In the race to build brands around AI assistants, the stakes are higher than empathy.

Digiday’s 2025 Media Agency Report examines the current and future state of media agencies, from the perspective of total client spending and spending by media channel. It also delves into the impact of agentic AI on the agency landscape.

The AI space is growing crowded, with companies vying to set AI standards and build marketplaces to help publishers monetize content.

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how the AI-generated content feed of Meta’s Vibes could fill the doomscrolling void if TikTok users abandon the U.S. version of the app.

Digiday+ Research examined which commerce channels are dominating brands' and retailers' holiday strategies this year, and how some are moving away from Amazon and looking at other channels heading into Q4.

IAS ends Nasdaq run with $1.9B Novacap buyout amid political oversight, with market pressures expected to further M&A.

Full video recordings of every session from the latest Digiday Publishing Summit are available exclusively for Digiday+ members.

Broadcasters and walled gardens are competing to lower the cost of ad creative, as AI enables small business advertisers to make ads cheaply.