The Big Story

We dive into the muck that is YouTube’s partner network. Plus, how that lack of transparency relates to its burgeoning YouTube TV supply.

Get the inside baseball on MediaMath’s bankruptcy. Plus,what its demise means for the rest of ad tech.

Why retail media is going in-house. Plus, Prebid.org’s latest update addresses three biggies: SPO, data privacy and the end of third-party cookies:

"How did they let us into this thing?" After a week at the Cannes Lions, Sarah and Allison share what they learned from advertising's networking festival, set against the backdrop of White Lotus and Below Deck.

Everyone is infusing their tech with generative AI, from startups to Salesforce to Google. Understand the throughlines of these product updates. Plus, the challenge of finding publisher playmates in the Privacy Sandbox

 Twitter ad revenue is down, brand safety is MIA and the product appears to be breaking. As newly appointed Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino starts her first week on the job, can she engineer a turnaround? Plus: the launch of The Trade Desk’s Kokai and Apple’s privacy manifests.

Happy birthday, GDPR! On this week’s episode, we dissect how GDPR, now five years old – and a few billion dollars accumulated in fines – has affected the online economy. We also dissect the end of AddThis, a third-party data company and GDPR casualty.

From a data-fueled TV upfronts to recent changes in streaming pricing, ad load and bundles, the TV industry is making progress under pressure. Plus: Google’s third-party cookieless plan and new AI features.

Where does ad tech see future growth? And where do expanding areas like retail media, privacy tech and connected TV need a reality check? Listen in to hear both cases as the editorial team recaps the Programmatic IO conference.

Cutting out hops in the supply chain means skipping over a DSP or an SSP – especially for video inventory. Plus, inside Cadent’s bid for bankrupt SSP EMX.