After years of volatility—shifting buyer expectations, uneven ad spend, and constant platform change—this year is shaping up to be a defining one for ...

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As AI-driven inventory floods the digital ecosystem, advertisers are becoming more selective about where they place budgets. In this environment, ...

I have spent the last several months knee-deep in research on product market fit, examining how audience behavior, propensity modeling and product development work together in practice, not theory. My ...

Publishers enter 2026 facing unrelenting pressure to innovate with generative AI, colliding with the need to protect editorial standards and audience trust. As AI slop floods the media ecosystem, ...

For media companies, the start of a new year is an opportunity to take stock of the big trends and reassess priorities for the year ahead. AI inevitably looms large in this mix in 2026, particularly ...

Media companies are increasingly using artificial intelligence to improve recommendations and personalize the audience’s viewing experience. The primary focus centers on reducing friction in discovery ...

In 2026, media companies are operating in an environment shaped by multiple, overlapping shifts. Audience discovery continues to fragment as search and social become increasingly unreliable traffic ...

Artificial intelligence significantly reduces the cost and time required to produce video. Across major digital platforms, that shift coincides with a notable increase in low-quality, AI-generated ...

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