The publisher monetization startup ArcSpan raised $5.2 million in a seed extension round Wednesday. It will use the fund to invest in its tool set, which simplifies how publishers can use their first-party data.
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When you consider the rising costs of ad-free streaming, the shift to ad-supported platforms isn’t all that surprising. Monthly ad-free access to the top eight US streaming services now costs roughly $122.
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AdButler’s Robert Janes lays out the case for owning your audience, launching your own media network, and finally reclaiming control from middlemen who’ve had their hand in your pocket for too long.
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Wentao Xiao, co-founder and CEO of Cactivate, started the company to help small brands get the most out of their customer acquisition campaigns. But the company evolved into an AI-powered campaign optimization solution.
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Generative AI threatens the very future of the open web and the publishers that sustain it, but there can be a future where publishers thrive by recognizing what they offer that AI cannot.
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Bid throttling is publishers’ strategic response to this overwhelming flood of bid requests and the need for more precise inventory management.
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Media quality is no longer a guessing game. From ad-to-content ratio to carbon impact, new signals are giving publishers and buyers a clearer picture of value—and it’s changing the way programmatic works.
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The DOJ is taking on one of the most powerful players in digital advertising. In its high-profile antitrust case against Google, the DOJ argues that the tech giant used its dominance across the ad tech stack to suppress competition.
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Maybe AI isn’t taking over ad ops. Maybe it’s elevating it. From prompt engineering to creative alignment and data stewardship, ops teams are moving from the weeds to the frontlines of strategy. Here’s what it takes to keep up.
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While influencer fraud is frequently framed as a financial issue, its consequences run deeper, affecting the entire ecosystem. Fake influencers aren’t just misleading brands.
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