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Trade Desk Brings Back Dave Pickles as Stock Sits 91% Below Peak
Martech

Trade Desk Brings Back Dave Pickles as Stock Sits 91% Below Peak

Dave Pickles returns to The Trade Desk to lead a new CTO Council as the adtech firm faces slowing revenue, platform resets and a…

4 Nov · 3 min
AI ad placement merger targets 2B viewers and an IPO
Martech

AI Ad Placement Merger Aims for 2B Viewers and an IPO

Rembrand and Whisper World are combining into WRLabs, a 450-person ad-placement business reaching 2B monthly viewers that plans an IPO.

2 Nov · 3 min
Affle to acquire Perion for $420 million
Marketing News

Affle to acquire Perion for $420 million

Affle signs a $420M all-cash deal to buy Perion, adding retail media, CTV and DOOH scale to its CPCU model in developed markets.

2 Nov · 3 min
AudienceProject and Xpln.ai launch attentive reach KPI
Martech

AudienceProject and Xpln.ai fuse reach with attention

AudienceProject and Xpln.ai have launched deduplicated attentive reach, a KPI that pairs deduplicated reach with attention rates across nine European markets.

31 Oct · 3 min
WPP's 400-partner data play blunts Safari ID block
Marketing News

WPP CEO: 400 data partners cushion Safari identity block

WPP says Apple's Safari identity-resolution block barely touches its InfoSum stack, with nearly 400 data partners cushioning the shift.

30 Oct · 3 min
Taboola brings AI answers to Motorola lock screens
Martech

Taboola puts DeeperDive on Motorola lock screens

Taboola's DeeperDive AI answer engine is coming to select moto g lock screens, making Motorola the first smartphone maker to integrate it.

30 Oct · 3 min
Google Stock Falls 11% as AI Mode Slows Search Ads
Marketing News

Google Stock Falls 11% as AI Mode Slows Search Ad Growth

Alphabet's Q3 revenue rose 25% to $127.6B, but Search ad growth slowed to 12% as AI Mode monetizes lower. Shares fell about 11% after…

29 Oct · 3 min
AI can cut creative production costs tenfold
Martech

AI Cuts Creative Production Costs Tenfold: OpenArt

OpenArt says AI creative tools are production-ready, removing friction rather than people—and enterprise controls matter when teams scale.

29 Oct · 3 min
Indie agencies question DSP dependence as bot traffic tops 50%
Martech

Indie agencies question DSP dependence as bot traffic tops 50%

Indie agencies say promised direct DSP relationships haven't materialized as fees stay steep, while AI agents and unified platforms blur the adtech map.

27 Oct · 3 min
Mac bid rates down 25% as Apple blocks identity vendors
Marketing News

Apple’s identity block hits publishers: Mac bid rates down 25%

Apple's Safari identity block is already hitting publisher yields, with Mac bid rates down 25%. Here's what the WebKit fallout means for ad budgets.

27 Oct · 3 min
Stagwell buys Freestar to tighten its grip on publisher ad sales
Agencies

Stagwell buys Freestar to own publisher ad sales tech

Stagwell brings Freestar into its Owned Media unit to control publisher inventory, putting programmatic transparency and supply-side economics under the spotlight.

26 Oct · 3 min
Delhi's Programmatic Fresher Hiring Hits 50% Intent
Marketing News

Festive ad-tech hiring: Delhi programmatic roles at 50%

TeamLease EdTech's HY2 2026 report shows programmatic associate roles lead Delhi fresher hiring at 50% and digital marketing executive tops Mumbai at 48%.

24 Oct · 2 min

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