efficiently targeting them has become a challenge.
- ContentSquare's AI Bot Arti Processes Trillions Of Data Points Monthly March 30, 2017ContentSquare on Tuesday launched Arti, an artificial Intelligence (AI) bot that uses data to identify the actions, the locations and the behavior of consumers in real time as they interact with the company's Web site.
- Nielsen Catalina, Moat Link Viewability And Attention To Offline Sales March 22, 2017The NCS Learning Lab studied the relationship between viewability and attention metrics, tied to in-store sales. One part of the study analyzed the effectiveness of time, while another analyzed likability, attention and the connection with in-store sales.
- Lotame Releases Onboarding For People-Based Ad Targeting March 15, 2017Taking offline data and bringing it online for attribution or targeting has become important to IMGE's clients, said Matt Capristo, director of online advertising at the four-year-old digital advertising agency, which works mostly with political campaigns and corporate advocacy groups.
- Facebook To Release Advanced Measurement Tool March 9, 2017Advertisers will have the ability to use Advanced Measurement to determine which media and platforms had the highest reach to their targeted audience or drove the most purchases in their online store.
- Cordial Custom Tracking For Email Gets $6M In Series A Funding March 1, 2017Cordial, a software that tracks consumer behavior across apps and Web sites, announced this week that the company raised $6 million in a Series A funding round from Los Angeles venture capital fund Upfront Ventures. The company built the platform to target marketing emails for each user.
- Google Agrees To MRC Third-Party Audit For YouTube February 22, 2017Google has agreed to have an official agency audit the metrics and technology integrated by third-party companies into YouTube's Web site and mobile applications.