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Google Rolls Out SGE, Here’s How Publishers Are Responding

Adweek

Google's AI-powered search tool, formerly Search Generative Experience (SGE), is now available widely in the U.S., with a global rollout following soon, Google boss Sundar Pichai said at Google's I/O conference held in Mountain View, California, yesterday. That's not great news for publishers, who have seen a substantial decline of up to 60% in organic.

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The unwarranted smile

Seth Godin

When we do something nice for someone, a ‘thank you’ and a smile is nice to receive. And, in many parts of human culture, it’s a bit expected. But when something goes wrong, if we drop a plate or miss a turn or make someone late, it’s particularly delightful and memorable if we are greeted warmly instead of stomped on. The moments when it’s the most difficult to be kind are the moments where it matters the most.

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Politico Gets Access to More Reader Data, Launching Its First Consumer Registration Wall

Adweek

The politics publisher Politico began the rollout of its first consumer registration wall on Wednesday, the first step in a larger strategy from the Axel Springer property to gather more information about readers. The registration wall will initially let readers access up to 10 articles before asking them to share basic information--their email, employer and.

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Netflix Is Launching Its Own Ad Tech

AdExchanger

From its upfront stage, Netflix announced that its ad-supported plan now has 40 million monthly active users globally. It also shared plans to launch its own ad tech platform, plus new partnerships with more programmatic platforms and measurement vendors. The post Netflix Is Launching Its Own Ad Tech appeared first on AdExchanger.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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YouTube Pitches Massive TV Viewership, Ad Targeting at Upfront

Adweek

YouTube asserted its dominance as a video platform that transcends traditional television at its upfront event from Lincoln Center today, boasting billions of viewers and achieving highly relevant ads for its brand partners. "We're redefining what TV looks like, helping creators reach new heights and using AI to expand creativity," said Neal Mohan, CEO, YouTube.

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Netflix to take on Google and Amazon by building its own ad server

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The announcement signifies a significant shake-up in the streaming giant's advertising approach. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Walled Garden Platforms Are Drowning Marketers In Self-Attributed Sales

AdExchanger

Sales are way up and ROAS is through the roof across search, social and ecommerce. At least, that’s what the ad platforms claim. But dig into the CRM, a brand’s primary source of actual sales data, and site traffic and engagement coming from search and social aren’t jumping. This is a relatively normal occurrence for […] The post Walled Garden Platforms Are Drowning Marketers In Self-Attributed Sales appeared first on AdExchanger.

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How Brands Like Diageo, Progressive and eBay Are Using Gen AI to Tailor Ads

Adweek

In the quest for more impactful advertising, brands like eBay, Progressive and Diageo are turning to generative AI not just to generate creative, but also to tailor audio content, translate more granular audience segments to other platforms and curate targeted shopping experiences. And they are starting to see early signs of success. Insurance provider Progressive.

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Why you should track your email’s long tail to measure success (plus a case study)

Martech

When someone talks about “long tail” strategy, you probably think it begins and ends with search engine marketing. But it should be a part of your email campaign planning as well. If you don’t track your results long after your campaign ends, you’re more likely to under-report your successes! With all the pressure on email marketing to produce results, that could be a major omission.

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Can a New Name Give the Boy Scouts a New Lease on Life?

Adweek

Last week, the Boy Scouts of America did something its community (and the country) never thought it would do: It rebranded without the eponymous "boys" in its name. Now known as Scouting America, the +100-year-old youth organization announced its new name as part of ongoing efforts to revitalize its brand. For years, scrutiny and scandal.

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Retail media advertising: How e-commerce is becoming AdTech’s next frontier

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Google rolls out AI Overviews for more complex searches

Martech

Google is rolling out its AI Overviews search to U.S.-based users of Google Search in the coming week. This was just one of several significant developments announced by the company at Google I/O yesterday. What are AI Overviews? AI Overviews give answers to queries using generative AI technology powered by Google Gemini. It provides a few snippets of an answer based on its understanding of queries and the content it found on the topic across the web.

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Netflix Unveils In-House Adtech Platform at First In-Person Upfront

Adweek

Netflix is looking to score on its NFL Christmas Day games by doubling down on adtech. In its first in-person TV upfront week presentation (the company had a virtual upfront last year), held today at Manhattan's Pier59 Studios, the company announced several ad tier updates, including its own in-house adtech platform. "Bringing our adtech in-house.

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The state of digital customer experience by Digital Marketing Depot

Martech

Unprecedented changes in retail over the last four years have reshaped the industry’s digital customer experience—both in the way organizations do business and the preferences of shoppers. The lessons learned about the importance of technology and data can help businesses scale and bring the human element found in brick-and-mortar stores to their digital platforms.

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WBD Debuts New Dune Series, Ad Products and One WBD System at Upfront

Adweek

Warner Bros. Discovery unveiled a slate of new content, ad products and consumption metrics at its TV upfront presentation in Madison Square Garden on Wednesday morning. The pitch, whose theme was Make It Happen Here, centered on the iconic intellectual property WBD has at its disposal and a reenergized stable of television and film following.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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Innovating the Future of Marketing: A Conversation with Jay Friedman, CEO of Goodway Group

Ad Monsters

Discover how Goodway Group is pushing the boundaries of digital marketing with the launch of GRADIANT and G-Comm. CEO Jay Friedman shares the strategic vision, market needs, and future trends driving these innovative initiatives. Goodway Group, a leading name in digital marketing, has embarked on an exciting new chapter with the launch of two groundbreaking divisions: GRADIANT and G-Comm.

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Retail Media Search Is Where Intent and Discovery Will Merge

Adweek

Digital marketers are moving up the funnel--we're going in-store, the cookies are crumbling--and still, the humble place where it all started, search, is not only surviving but thriving. You might think sponsored search ad revenues of Amazon, the giant of retail media, would have slowed down by now. But nope. The market is predicting another.

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Ad Tech Companies Should Test The Privacy Sandbox, Even Though It’s Still ‘A Train Wreck’

AdExchanger

Around this time last year, there were only a handful of companies testing the Chrome Privacy Sandbox. Fast-forward to today, and Google says there are hundreds actively building infrastructure to support testing now that the APIs have become generally available. There’s been an enormous internal effort inside Chrome to “get as many companies as possible […] The post Ad Tech Companies Should Test The Privacy Sandbox, Even Though It’s Still ‘A Train Wreck’ appeared first on AdExchanger.

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Netflix Scores Live NFL Games on Christmas, Shocks TV World

Adweek

Christmas is coming early for Netflix. Top line Today, ahead of its upfront presentation at Manhattan's Pier59 Studios, Netflix announced that it scored live NFL Christmas Day games. In a blog on its Tudum website, the streaming giant said it'll be the global home of two NFL games on Dec. 25, also getting at least.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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Steering CTV Programmatic Toward Trust And Transparency

AdExchanger

Things are moving (pardon the pun) FAST in CTV programmatic. Total spend topped $21 billion in 2023, representing roughly 4x growth over the last five years. But if we want to ensure those ad dollars translate into outcomes, we collectively need to slow down and make time to proactively attack fraud and transparency concerns before […] The post Steering CTV Programmatic Toward Trust And Transparency appeared first on AdExchanger.

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How TelevisaUnivision Put Measurement and Music Centerstage at 2024 Upfront

Adweek

For its 2024 upfront event on Tuesday, TelevisaUnivision welcomed advertisers to its "casa" to talk measurement over margaritas. The Spanish-language broadcast network immersed upfront attendees in Spanish culture through its "Casa Cultura," a blend of food, music and entertainment while spotlighting its key points of differentiation in the category: precision in measurement capabilities and programming.

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Not too hot, not too cold: How to build the perfect martech stack

Martech

“This bowl of porridge is too hot, this one is too cold, but this one is just right!” This famous fairy tale starring Goldilocks searching for the perfect bowl of porridge is remarkably similar to assembling the perfect martech stack for your organization. With more than 14,000 martech options available to industry professionals, it’s not surprising marketing leaders are struggling with the Goldilocks principle.

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Plant-Based Battle: Beyond Meat’s CEO Pleads for Unity in Beleaguered Sector

Adweek

The plant-based meat industry, faced with sales drops and image problems, has already identified its most outspoken foes, namely well-organized, deep-pocketed Big Pharma and Big Beef. But those aren't the only critics of the startup food sector, according to Ethan Brown, CEO of Beyond Meat, who said that some "hard-core vegans" are aligned with those.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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Camille Manso: Looking forward with AI

Martech

Camille Manso is a partner with Silicon Foundry, an advisory firm that essentially arranges matches between their corporate clients and innovative tech start-ups. She tells us that the attention given to AI start-ups drove Silicon Foundry to start looking closely at marketing use cases. The firm is independent, holding no equity in the startups it evaluates or recommends.

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The Garage Podcast: The Future of Retail Media Networks

Adweek

Welcome back to The Garage: Tools for Retail Media Innovation. Hosted by Albertsons Media Collective's Evan Hovorka, vp of product and innovation, and Dan Massimino, director of marketing, The Garage dives into the why, the how and the who cares of retail media innovation.

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Alicia Arnold: Spotlight on the expert

Martech

Alicia Arnold is the founder of a consulting company, AK Arnold, and draws on 20 years of experience working with Fortune 500 companies to help them transform digitally. She is also a valued contributor to MarTech and a speaker at The MarTech Conference. We discussed the importance of being able to translate technology and break down silos in organizations, all while never losing sight of the customer. ( Interview edited for length and clarity.

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The 6 Factors for Creating Attention-Grabbing Brand Moments

Adweek

News media has transformed in recent years. The way people consume content is shifting, attention spans are shrinking, and the news cycle is shorter than ever. To be included, brands need to take an integrated and creative approach. Every campaign must achieve the unexpected and share stories that span the entire paid, earned, shared and.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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TripleLift Extends The Amazon RMN; Do Media Brands Ever Die?

AdExchanger

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Amazon’s Personal REC TripleLift is the first ad tech vendor to partner with Amazon’s Responsive Ecommerce Creative campaigns, Business Insider reports. The real difference with this product is that information and imagery about the product is pulled live by API. It turns product […] The post TripleLift Extends The Amazon RMN; Do Media Brands Ever Die?

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Look Inside the Pitch Deck That Sustainability Platform Provenance Used to Raise $5 Million

Adweek

Sustainability tech platform Provenance, which aims to simplify brands' green claims, today announced it's raised $5 million in a series B funding round. (Scroll down to view the full pitch deck.) The round was led by the Martin Sorrell-founded venture capital firm S4S Ventures. This is the seventh funding round for Provenance following five seed.

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How indie agencies will compete with holding companies during the upfront

Digiday

Agility and flexibility will be key for independent agencies to take on the holding companies as the upfront marketplace plays out over the next several weeks and months — especially as client expectations change as a result of a far more complex market. When it comes to securing their portion of the $20 billion or so of advertising spend from marketers, per eMarketer estimates , independents have to employ creative strategies to ensure they can still get clients access to optimal inventory.

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Gold House Celebrates the 2024 Class of A100 at Gold Gala

Adweek

Gold House, an influential cultural organization dedicated to empowering AAPI creatives, businesses and communities, hosted its highly anticipated third annual Gold Gala, themed A Gold New World. The event took place at the historic Music Center in downtown Los Angeles and attracted over 600 guests, including prominent leaders. The Gold Gala was a vibrant celebration.

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.