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Making Marketing More Modular: What Agentic AI Can Learn From The Shipping Container Revolution

Today’s explosion of AI service providers has everyone looking back at the dot-com bubble, revisiting the technological boom and bust at the turn of the millennia for historical precedent to help us separate real innovation from BS.  History is a valuable teacher, but I look beyond the history of the ad tech industry for inspiration. […] The post Making Marketing More Modular: What Agentic AI Can Learn From The Shipping Container Revolution appeared first on AdExchanger.

AdExchangerMay 21, 2026Source
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The Programmatic Auction Is Changing In Real Time – Here’s How

Programmatic advertising has changed a lot in the nearly 20 years since the first RTB ad auction. On the surface, programmatic is just the automated buying and selling of digital ads. Under the hood, there’s a complex, high-speed auction system that decides in milliseconds which ads appear across display, video, CTV, audio, retail and other […] The post The Programmatic Auction Is Changing In Real Time – Here’s How appeared first on AdExchanger.

AdExchangerMay 21, 2026Source
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AI Is Finally Doing Real Work In Ad Ops (But Only When It Works With Your Existing Tech)

For all the AI-in-ad-ops talk, plenty of publisher teams are still trapped in the grind of pulling GAM reports by hand and trying to reverse engineer why revenue dropped. At Programmatic AI in Las Vegas, Jordan Cauley, who launched a publisher monetization tech consultancy after an eight-plus-year stint as a product lead at Mediavine, made […] The post AI Is Finally Doing Real Work In Ad Ops (But Only When It Works With Your Existing Tech) appeared first on AdExchanger.

AdExchangerMay 21, 2026Source
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Prog AI Live: AI’s Slippery Slop

This episode was sponsored by Verve. Verve captures over a billion daily search, AI chat and zero-party signals, giving brands and publishers a real-time understanding of intent. Does the definition of premium change in an agentic world? Advertisers have spent years chasing “premium” content: prestige publishers, high-quality video and top-tier entertainment. But in an AI-saturated […] The post Prog AI Live: AI’s Slippery Slop appeared first on AdExchanger.

AdExchangerMay 21, 2026Source
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Stop & Shop’s latest price investment focuses on New York and New Jersey

The Ahold Delhaize USA banner lowered prices on thousands of items just weeks after executives told investors it planned to speed up the chain’s price investment rollout.

Grocery DiveMay 19, 2026Source
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Kroger to pay $2.5M in fines, $100M for appliance upgrades due to refrigerant leaks

The grocery chain has two years to upgrade 600 refrigeration units under a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Grocery DiveMay 19, 2026Source
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Janek Performance Group Launches Enhanced AI Video Roleplay Feature in Jenius CC

New premium add-on brings immersive, real-world sales practice into the flow of work. Janek Performance Group today announced an enhanced AI video roleplay feature for Jenius CC (“Jenius”), the company’s AI-powered sales coaching and enablement platform. Offered as a premium add-on, the capability delivers a more immersive, realistic way for sales professionals to prepare for […]

MarTech SeriesMay 19, 2026Source
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Parallel Launches Index, A New Model For Compensating Content Owners

Index introduces new economic model to align incentives between content owners and AI agents Launch partners include premium news publishers, business intelligence and data providers, and leading independent creators Parallel Web Systems, the infrastructure powering how AI agents access and use the web, today launched Index, a new platform that helps content owners understand how […]

MarTech SeriesMay 19, 2026Source
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StackAdapt Appoints Blaine Fitzgerald as Chief Financial Officer

Former Shopify and Kinaxis Finance Leader Joins as the Company Enters Its Next Chapter StackAdapt (www.stackadapt.com), the leading AI advertising and orchestration platform, announced the appointment of Blaine Fitzgerald as Chief Financial Officer. Blaine brings decades of experience across public markets, high-growth technology companies, and global finance operations. Blaine joins StackAdapt following five years as CFO […]

MarTech SeriesMay 19, 2026Source
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Precisely Powers Customer Communications with AWS Deployment

Enables modernized customer communications with greater scale, performance, and control; without sacrificing governance or compliance. Precisely, a global leader in data integrity announced that EngageOne™ Compose and EngageOne™ Vault can now be deployed on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Regulated enterprises can run Customer Communications Management (CCM) directly within their own AWS environments, without re-platforming or moving data […]

MarTech SeriesMay 19, 2026Source
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Spotify Officially Bans AI-Generated Podcasts That Impersonate Someone Else, Adds Verification Badges for Podcasts

Spotify is aiming to boost the trust of podcast listeners — by extending its verification program to podcasts and affirming that using AI to “impersonate” another podcaster is not allowed. According to the company, Spotify’s policies have always prohibited unauthorized impersonation. Now it is reaffirming the policy in the context of AI to “help ensure […]

Variety DigitalMay 19, 2026Source
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Creating ‘Non-Commodity’ Content That Cuts Through The Noise

Google's information gain patent is real. Commodity content can't beat it. Here's the practical content framework for search that still delivers value. The post Creating ‘Non-Commodity’ Content That Cuts Through The Noise appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Search Engine JournalMay 19, 2026Source
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Walkers hosts TikTok gameshow to crown new flavour

Dept and PepsiCo created the campaign.

CampaignMay 19, 2026Source
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Cadbury partners Declan Rice, Lauren James and Virgil van Dijk for prize giveaways

Campaign is part of the brand's generosity platform.

CampaignMay 19, 2026Source
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DoorDash appoints Amazon EU Prime and marketing chief Tim Castree as CMO

Former Amazon marketing leader succeeds Kofi Amoo-Gottfried, who steps down after seven years.

CampaignMay 19, 2026Source
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Grace Dent on landing the Masterchef job, AI and what she eats at home

Food critic and Masterchef presenter spoke at Campaign Media 360.

CampaignMay 19, 2026Source
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Week in Charts: PubMatic on the Impact of SME Budgets, Digital Video Grows Share of US TV/Video Ad Spend, and Brands Adopt AI Video Tools

In this week's Week in Charts, PubMatic on the impact of SME budgets, digital video grows share of US TV/video ad spend, and brands adopt AI video tools. To have Week in Charts delivered to your inbox, you can sign up to the newsletter here. Quote of the Week   Number of the Week   Read More

VideoWeekMay 19, 2026Source
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Global Announces New Premium Video Advertising Capability on YouTube

Global, the Media & Entertainment group today (19th May, 2026) announced that it will directly sell premium advertising across its rapidly expanding YouTube content network for the first time, creating new opportunities for brands to reach audiences watching its hit [...] The post Global Announces New Premium Video Advertising Capability on YouTube appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

ExchangeWireMay 19, 2026Source
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ADvendio & Kevel Launch New Integration to Power the Next Wave of Campaign Management

ADvendio, an omnichannel advertising management platform, today (18th May, 2026) announced its strategic partnership with Kevel, the leading provider of retail media infrastructure, to help retailers scale their retail media operations with efficient, agentic operations.As retail media continues to expand [...] The post ADvendio & Kevel Launch New Integration to Power the Next Wave of Campaign Management appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

ExchangeWireMay 19, 2026Source
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Thrad Expands LLM Advertising Infrastructure to India, South Asia, & Southeast Asia Through Exclusive NeugenM Partnership

Thrad, the AI-native advertising infrastructure platform, announced its expansion into India, South Asia, and Southeast Asia through an exclusive partnership with NeuGenM. This marks Thrad's first major regional expansion since launching and positions the platform as the definitive infrastructure layer [...] The post Thrad Expands LLM Advertising Infrastructure to India, South Asia, & Southeast Asia Through Exclusive NeugenM Partnership appeared first on ExchangeWire.com.

ExchangeWireMay 19, 2026Source
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Las Vegas returns to cheeky humor in ‘Pack for Vegas’ tourism campaign

R&R Partners and director Jody Hill highlight the anticipation before a Vegas getaway even begins.

Ad AgeMay 19, 2026Source
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98% of health consumers want to act. Only 41% come close. Here’s the gap brands need to close

Health consumers today want to take action, but few actually get there. Here’s how brands can drive momentum.

Ad AgeMay 19, 2026Source
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Jiffy Lube enlists the old Sonic guys to promote its quick services

T.J. Jagodowski and Peter Grosz revive their banter in a campaign from BarkleyOKRP.

Ad AgeMay 19, 2026Source
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Moburst’s Latest $11.8M Investment Round Is More Than Just Your Typical Deal

Transaction includes an equity stake in the agency and expanded services for Chrysalis portfolio company NewDay USA

AdweekMay 19, 2026Source