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LinkedIn partners with Amazon Ads
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LinkedIn is partnering with Amazon Ads to let advertisers buy its CTV ads through Amazon DSP. The deal lets DSP buyers target LinkedIn data like job title and seniority across streaming TV.
From ad tech tax to AI data brokers: The new middlemen keep 100%, publishers say
Digiday
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Publishers say AI data brokers are the new ad tech middlemen — but worse. Where ad tech took a cut, AI scrapers take 100% of the content while paying nothing and offering no traffic in return.
Reddit posts strong Q1 results
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Reddit posted strong Q1 2026 results with revenue up 69% to $663M, driven by a 74% jump in ad revenue. DAU grew to 126.8M, positioning it as a rising channel for targeted advertising.
TikTok adds new AI video generation to Symphony ad toolkit
Social Media Today
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TikTok is integrating ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 AI video-generation model into its Symphony ad toolkit, enabling realistic video content from text prompts.
OpenAI has quietly launched its ads manager as it races to build out its ads business
Digiday
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OpenAI launched a self-serve ads manager within its ChatGPT pilot and dropped the minimum spend to $50K as it pushes toward a $102B ad revenue target by 2030.