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Sprinkling Fairy Dust on CTV Ads: When Artificial Intelligence Meets Artificial Results

Connected TV (CTV) advertising was hyped as the marketer’s latest shiny toy—a seamless fusion of creativity and data-driven precision, all orchestrated by the ever-mystical...

Laurel Rossi on Marketing’s Shiny Distractions, Linear TV’s Last Gasp, and Why the Industry’s All Bark and No Bite

Let’s be clear: Laurel Rossi isn’t here to join the echo chamber of ad executives talking about “disruption” while sipping their third champagne at...

Mark Coleman: The VC Who Tossed the Rulebook (And has a heart)

Meet Mark Coleman, a venture capitalist who doesn’t give a rip about the traditional VC playbook. Management fees? Nope. Early exits? Not his style....

AdTech’s Great Purge: The Last Stand of the Bloat Masters

Terrence Kawaja’s “Great Ad Tech Cleanup” isn’t just a neat metaphor—it’s an industrial-strength decluttering of a sector that’s spent years accumulating more fat than...

Curation Haters Gonna Hate: But It’s Still the Only Thing Keeping Your Ads Clean

Alright, folks, let’s talk about adtech’s latest punching bag: curation. It’s the kale of programmatic—good for you, sure, but nobody wants to chew on...

From Blockbuster to Bust: Netflix’s AAA Game Studio Shuts Down

Netflix just gave the axe to its Southern California AAA game studio, Team Blue, before it ever released a single game. In a move...

Why Your Brand Feels Like a Cheap Date: All Flash, No Substance in the World of Performance Marketing

Performance marketing has become the fast-food option of the digital age—convenient, tempting, and delivering instant satisfaction. However, just like a diet of burgers and...

Why Jonah Goodhart Thinks Your Feelings Matter More Than Clicks

Let me paint you a picture: I'm sitting across from Jonah Goodhart—yes, that Jonah Goodhart. The ad tech wunderkind who co -founded Moat, sold it to...

Ad Tech Survivor: Raj Chauhan’s Escape from the Island of Overengineered Data

Let’s start with the obvious: Raj Chauhan has been around the block. And I don’t mean the block you stroll around on your morning...

The Holiday CTV Battle: Don’t Be Late to the Party, or You’ll Miss the Whole Show

If you’re not already working on your holiday marketing strategy by the time fireworks light up the sky on July 4th, you're already behind....

DSPs: The Zombie Platforms Shuffling Through AdtechWhen innovation dies but the platforms keep walking.

We’re talking about DSPs—those clunky, overstuffed jalopies that are clogging up the digital ad freeway like a never-ending traffic jam. Right now, we’ve got...

Data, AI, and Pants: Why Jennifer Jackson Says Only 4% Are Truly Dressed for Succes

Jennifer Jackson’s career path reads like the script of a tech-world reboot where the hero doesn’t save the day with algorithms or gadgets but...

The CMO Who Doesn’t Play by the Rules: Chris Koehler’s Mission to Break Down Silos

Chris Koehler, Twilio's Chief Marketing Officer, isn’t just another marketer who throws around buzzwords like “disruption” and “innovation” while making it sound like he’s...

ThinkPad to Think Big: Rabin’s No-Nonsense Path to Lenovo’s Future

David Rabin, Lenovo's CMO for the Solutions and Services Group (SSG), is like the guy in a high-stakes poker game who looks at everyone...

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