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- Why marketers are embracing waste as a part of experimentationby Tinuiti on September 19, 2025 at 5:37 pm
Zach Morrison, Chief Executive Officer and board director, Tinuiti In marketing — as in all aspects of growing a business overall — it’s imperative to know up front how much a team is willing to lose, how long they’re willing to try and when to walk away. Yet, too often, waste is treated like a
- The Rundown: Recapping Digiday’s four onstage interviews during DMexco 2025by Jim Cooper on September 19, 2025 at 4:01 am
The fireside chats touched on a variety of top-of-mind topics for the media and marketing execs in attendance.
- Even with a new U.S. TikTok deal in sight, marketers feel uneasyby Krystal Scanlon on September 19, 2025 at 4:01 am
A new U.S. TikTok app means starting from scratch.
- How Best Buy aims to woo advertisers in a crowded and competitive RMN marketplaceby Kimeko McCoy on September 19, 2025 at 4:01 am
Best Buy Ads held its first upfront event to pitch new ad products and creator partnerships as it vies for budget in a competitive retail media space.
- Why The Hill credits growing engagement for its social traffic bumpby Alexander Lee on September 19, 2025 at 4:01 am
After experiencing a bump in Facebook referral traffic earlier this year, The Hill’s social traffic is continuing to climb in the second half of 2025. Year-over-year between September 2024 and September 2025, The Hill’s overall social traffic increased by 20 percent, according to The Hill deputy managing editor of audience and content strategy Sarakshi Rai, who shared the figure during a talk at this week’s Digiday Publishing Summit in Miami.
- Future of Marketing Briefing: In the age of AI, the CMO role gets a corporate makeoverby Seb Joseph on September 19, 2025 at 4:01 am
For all the TED-talk theatrics about transformation and innovation, the CMO gig has, for the past 15 years, been one long exercise in reactive survival.
- Inside Bloomberg Media’s survival guide for the AI eraby Tim Peterson on September 18, 2025 at 4:01 am
The business news publisher has yet to sign a content licensing deal with an AI company, but it did recently implement a new AI-powered on-site search engine.
- Ad execs hope quarterly earnings reform can ease short-termism, but it’s no silver bulletby Sam Bradley on September 18, 2025 at 4:01 am
Short-term thinking can hold marketers back, but SEC changes won't easily unpick culture of quick wins.
- Marketers warm to AI, but creative challenges and legal risks still loomby Kimeko McCoy on September 18, 2025 at 4:01 am
Marketers are testing generative AI in campaigns more than ever — but copyright lawsuits and uncanny visuals keep some from going all in.
- Media Briefing: Overheard at the Digiday Publishing Summit, September 2025 Google search editionby Sara Guaglione on September 18, 2025 at 4:01 am
Media execs aired their grievances about Google referral traffic and their souring relationship with platform during the Digiday Publishing Summit.
- How EssentiallySports’ creator program benefits both sides of the equationby Alexander Lee on September 18, 2025 at 4:01 am
Over the past year, sports news publication EssentiallySports has employed creators to make in-house video and editorial content around major tentpole sporting events — and thus far, the experiment has paid off.
- How media companies are escaping the digital ad tech maze to meet the demand for cross-platform campaignsby WideOrbit on September 17, 2025 at 5:37 pm
As audience behavior evolves to include cross-platform media consumption, advertisers are responding to this shift by demanding outcome-focused, cross-platform advertising campaign strategies. To keep up with this increased demand, publishers must adopt new technologies to move forward. The goal is to create tech stacks that address the challenge of cross-platform ad sales and improve efficiency.
- WTF is headless browsing, and how are AI agents fueling it?by Sara Guaglione on September 17, 2025 at 4:01 am
AI agents are putting headless browsing back in the spotlight. For media companies, that raises questions: How much traffic is real vs. automated?
- Pitch deck: How Google is responding to advertisers’ concerns about AI Maxby Krystal Scanlon on September 17, 2025 at 4:01 am
Google's first pitch deck on the AI-powered suite of ad tools left advertisers concerned. This updated deck aims to reassure them.
- Future of TV Briefing: FAST platforms have become a fixture among audiences and ad buyersby Tim Peterson on September 17, 2025 at 4:01 am
This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at the state of the free, ad-supported streaming TV market.
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