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Beyond Demographics: Why Emotions Are the Future of CTV Targeting

BrandDiscovery allows brands to target their CTV ads based on the emotions of specific scenes within TV shows. We sat down with Peter Crofut, Wurl's VP of Business Development for Agencies and Brands and Matthew Kramer, Head of Brand Investment at Media.Monks discuss BrandDiscovery and the potential to redefine the…

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Beyond the Bus Stop: Decoding the Future of DOOH Ads

The digital out-of-home space is starting to hit its stride, and publishers and advertisers are beginning to understand its true benefits for attention, measurement, and much more.  After a long career working with the largest media holding companies, Brian Rappaport launched his own business focusing on out-of-home (OHH) and digital…

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Ad Spending Will Jump More Than Anticipated in 2024

According to several US forecasts, 2024 promises to be a banner year for advertising. Last December, IPG Mediabrands predicted that ad spend would grow 8.4% this year, but last week, its research arm, Magna, raised its forecast, saying revenues would grow 9.2% to reach $390 billion. 

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Answering Who Owns the Data AI is Trained On?

To say that Reddit's IPO is causing a stir is an understatement. Part of that excitement is due to generative AI. Google and other AI companies are just itching to get their hands on Reddit's vast pool of user-generated content to train its models.

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The AdOps Team of the Future

There is one part of the news organization that finds generative AI extremely useful, and in some instances, transformative: the AdOps team. AdMonsters has begun interviewing AdOps folks across several organizations to see if and how they’re using it. If you’re in AdOps and are using it, we’d love to hear…

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Digital Advertising Needs a New Class of Cookies

The IAB Tech Lab issued a report expressing significant concerns about Google's Privacy Sandbox. To some in the industry, such as Uri Lichter, CEO at Intango, the problem is that the notion of third-party cookies is too broad. The industry needs to come together to develop a new class of cookies that help…

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