Advertising Week Briefing: AWNY distills the industry's existential drift The pace of change has caught even seasoned marketers off balance. AWNY doesn't escape that. If anything, it distills it ... $$ digiday.com digiday.com / feeds digiday-com / / #creative / / 7 days 7d Share
Media Buying Briefing: AI's impact on search forces agencies to rewrite the marketing script Zero-click search and generative search optimization (GEO) are the new battle cries of the media planning and buying world, all because generative AI has upended search behaviors as we've known them the last 20 years. $$ digiday.com digiday.com / feeds digiday-com / / #creative / / 7 days 7d Share
AI personas promise speed, but safeguards are needed to avoid leading marketers astray Lavazza is using AI audience personas to drive its media strategy. The tech shouldn't be trusted totally, agency execs warn. $$ digiday.com digiday.com / feeds digiday-com / / #creative / / 7 days 7d Share
Creators fear that cheap, scalable AI talent might soon come for their paychecks As Meta and OpenAI go all-in on AI-generated video content, creators say brands may follow, but authenticity still sells. $$ digiday.com digiday.com / feeds digiday-com / / #creative / / 7 days 7d Share
In the AI dealmaking rush, Trusted Media Brands is at the table but holding back Trusted Media Brands is in talks with big tech on AI licensing, but delaying signing deals to avoid giving away content without clear terms. $$ digiday.com digiday.com / feeds digiday-com / / #creative / / 7 days 7d Share
Future of Marketing Briefing: AI feels friendlier, agency holdcos act tighter In the race to build brands around AI assistants, the stakes are higher than empathy. $$ digiday.com digiday.com / feeds digiday-com / / #creative / / 10 days 10d Share
CTV players hope importing social assets can lower brands' barrier to entry LG Ad Solutions is rolling out a tool that repurposes paid social and influencer ads for its TV inventory. Will the tactic catch on? $$ digiday.com digiday.com / feeds digiday-com / / #creative / / 10 days 10d Share
'It's like Google all over again': What OpenAI's Instant Checkout signals about conversational commerce As OpenAI moves into shopping, marketers see a small step with big implications for discovery, measurement, and retail media. $$ digiday.com digiday.com / feeds digiday-com / / #creative / / 10 days 10d Share
Inside The Economist's plan to grow revenues in a post-search, AI-driven future The Economist is investing in formats harder for machines to mimic, like video and audio, while holding a hard line against AI licensing. $$ digiday.com digiday.com / feeds digiday-com / / #creative / / 10 days 10d Share
Discord puts proof behind its ad pitch with first measurement push An early Discord Quest performance measurement test has revealed positive numbers, including a 99 percent reward completion rate. $$ digiday.com digiday.com / feeds digiday-com / / #creative / / 11 days 11d Share