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Shell Shutters Its Volta EV Charging And Media Division

Volta Media, which is owned by the gas station and energy giant Shell, will be shuttered by November and its network of more than 2,000 charging stations will be dismantled this year.

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People Inc. Has A New Name, But It Still Faces The Same Old Google Search Traffic Drought

People Inc. – the former Dotdash Meredith – is fighting on multiple fronts to keep its business growing as Google Search declines precipitously as a source of referral traffic.

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More Like No Yield: A New Book Explores How Google Soaked Up The Web’s Ad Profits

“I tried to write it so it’s not exclusively for ad tech nerds,” Ari Paparo told AdExchanger of his new book, about Google’s advertising dominance. “And I mean that affectionately.”

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CleanTap Filters Out ‘Sorta CTV’ Placements Before Buyers Can Bid On Them

CleanTap, an ad tech startup launched by the founder of Method Media Intelligence, wants to separate the wheat from the chaff in CTV by serving as a curation layer between DSPs and SSPs.

Ad Automation Powers Reddit’s Most Profitable Quarter Yet

While Reddit’s ad business is ascendent, it’s still working on a strategy for getting the most out of its generative AI deals.

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Criteo Reports Flattish Q2 Earnings And Looks To Improve Its Total ‘Activated Media Spend’

Criteo’s Q2 earnings report on Wednesday was marked by flatness.

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Meta Crushed Q2 Ad Revenue (Oh, And It’s Investing In AI That’s Way Smarter Than You)

Meta is making a massive investment in AI because “we have a conviction that superintelligence is going to improve every aspect of what we do,” Mark Zuckerberg told investors.

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AI In Ads – And Ads In AI

Paul Longo, GM of AI in ads at Microsoft Advertising, breaks down what it means to bring ads into conversational experiences and how AI-powered tools are changing the way advertisers work. Plus: Microsoft may be shutting down the Xandr DSP next year, but that doesn’t mean Microsoft is getting out of the ad tech game.

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Ad Tech Goes To Court, OpenX v. Google Edition

OpenX filed a lawsuit against Google over its anticompetitive practices. And HyphaMetrics claimed victory against Nielsen in court over a patent lawsuit.