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

Spotify’s ad business is trying to evolve beyond audio. At this year's Cannes Lions, Digiday senior marketing reporter Kimeko McCoy catches up with Brian Berner, VP of advertising partnerships at Spotify, about automation, AI, video and Spotify’s push for bigger media budgets.

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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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  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?

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  BuzzFeed, Vox and the end of the site traffic era