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Ad execs at Advertising Week want to know one thing: are they on Apple’s block list.
OpenAI's ads program matures
Media
SPUR publishes AI content tracking standard, pitches OpenAI and Google to join advisory board
Publishers are pushing for AI transparency with a new SPUR standard to track how AI tools use content, and inviting frontier AI labs to help.
Media Briefing: Publishers are turning GEO from an experiment into a business
Publishers are turning GEO into a new revenue stream as clients increasingly look to boost their brands’ visibility in AI-generated answers.
The creator economy’s stance on AI is shifting — again
Creators are integrating AI tools into their workflows, but at what point does it overtake the creative process and result in sameness?
Marketing
‘The future is going to be in real life”: IRL events are becoming the new proof point for creator marketing
Plenty of creators are making the same bet, and until recently most of them were the biggest names in the business.
‘We’re all going to live with uncertainty forever’: Advertising Week New York opens amid industry rebuild
Why this year’s Advertising Week New York feels different (yes, we know we say that every year).
Marketing’s upper middle embraces AI creative production
Scaled AI creative production is becoming ordinary among CMOS outside the billion dollar club.
Future of TV
Future of TV Briefing: TV ad industry’s measurement currency frustrations hit (another) boiling point
This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at a new task force being formed by the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement to tackle the TV ad industry’s measurement currency conundrum.
YouTube invests in AI agents, live ‘gamification,’ and editing tools to keep creators close
Made On YouTube announced a spate of new features for the creator platform; here are the most important ones and what they mean for creators.
Future of TV Briefing: Inside The Wall Street Journal’s new shows strategy
This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how The Wall Street Journal is switching up its podcast operations to accommodate video and social.
Media Buying
Digiday Media Agency Report 2026: How agencies adapt to a media landscape shaped by AI and creators
Media agencies are navigating an increasingly complex advertising landscape — and advertisers are reassessing their media strategies.
Media Buying Briefing: With so much at stake, midterm election spending is insane
With a record $11.6 billion expected to be spent once all votes are cast and counted, this midterm election season is like none ever experienced before.
Amazon wants to own the long game in ad measurement
Amazon says its ads sell more than they get credit for. Agencies want proof.
Annual research reports
Podcasts
Research
Upfronts
Future of TV Briefing: The upfront is overtaking streaming’s programmatic marketplace
This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how major TV and streaming ad sellers are seeing upfront deals represent a larger share of their programmatic businesses.
Why Amazon and YouTube pitched operating systems, not just TV inventory at this year’s upfront
Negotiations over identity, infrastructure, AI-driven buying take place as much as programing.
How interconnectivity is unlocking enhanced cross-channel performance
Advertisers increasingly have to manage one audience across a fragmented media ecosystem, but the technology and data behind those interactions often remain siloed. This complexity makes it difficult for advertisers to coordinate audiences, creative, frequency, budgets and measurement. To better equip organizations to turn these scattered marketing efforts into connected experiences, CMI Media Group and […]
For the Wellness Briefing, Glossy interviews BelliWelli CEO and co-founder Katie Wilson about the brand’s Walmart playbook, which includes celeb cameos, giveaways, endcap marketing and fashion partnerships. Additionally, Oura delays its IPO, Function hires its first CMO, and Europe-based biohacking chain The Longevity Suite hits the high seas.
For the Wellness Briefing, Glossy interviews BelliWelli CEO and co-founder Katie Wilson about the brand’s Walmart playbook, which includes celeb cameos, giveaways, endcap marketing and fashion partnerships. Additionally, Oura delays its IPO, Function hires its first CMO, and Europe-based biohacking chain The Longevity Suite hits the high seas.