CMOs are struggling to link AI visibility with sales Brands are spending on tools that rate their visibility within LLM responses and AI search, but proving the commercial impact isn't easy. $$ digiday.com digiday.com / feeds digiday-com / / #creative / / 26 days 26d Share
Walmart finally lets advertisers exclude certain search terms Walmart Connect said it would let advertisers exclude specific search terms for sponsored-products campaigns through "negative keywords." $$ digiday.com digiday.com / feeds digiday-com / / #creative / / 27 days 27d Share
Future of TV Briefing: In TV ad market's swing to streaming, cheap inventory is in demand This week's Future of TV Briefing looks at how TV and streaming companies' advertising businesses fared in the second quarter of 2026. $$ digiday.com digiday.com / feeds digiday-com / / #creative / / 27 days 27d Share
Build or buy: Inside indie agency Mod Op's AI infrastructure Mod Op is betting that building its own AI infrastructure can deliver more value than simply licensing off-the-shelf tools. $$ digiday.com digiday.com / feeds digiday-com / / #creative / / 27 days 27d Share
Lifestyle brand Stanley 1913 adapts its marketing for the AI search era The marketing it was doing worked well for a human audience. The brand needed different approaches to get picked up by the AI platforms. $$ digiday.com digiday.com / feeds digiday-com / / #creative / / 27 days 27d Share
S4 and Monks are trying to get ahead of rising AI token costs Monks is considered a leader in AI marketing services. But its "exploding" use of AI tokens could bring its founders an unwelcome choice: maintain margins and keep the market onside, or spend to stay ahead? $$ digiday.com digiday.com / feeds digiday-com / / #creative / / 28 days 28d Share
Why agentic media buying is becoming a client-by-client configuration job Butler/Till is expanding its agentic media buying tests, highlighting the challenge of adapting AI to different client needs. $$ digiday.com digiday.com / feeds digiday-com .. digiday-com-podcasts / / #creative / / 28 days 28d Share
Perplexity blocks Time's ads served to AI agents, calling them 'deceptive' Perplexity has blocked Time's markdown agent ads from influencing its AI system, labeling the practice "deceptive." $$ digiday.com digiday.com / feeds digiday-com / / #creative / / 28 days 28d Share
Ad Tech Briefing: More take-private deals are on the horizon, here's what to look out for As DoubleVerify and LiveRamp exit the public markets, mixed Q2 earnings reactions suggest more will follow. $$ digiday.com digiday.com / feeds digiday-com / / #creative / / 28 days 28d Share
Experian retires the Audigent brand, folding it into Experian Marketing Services Twenty months after it was acquired by Experian, the Audigent brand is no more. It's been absorbed into Experian Marketing Services. $$ digiday.com digiday.com / feeds digiday-com / / #creative / / 28 days 28d Share