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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I usually write on the publisher side, so I felt like a secret agent among many brands and agencies at Programmatic IO 2025. And I got some top-secret publisher intel you can deploy.
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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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While trust in national news continues to erode, often due to political bias or polarization, local and independent journalism remains a trusted cornerstone for communities, and a place for advertisers to connect with consumers.
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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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Predictive attention is emerging as a signal of quality. Publishers like the Financial Times are already seeing it show up in RFPs—a sign it could become the next viewability benchmark.
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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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Here's the truth about data: while certain signals like weather patterns or real-time engagement metrics can significantly impact campaign performance, others merely add noise.
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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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