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Viant loses $1.8m in record quarter as revenue gains 34% to $104.3m
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Viant loses $1.8m in record quarter as revenue gains 34% to $104.3m
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Viant loses $1.8m in record quarter as revenue gains 34% to $104.3m
Access carried over 80% of CTV spend, up from just above 50% in the first quarter, squeezing SSPs. Guidance points to $110.5m and 29% margins in Q3.
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ChatGPT referrals to B2B sites gain 303% in a year, Demandbase finds
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ChatGPT referrals to B2B sites gain 303% in a year, Demandbase finds
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ChatGPT referrals to B2B sites gain 303% in a year, Demandbase finds
Monthly visits rose from 645,000 to 2.6 million across 1,584 Demandbase tenants, inflecting in May 2026. CTV spend doubled. What are marketers hedging against?
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AI agents buy like TV buyers: 86% fewer auctions, DataBeat finds
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AI agents buy like TV buyers: 86% fewer auctions, DataBeat finds
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AI agents buy like TV buyers: 86% fewer auctions, DataBeat finds
Agentic demand cleared $6.13 against $6.95 for conventional buyers, thinning yield. Rivals now wrap fixed-price deals at 1% fees. Is per-impression buying over?
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Intentsify adds QuantumDemand to score B2B buying groups over leads
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Intentsify adds QuantumDemand to score B2B buying groups over leads
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Intentsify adds QuantumDemand to score B2B buying groups over leads
The Westwood, Massachusetts vendor pairs it with the Quantum Index, a purchase-readiness score replacing marketing qualified leads for enterprise sales teams.
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WP Engine drops hosting requirement for Smart Search AI plugin
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WP Engine drops hosting requirement for Smart Search AI plugin
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WP Engine drops hosting requirement for Smart Search AI plugin
Once locked to WP Engine's own paying customers only, Smart Search AI now runs on any WordPress site as agencies weigh search tools against AI answer engines.
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Ahrefs's Letaido claims a 40-hour audit now takes 60 minutes
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Ahrefs's Letaido claims a 40-hour audit now takes 60 minutes
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Ahrefs's Letaido claims a 40-hour audit now takes 60 minutes
Foundation's CEO says the AI workspace cut a full workweek of research to an hour. Ahrefs built it on 170 trillion pages and 439 million monthly AI prompts.
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iHeartMedia radio profit drops 39% as programmatic revenue targets $200m
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iHeartMedia radio profit drops 39% as programmatic revenue targets $200m
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iHeartMedia radio profit drops 39% as programmatic revenue targets $200m
Broadcast radio revenue grew just 0.5% to $397.6 million as segment margin sank to 10.9% from 17.7%. Amazon DSP arrives in Q4. Can programmatic close the gap?
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NIQ AI-native revenue gains 34% as agentic commerce product nears launch
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NIQ AI-native revenue gains 34% as agentic commerce product nears launch
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NIQ AI-native revenue gains 34% as agentic commerce product nears launch
Optiq Bridge opens retail measurement to AI agents via MCP in September, and Unlimitail is the first retail media client. Can NIQ price agent access to data?
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Acemoglu says removing algorithmic feeds would break TikTok's business
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Acemoglu says removing algorithmic feeds would break TikTok's business
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Acemoglu says removing algorithmic feeds would break TikTok's business
MIT economist would strip ranking from feeds at Meta and TikTok, firms already facing EU addictive design findings. What happens to the ad model underneath?
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Google: Subject/Object Entity Order Affects AI Answers via @sejournal, @martinibuster
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Google: Subject/Object Entity Order Affects AI Answers via @sejournal, @martinibuster
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Google: Subject/Object Entity Order Affects AI Answers
Google's research shows that LLMs experience difficulty recalling facts when questions reverse the usual subject/object entity order.
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AI Assistants Are Choosing Local Businesses For Your Customers via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
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AI Assistants Are Choosing Local Businesses For Your Customers via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
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AI Assistants Are Choosing Local Businesses For Your Customers
AI assistants narrow local searches to a few names before customers reach a website. Here's what Google says about how those answers get built for local.
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The Paid ‘Search’ Email Placement: Right Place, Right Time via @sejournal, @jonkagan
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The Paid ‘Search’ Email Placement: Right Place, Right Time via @sejournal, @jonkagan
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The Paid ‘Search’ Email Placement: Right Place, Right Time
Gmail and Outlook ad inventory sits inside Demand Gen and Audience Ads. Here's how to run it without cannibalizing your search campaigns.
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Llms.txt V2 Adds Formal Markdown Linking For AI Agents via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
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Llms.txt V2 Adds Formal Markdown Linking For AI Agents via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
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Llms.txt V2 Adds Formal Markdown Linking For AI Agents
A v2 update to the llms.txt spec has shipped, adding formal link relations that help AI agents locate Markdown versions of pages.
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Google Lets You Turn Off Visible Watermarks In Gemini via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
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Google Lets You Turn Off Visible Watermarks In Gemini via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
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Google Lets You Turn Off Visible Watermarks In Gemini
Google Gemini allows users to disable the visible watermark on AI-generated images, videos, and music, while SynthID and C2PA marks stay embedded.
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Italy fines Piaggio 460,000 euros over 112 emails taken from two staff
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Italy fines Piaggio 460,000 euros over 112 emails taken from two staff
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Italy fines Piaggio 460,000 euros over 112 emails taken from two staff
Retention ran five years past termination and access logs six months, the Garante found. The company can now settle at half the sum inside the appeal window.
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YouTube counts views from the first frame across all formats on August 24
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YouTube counts views from the first frame across all formats on August 24
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YouTube counts views from the first frame across all formats on August 24
Engaged views stay the basis for Partner Program pay, so bigger counters will not move creator earnings. Help Center text still carries the old 30-second rule.