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The Human Touch in an AI-Driven World

The Human Touch in an AI-Driven World

It seems that every other article these days has something to do with AI. Many people see it as the doom of creativity; others see it as a boon to productivity. Whatever the...

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February 25, 2026
Google and Walmart are Teaming Up!? The Latest from NRF and CES 2026.

Google and Walmart are Teaming Up!? The Latest from NRF and CES 2026.

News from the NRF’s Big Show 2026 Google Announces Universal Commerce Protocol Google is taking a big step toward standardizing how AI Agents can interact with generative AI...

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February 11, 2026
What the Super Bowl Reveals about Sports Advertising

What the Super Bowl Reveals about Sports Advertising

Last year, Super Bowl LIX drew an estimated 191.1 million unique viewers, setting a new record in 2025. Once again, the NFL championship game proved that it remains the single...

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January 27, 2026
The Biggest Advertising Takeaways from 2025

The Biggest Advertising Takeaways from 2025

2025 will likely be remembered as the year when all the predictions, noise, and media shifts became too big to ignore. For years, advertisers heard about looming disruption – AI,...

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January 7, 2026
Warner Bros Acquisition & Programmatic Quality Study; December 2025 News Round Up

Warner Bros Acquisition & Programmatic Quality Study; December 2025 News Round Up

Netflix Closes a Deal to Buy WBD; Paramount Steps Up On December 5th, 2025, Netflix announced a deal to purchase Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), including all the IP rights, studios,...

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December 9, 2025
Don’t Let Your Holiday Advertising Budget Hibernate! Strategies for Winter and Beyond

Don’t Let Your Holiday Advertising Budget Hibernate! Strategies for Winter and Beyond

Winter is coming, and now is the time to prepare for the biggest consumer spending season of the year. There are many factors that go into creating a successful holiday campaign,...

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November 19, 2025
The Problems with Programmatic Black Boxes

The Problems with Programmatic Black Boxes

One of the many draws of programmatic advertising is the promise of efficiency, but there are plenty of examples of businesses taking “efficiency” too far. In this week’s blog from...

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October 1, 2025
Programmatic Audio is Turning Up the Volume; Two Years of Growth and Innovation

Programmatic Audio is Turning Up the Volume; Two Years of Growth and Innovation

It’s been a couple years since Genius Monkey dove into the Flexibility of Modern Audio Ads, and it’s time to check in with programmatic’s most underrated medium. In the last two...

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September 10, 2025
Programmatic Trends and Highlights 2025 - What We Have Seen So Far

Programmatic Trends and Highlights 2025 - What We Have Seen So Far

The last year has seen many shake-ups to the advertising world; big platforms shutting down, Google losing multiple advertising-related court cases, and the ever-evolving...

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August 13, 2025
Is AI Taking Over Search? What Advertisers Need to Know

Is AI Taking Over Search? What Advertisers Need to Know

AI continues to expand into every facet of the tech industry and life in general, but could the expansion eventually hurt some of its biggest proponents? A report detailed on...

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July 30, 2025
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