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TransUnion this week signed a definitive agreement to acquire RealNetworks’ mobile division. The acquisition will help expand TransUnion’s Trusted Call Solutions suite by offering protection of text messaging and expanding the company’s footprint in the E.U., where RealNetworks has a strong foothold. To understand the strategy at work here, you likely need only look at […]

Three out of four marketers say their current approaches to measurement — including attribution, incrementality and media mix modeling — aren’t delivering the speed, accuracy or trust they need. That’s the top finding from the “State of Data 2026” report by the IAB and BWG Global. Further proof, if any was needed, that marketing leaders

Over the last decade, I’ve watched MOps teams add more and more tools to their stack, yet somehow the work never gets easier. The requests still pile up. Priorities still shift daily. Stakeholders still bypass the process. And the team still feels like it’s drowning. Here’s what I’ve learned: the difference between a struggling MOps

For those of us happy to cocoon at home with our remote jobs, especially marketers who built digital-first strategies post-pandemic, the return of in-person meetings and relationships that require social skills is as welcome as unasked-for pineapple on a pizza delivery. However, like it or not, personal relationships are becoming more valuable precisely because information

Ads are now being tested in ChatGPT in the U.S., appearing for some users across different account types. For the first time, advertising is entering an AI answer environment – and that changes the rules for marketers. We’ve used AI as part of ad creation or planning for years across Google, LinkedIn and paid social. But

For years, conversations about paid media have revolved around one question: should companies build in-house teams or outsource to agencies? That debate makes sense, but it misses the real issue. The problem isn’t where paid media sits in the org chart. It’s how performance leadership is structured. Many companies run Google Ads and other paid

In MarTech’s “MarTechBot explains it all” feature, we pose a question about marketing to our very own MarTechBot, which is trained on the MarTech website archives and has access to the broader internet. Question: How can marketers use retargeting emails — not just ads — to increase engagement and conversions, particularly for time-sensitive promotions like

Search has expanded. Under pressure, buyers and brands default to the clearest voice they can trust. Buyers didn’t abandon search engines. They added new ones. Today, decisions are shaped across two environments at the same time — search engine optimization (SEO), where buyers research, compare and validate through traditional search results, and generative engine optimization

Some brands are seeing direct traffic grow without an obvious cause. A major reason is AI visibility — not because it drives clicks but because it shapes what users remember. When an AI answer mentions a brand, it works more like advertising than search. The user may not visit immediately, but they are far more

Are consumers finally cozying up to AI? After years of research showing consumers dislike the technology, 57% now say they trust brands more when AI is part of the experience, according to Optimove’s “2025 AI Marketing Trust and Engagement Report.” This challenges a common concern among marketers — that revealing or emphasizing AI use would