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Yesterday’s Marketing Technology & AI News | June 25, 2026

Yesterday was dominated by Cannes Lions, and the press release volume that always accompanies it. But stripping away the festival backdrop and the vendor superlatives, the day’s announcements reveal three distinct and important…

Moving beyond productivity, AI is becoming marketing’s operating system. Martech Futurist | June 24, 2026

Recent research signals a pivotal inflection point for marketing organizations: AI is moving beyond merely a productivity tool to become the operating system of marketing itself. But the gap between AI’s promise and…

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First Response Time (FRT)

First Response Time (FRT) measures how long a customer waits between reaching out and…

Ariel Shulman

Ariel Shulman is Chief Product Officer at Bright Data, the world’s #1 web data…

Digital Out of Home (DOOH)

Digital Out of Home (DOOH) is advertising delivered on digital screens located in public,…

Citation Optimization

Citation optimization is the practice of structuring content and building authority so that AI…

Lean Startup

The Lean Startup is a methodology for developing businesses and products under conditions of…

Renu Upadhyay

Renu Upadhyay is senior vice president of Marketing at Omnissa, leading global marketing strategy,…

John Nitti, adMarketplace

John Nitti

John Nitti is a versatile and proactive change agent with 25+ years of experience…

Unified ID 2.0 (UID2)

Unified ID 2.0 (UID2) is an open-source identity framework designed to enable privacy-conscious, addressable…

Carolina Paradas

As General Manager for North America at ShopBack, I oversee the region’s strategic direction,commercial…

Albert Castellana

Albert Castellana

Albert Castellana is Co-Founder & CEO at GenLayer. A serial crypto entrepreneur since 2013,…

Chris Willis

Chris Willis is Chief Design Officer at Domo, where he brings more than 25…

Time-to-Resolution (TTR)

Time-to-Resolution (TTR) measures how long it takes to fully resolve a customer’s issue —…


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In-play advertising engages gamers seamlessly

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Marketers and advertisers are constantly looking for innovative ways to engage with their target audiences. Traditional advertising methods are facing challenges such as ad blockers and cookie deprecation, making it increasingly difficult to reach consumers effectively. In response to this, in-play advertising has emerged as a new and unique way to engage with audiences, particularly in the gaming world.


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