Last week, the SSP Kargo announced a closed beta of its AI unified buying platform, Project Kera. The ad agency, Wpromote, is an early tester.

Local media companies have already seen traffic declines of 25% to 50%, and the Local Media Consortium is collaborating to fight the problem.

When the pandemic turned businesses upside down, many digital publishing leaders scaled back. Not Suryansh Tibarewal at EssentiallySports.

Holiday traffic surge? Here’s why CPM isn’t the best metric anymore, and why LTV and RPS could offer a better path into 2026.

In the AdMonsters EOY 2025 LinkedIn Live, Chris Kane, Founder of Jounce Media, discussed how AI, Transaction IDs, and more affect pubs.

California’s new Opt Me Out Act ushers in a one-click, browser-level opt-out that will reshape how publishers monetize audiences.

Mediavine's CRO, Amanda Martin, shares why trust and adaptability will set resilient publishers apart in 2026.

Mediamint's agent Mia as a set of customizable AI tools built to streamline ad ops, assist media planning, and automate campaign grunt work.

In the Ad Tech House of Horrors, publishers face their worse monetization fears from AI, opaque supply chains, and false prophets.

For years, publishers have done what they had to do to survive. Can AdCP and MCP, promise a shift from endurance to empowerment?

Publishers are breaking free from Google Ad Manager to reclaim transparency, control, and profitability with open, independent ad tech.

AdMonsters and Sell Side Summit are proud to announce their “Powered By” partnership with Mula, the AI-powered monetization platform.

The Trade Desk is taking another step into the publisher stack with a new auction wrapper called OpenAds. Is it good for publishers?

For Oswald Méndez, every day as CMO of Canela Media looks different, and that’s precisely what he loves about the job.

People Inc. filed a lawsuit against Google  August 29, seeking compensation for revenue lost from Google’s monopolistic ad tech business.

Prebid’s Transaction ID change sparks debate over publisher innovation vs. open standards, raising questions about transparency and interoperability.

Jake Sullivan has seven years at U.S. News & World Report, evolving from a programmatic specialist to a full-spectrum ad strategist.

Jared Collett, Major League Fishing, came up with a JavaScript snippet that pauses refresh if the ad isn’t in view boosting thier viewability.

Zero-click AI search is stealing publishers traffic and ai scraping is stealing publisher revenue showing how much AI regulation is needed.

To help unpack the regulatory reality facing ad ops teams today, we brought those questions to privacy lawyer Jessica Lee.

Matt McGowan’s appointment as SVP of business solutions at Bell Media comes at a pivotal moment for Canada’s largest media company.

At Sell Side Summit Nashville 2025, here were plenty of takeaways for publishers looking to understand how buyers value their ad inventory.

Robyn Roberts, senior director of ad monetization at The New York Times, knows that monetization strategies aren’t one-size-fits-all.

When Jules Minvielle, co-founder and CEO of Olyzon.tv, decided to launch his third ad tech startup, he wanted to bridge AI and CTV.

ArcSpan raised a $5.2 million to build its audience monetization tools, which help publishers package and activate first-party data.

As generative AI permeates every part of life, it threatens the very future of the open web and the publishers that sustain it.

Cactivate is an AI platform that helps marketers and publishers automate operations and scale their strategies with their AI tool, AgentMark.

Pixalate’s June 2025 rankings spotlights some standouts in programmatic quality. the Here are the top premium pubs across a few key channels with some added context.

Kara Chiles, SVP of product management at Gannett and the USA TODAY Network gives a deep dive on the publisher's AI strategy.

Media quality is no longer a guessing game. New signals are giving publishers a clearer picture of value—and changing how programmatic works.

The US Department of Justice is taking on one of the most powerful players in digital advertising in its antitrust case against Google.

AI is reshaping ad ops, moving leaders out of the weeds to the frontlines of strategy. Here’s what it takes to keep up.

As SVP of digital operations and client success at Dow Jones, Jesse Waldele brings a coach’s mindset to everything she touches.

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