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The Rise Of Principal Media And The End Of The Agencies As We Knew Them
Ad agency holding companies are among the most adaptable businesses out there. In recent years holdcos like Publicis, WPP and Omnicom-IPG have stretched our notions of what an agency business even is exactly.
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Are CAPIs The Next Phase Of Performance TV?
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PODCAST: The Big StoryWill The Trade Desk Right-Size Its Margins?
Fees, fees, fees. The Trade Desk is facing market pressure in all directions: from rival DSPs offering lower fee structures, SSPs and agencies clashing over its OpenPath product and bearish investors disappointed with growth. Guest Sarah Caputo, founder of consultancy Fraction Method, tells us why The Trade Desk should reduce its margin and make its fees more transparent.
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Smartly Is Planning To Acquire INCRMNTAL Within The Next Few Weeks
Smartly is acquiring INCRMNTAL, an incrementality measurement startup founded in Tel Aviv in 2019 that focuses on causal lift rather than user-level tracking.
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OPINION: On TV & VideoWhy Ads.txt Needs To Evolve For Connected TV
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