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MNTN Is Selling Ryan Reynolds’ Agency Maximum Effort, SEC Filing Shows

Adweek

BlackRock-backed CTV advertising platform MNTN is divesting production shop Maximum Effort "to an affiliate of its original owner," according to an IPO securities filing made Friday. Maximum Effort was founded by actor Ryan Reynolds and producer George Dewey in 2018. In the filing, MNTN said that on Feb. 28 "the Company entered into an agreement.

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Indie Agency Acadia Aims for 50% of Revenue From Retail Media by 2026

Adweek

Agency holding companies have been on a tear to acquire commerce shops. Just this week, Havas said it plans to acquire Channel Bakers. Publicis Groupe has spent big on companies including Mars Commerce and CitrusAd. And Omnicom's acquisition of Flywheel Digital last year for $835 million was the holding company's largest deal to date.

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Why Data Minimization Is A Very Big Deal For Ad Tech

AdExchanger

When it comes to data collection, the ad tech industry has long had a hoarder mentality.

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Less Chat In ChatGPT? How AI Could Evolve In Ad Tech In 2025

AdExchanger

Good news for the skeptics: 2025 will hopefully be a year of more practical AI use cases for advertising, especially as agencies get more hands-on with the tech. How AI Could Evolve In Ad Tech In 2025 appeared first on AdExchanger. The post Less Chat In ChatGPT?

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Momentum Grows Around Brands Owning Ad-Tech Contracts Amid Supply Chain Murkiness

Adweek

Increasingly, brands are working to forge direct contracts with their ad-tech partners--a relationship traditionally managed by their agency.

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Best of AdMonsters Wrapper: The Top Ad Tech News Stories You Couldn’t Stop Clicking on in 2024

Ad Monsters

Missed the most buzzworthy ad tech stories of the year? In 2024, ad tech kept us on our toes with innovation, controversy, and everything in between. Whether it was AI upending ad tech norms, Googles legal woes, or streaming giants making bold moves, these stories resonated for a reason.

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How Agencies Use AI to Generate New Business

Adweek

It used to take days to craft the perfect RFI response--the first of several steps agencies take when competing in notoriously arduous pitch processes. Now, planners at Stagwell agency Gale can do it in 90 minutes, with help from an AI bot that thinks like Brad Simms, the agency's chief executive. The bot is also.

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