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Microdramas are booming, but ad loads may cap their upside

Creators

TBPN teases OpenAI’s first hardware device

Ad-tech

Retail media and CTV underpin Europe’s digital ad growth

Ad-tech

Walmart Connect adds TikTok, Snapchat, Roku to retail media network

Retail-media

World Cup hydration breaks turned into prime ad inventory

Streaming

2Q26 earnings show ad growth splitting sharply by category

Measurement

Big Tech’s $700B capex spree exposes a capital gap among agency holding cos

Agencies

LLMs’ hunger for video could turn creators and planners into data suppliers

Creators

World Cup ad winners mixed comedy with soccer star power

Measurement

Report: Kushner and Iger group nears deal to buy the Lakers

Streaming

Non-endemic brands quietly become Amazon’s next ad growth engine

Retail-media

iSpot data: Burger King’s food-first, nostalgia ads are its best performers in 2026

Measurement

Google’s Buyer Direct beta could upend programmatic sales reps

Ad-tech

Stagwell builds its own inventory marketplace, muscling into ad tech turf

Agencies

Agentic media buying is turning into a client-by-client build, not a platform

Agencies

Liquid Death’s media chief on proving ads move cans off shelves

Measurement

Fox extends iSpot deal, expands outcome measurement across screens

Measurement

Walmart closes $1.4B Vibe.co deal to build streaming ad muscle

Retail-media

Stingray’s Purdy pitches retail media audio and CTV audio ads

Retail-media

TBPN spots an old-school ad channel hiding in plain sight: pizza boxes

Ad-tech