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In an email to employees in May, after pulling back on some diversity, equity and inclusion goals, Target’s CEO tried to reassure employees that its values are not up for debate and that it is still a retailer for everyone. Some retail and communications consultants told Modern Retail that the message was vague or failed to directly …

‘I feel disposable’: Confessions of a transgender Target employee after DEI pullback Read More »

Dynamics in ad tech, particularly within the demand-side platform sector, are in flux, causing media agency practitioners considerable head-scratching. That’s why it’s good to talk with peers.  Media buyers attending Digiday’s Programmatic Marketing Summit last month expressed a desire to evaluate their DSP partnerships and explore opportunities to shift more spend to more favorable, i.e., …

‘Xandr DSP took the brunt of the frustration with Netflix’: Overheard at the Digiday virtual town hall Read More »

By Michael Bürgi  •  June 13, 2025  • Digiday covers the latest from marketing and media at the annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. More from the series → As thousands of agency folk grab their passports, sunblock and antacids to head to Cannes next week for the annual Lions fest, Omnicom has quietly …

Live is where it’s at for Omnicom, based on research (and strategy) it’s bringing to Cannes Read More »

By Sara Jerde  •  June 13, 2025  • It’s no secret that retail media networks are seeing a boon in business and viewed as a bright spot in advertising. Financial institutions are chasing those dollars now, too, from the likes of Chase and Revolut. PayPal, which has offered advertising since October 2024, is going live …

How PayPal is using Venmo, Honey transactions to win over marketers to its ads business Read More »

By Digiday Editors  •  June 13, 2025  • Digiday covers the latest from marketing and media at the annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. More from the series → To receive this daily Cannes briefing over email, please subscribe here. If this is your first time (or if you want a refresher on what …

Cannes Briefing: A guide to the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2025 Read More »

FTC chair alleged “serious risk” from ad boycotts After Musk’s purchase of Twitter, the social network lost advertisers for various reasons, including changes to content moderation and an incident in which Musk posted a favorable response to an antisemitic tweet and then told concerned advertisers to “go fuck yourself.” FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said at …

Trump’s FTC may impose merger condition that forbids advertising boycotts Read More »

No one is certain. The best guess is that the seals on the hatch leading to the PrK module are, in some way, leaking. In this scenario, pressure from the station is feeding the leak inside the PrK module through these seals, leading to a stable pressure inside—making it appear as though the PrK module …

There’s another leak on the ISS, but NASA is not saying much about it Read More »

AdGood’s offerings also include a managed service for ad campaign management for nonprofits. AdGood doesn’t yet offer pixels, but Johns said developments like that are “in the works.” Johns explained that while many nonprofits use services like Meta and Google AdWords for tracking ads, they’re “hitting plateaus” with their typical methods. He said there is …

Inside the firm turning eerie blank streaming ads into useful nonprofit messages Read More »

But that was then, and this is now. Today, an increasing number of mobile apps are functionally identical to the mobile websites they are intended to replace, and developer uptake of Instant Apps was minimal. Even in 2017, loading an app instead of a website had limited utility. As a result, most of us probably …

Another one for the graveyard: Google to kill Instant Apps in December Read More »

Meta has invested heavily in generative AI, with the majority of its planned $72 billion in capital expenditure this year earmarked for data centers and servers. The deal underlines the high price AI companies are willing to pay for data that can be used to train AI models. Zuckerberg pledged last year that his company’s …

Meta beefs up disappointing AI division with $15 billion Scale AI investment Read More »