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BuzzFeed, Vox and the end of the site traffic era

Once valued in the billions, digital media giants like BuzzFeed and Vox Media are now selling assets and restructuring as the old traffic-driven publishing model breaks down. On this episode of the Digiday Podcast, Digiday senior media editor Jessica Davies and senior media reporter Sara Guaglione joins hosts Kimeko McCoy and Tim Peterson to unpack what the fall of billion-dollar valuations says about the future of digital media.

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  5 questions facing advertisers, publishers and creators heading into fall

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  The case for and against publishers blocking Google

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  AI is reshaping agency work, but where's the line?

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  How much control should AI have over media buying?

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  Inside’s Stagwell’s AI media curation marketplace

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  WTF is the IAB's Redefining Media Types standard?

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  What happens to agencies when AI does the busywork?

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  The anatomy of a sports marketing deal with Ally CMO Andrea Brimmer

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  Creators vs. influencers: Inside the divide (RERUN)

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  Inside the infrastructure behind Unilever’s creator force

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  Meta courts agencies with expanded ad tools while AI reshapes the industry

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  Spotify rebuilds ad business around automation, AI to win bigger media bud…

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  What happens when brands AI clone their talent?

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  How automation and AI are rewriting the upfront marketplace

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  ChatGPT ads are underperforming. Why are brands staying?