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- Walmart, Target, Kroger swap name brands for private labels in Thanksgiving meal dealsby Mitchell Parton on November 14, 2025 at 5:01 am
Walmart’s website says its meal costs 25% less than the basket it offered last year, and that the turkey was at the lowest price since 2019.
- Forbes launches dynamic AI paywall as it ramps up post-search commercial diversification plansby Jessica Davies on November 14, 2025 at 5:01 am
For the latest Inside the publisher C-Suite series, Digiday spoke to Forbes CEO Sherry Phillips on its AI-era playbook, starting with its AI-powered dynamic paywall to new creator-led commercial opportunities.
- Amid search wars, Google touts YouTube, display inventory to advertisersby Kimeko McCoy on November 14, 2025 at 5:01 am
Google is pushing Demand Gen and YouTube to ad partners, hedging against the inevitable erosion of its search business by AI chatbots.
- Future of Marketing Briefing: The agentic turn inside programmatic advertisingby Seb Joseph on November 14, 2025 at 5:01 am
The arrival of the Agentic RTB Framework this week lands as this week lands as the third agentic standard in under a month.
- Creators embrace Beehiiv’s push beyond newslettersby Sara Guaglione on November 14, 2025 at 5:01 am
Creators are embracing Beehiiv’s new website, product and analytics tools to help them grow beyond the competitive newsletter space.
- Identity is finally within reach for challenger brandsby Adstra on November 13, 2025 at 7:12 pm
Patrick Roman Gut, svp and head of new business, Adstra Ask the marketing leader of a typical challenger brand about identity and they’ll likely say more about aspirations than applications. Brand teams know that identity is fundamental to everything they care about, from finding new customers and lowering acquisition costs to accurately measuring campaign effectiveness
- For the agentic-curious: WTF is the Agentic RTB Framework?by Seb Joseph on November 13, 2025 at 1:30 pm
It’s a new technical standard for running real-time bidding that focuses on efficiency.
- Brands tap outside-the-box personalities to stand out as influencer marketing gets more competitiveby Gabriela Barkho on November 13, 2025 at 5:01 am
Brands are getting more creative in their quests for influencers their competitors may not have already tapped.
- Media Briefing: Publishers turn to paid audience acquisition tactics to tackle traffic lossesby Sara Guaglione on November 13, 2025 at 5:01 am
Publishers facing declining organic traffic are buying audiences through paid ads and traffic arbitrage, and using AI tools to do it.
- As industry layoffs become the ‘new normal’, so does fear of AI’s impact on adland’s job marketby Sam Bradley on November 13, 2025 at 5:01 am
A series of job cuts across the sector have left some execs struggling to find their next gig. The impact of AI could worsen the situation.
- Why rethinking syndication will help publishers succeed in the AI eraby SimpleFeed on November 12, 2025 at 5:33 pm
Mark Carlson, CEO, SimpleFeed With the rapid decline in search and social referrals, publishers have never faced a more challenging environment. Even Google admits the open web is “in rapid decline.” How do publishers reach viewers, build brand recognition and generate revenue? Syndication is an answer Smart publishers are re-emphasizing content syndication to reach customers
- How Delish’s Joanna Saltz built a sizzling brand and hot career in a fickle industryby Tony Case on November 12, 2025 at 5:01 am
At a time when media careers are often measured in months rather than years, the editorial director is something of an anomaly.
- How TikTok Shop will police for fraudulent behavior on Black Friday and Cyber Mondayby Allison Smith on November 12, 2025 at 5:01 am
TikTok Shop is preparing for the peak holiday shopping season, when strong sales are often accompanied by an uptick in counterfeit goods and fraudulent behavior.
- Buyers aren’t exactly won over by Netflix’s new monthly active viewers (MAV) metricby Krystal Scanlon on November 12, 2025 at 5:01 am
While Netflix's intention was more transparency and clarity over reach methodology, marketers aren't yet confident in how accurate it really is.
- Future of TV Briefing: WTF is IAB Tech Lab’s device attestation tactic to combat CTV ad fraud?by Tim Peterson on November 12, 2025 at 5:01 am
This week’s Future of TV Briefing breaks down the CTV ad industry’s new tool for fighting device spoofing.
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