When publishers stop waiting for better tech and start building it themselves, the ad stack starts to shift toward transparency, control, and equity. Stephanie Layser, Justin Wohl, and Justin Barton are bringing lived experience to the table, reshaping tools that put the sell side first.
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At POSSIBLE 2025, Megan Jones, Chief Media Officer at Digitas, rolled back the covers on scroll culture, AI shortcuts, and the strategy-first mindset brands need to stop chasing metrics and start making moments.
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At POSSIBLE 2025, Yahoo CRO Rob Wilk shared the company’s “greatest hits with new tracks” approach to reinvention—and explained why client loyalty, not hype, is the real signal of success. Yahoo’s been around for three decades. But that doesn't mean we should mistake staying power for standing still. At POSSIBLE…
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Warner Bros. Discovery announced Wednesday that its streaming service Max is going back to HBO Max, and they're releasing a new ad-buying tool, Neo.
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At POSSIBLE 2025, we caught up with Felix Zeng, Head of Programmatic at The Weather Company, to discuss data ethics, environmental signals, and how forecasting weather and ad trends aren’t all that different—until they are.
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Ryan Maynard, the SVP of Programmatic Sales Operations at publisher monetization platform Raptive, was, until recently, deeply skeptical of curation and the industry’s shift to activating curated audiences within SSPs. What changed?
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Discovery is shifting. Attention is scattered. And the sell side isn’t just supporting strategy—it is the strategy. Here’s what media owners need to know now, and the real moves to make next.
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As digital media shifts beneath our feet, the latest earnings from major players like The New York Times, ESPN, and Roku show how publishers survive or thrive through trying times.
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Snackable Media’s acquisition of AdGrid marks a first. A Black-owned header bidding wrapper and full-stack ad platform built with multicultural publishers in mind. Founder Justin Barton explains the strategy, the tech, and why it’s time to redefine scale and ownership in ad ops.
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Google paused third-party cookie deprecation (again), but what is the real takeaway? It was never just about cookies. Keith Petri, CEO, Lockr by Viant, writes about why future-proof identity strategies matter more than ever.
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