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Who’s winning the creator economy—and what the paramount merger & AI action plan signal next

This week's episode recaps the Trump administration’s greenlight of the $8 billion union of Paramount and Skydance, and the White House's AI Action plan. Then (16:11), Alexander Lee, senior entertainment media reporter, and Krystal Scanlon, platforms reporter, join the Digiday Podcast to parse through what’s in, what’s out and who’s getting paid in the creator economy right now.

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  Can a new CEO and massive AI bet turn WPP's sinking ship around?

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  How Black Friday could 'fast track' OpenAI's ad plan

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  The ‘is a hot dog a sandwich’ problem in AI advertising

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  How to build an AI-generated focus group

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  How Kalen Allen navigates brand safety and cultural polarization in the cr…

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  How brand-creator deal dynamics need to evolve

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  The Sora-TikTok U.S. era of short-form video

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  The Trade Desk under pressure

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  OpenAI’s ad plan, Meta’s Vibes + a day in the life of Eater’s Stephanie Wu

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  TikTok U.S., Disney-Kimmel + WTF is a chief AI officer with The Washington…

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  Ferrero's Danielle Sporkin breaks down the reality behind retail media’s f…

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  How AI rewrites search for publishers

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  The Summer Things Turned Messy

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  Why AI is agencies’ frenemy

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  Retail Media Godmother Kristi Argyilan: "It's going to be a reset"

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  Streaming reshuffling, Omnicom-IPGs's second green light + inside Reddit's…