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A Meta-Morphosis: Frontier Foray and TikTok Block
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Meta’s TikTok Link Ban Could Hobble Media Buyers’ Creator Campaigns
Blocking a rival makes sense, buyers say, but stopping brands from linking to TikTok is another matter.
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11 of the Best-Funded GEO Startups Racing to Win AI Search
Profound's $1.8 billion valuation grabbed the headlines, but a crowded field of AI search startups is chasing the same prize: getting brands into AI answers.
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ExclusiveGoogle Opens AI Mode to Prescription Drug Ads
The test, which began this month, brings one of advertising's most regulated categories into Google's AI answers.
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TikTok Expands Its Off-Platform Ad Network to US Advertisers
The rebranded Pangle spans nearly 400,000 apps and is heavy on gaming. TikTok is also allowing advertisers to run campaigns from AI tools like Claude and Perplexity.
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Google Gets to Keep Its Adtech Stack Intact. Does The Trade Desk’s Pitch Lose its Punch?
In its battle with the DOJ, Google kept its adtech stack intact—the reality could dilute the value prop of some Trade Desk products.
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The Trade Desk, Worried Stock Slide Could ‘Substantially Harm’ Retention, Moves to Reprice Employee Options
The move could help the beleaguered adtech company keep staffers whose stock options have lost most of their value.
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Scope3’s Rebrand to Apostra Solidifies Shift from Sustainability to AI
A defiant Brian O’Kelley raged against the “double standard” to which he claims to be held.
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Amazon Locks Out Meta’s Muse in Agentic Shopping Standoff
Amazon says Meta never disclosed that Muse would shop its store, and that the agent captures customer credentials without identifying itself.
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The Trade Desk Sheds 15% of Staff on Heels of Lackluster Q2 Showing
The Trade Desk is cutting 15% of its global workforce, about 585 roles, CEO Jeff Green frames the layoffs as a move to sharpen focus and agility amid slowing growth.
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Google Dodged a Breakup, but Experts Say Alternatives Are Misdirected
Google won't be forced to spin off its ad exchange or publisher ad server, but industry leaders are split on whether the court’s behavioral remedies will actually restore competition.
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Google Won’t Be Forced to Break Up Adtech Biz, Even After Monopoly Ruling
Google will not be required to divest key parts of its advertising business, even after a federal court ruled that the tech company operated illegal monopolies in the publisher ad [...]
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Meta’s Push on Rivals May Be PR Genius, If It Doesn’t Overplay Its Hand
Meta is pressuring TikTok and YouTube to adopt restrictive teen-safety protocols it’s being forced to implement, and PR pros say the gambit may just work.
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Is The Trade Desk’s Turnaround Push Officially Underway?
The Trade Desk's Kokai refresh and C-suite overhaul may indicate a new direction for the buy-side platform.
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The Trade Desk’s Kokai Refresh Ditches the Programmatic Table: See the Pitch Deck
The adtech company’s Koa agents are front and center in the Kokai platform’s redesign.
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