Walmart-backed gaming publication lays off editorial team

Brandy Berthelson — who had been Restart’s editor-in-chief — said on Bluesky last Friday that the “entire editorial team” at Restart was laid off.

2026/8/13
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Brands can’t just flip the ’employees as creators’ switch

Employee generated content is an increasingly enticing lever for brands to pull, but there needs to be a clear-cut strategy.

2026/8/13
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By the numbers: Wall Street’s tough assessment of ad tech

Big Tech continues to dominate digital growth, triggering a Wall Street exodus, but are returns imminent?

2026/8/13
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CMOs are struggling to link AI visibility with sales

Brands are spending on tools that rate their visibility within LLM responses and AI search, but proving the commercial impact of GEO remedies isn’t easy.

2026/8/13
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Media Briefing: Publishers are replacing Google with a little bit of everything

Publishers are preparing for a future with less Google traffic — but are still figuring out what replaces it.

2026/8/13
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Moloco launches an agency partner program, in part to expand beyond mobile programmatic

Although not a pure-play DSP, Moloco is expanding beyond into CTV and other media realms, building on its mobile and app base.

2026/8/13
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Future of TV Briefing: In TV ad market’s swing to streaming, cheap inventory is in demand

This week’s Future of TV Briefing looks at how TV and streaming companies’ advertising businesses fared in the second quarter of 2026.

2026/8/12
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Lifestyle brand Stanley 1913 adapts its marketing for the AI search era

The marketing it was doing worked well, but only for a human audience. The brand needed different approaches to ensure it was picked up by the AI platforms.

2026/8/12
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Walmart finally lets advertisers exclude certain search terms

Walmart Connect said it would give advertisers the ability to exclude specific search terms for sponsored-products campaigns through “negative keywords.”

2026/8/12
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Build or buy: Inside indie agency Mod Op’s AI infrastructure

Mod Op is betting that building its own AI infrastructure can deliver more value than simply licensing off-the-shelf tools.

2026/8/12
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Ad Tech Briefing: More take-private deals are on the horizon, here’s what to look out for

The largest public names on the public markets are plateauing, prompting further speculation.

2026/8/11
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Experian retires the Audigent brand, folding it into Experian Marketing Services

The Audigent brand is gone. So, increasingly, is the idea of curation as a category.

2026/8/11
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S4 and Monks are trying to get ahead of rising AI token costs

Monks is considered a leader in AI marketing services, but “exploding” use of AI tokens poses difficult questions for execs focused on keeping costs down.

2026/8/11
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Perplexity blocks Time’s ads served to AI agents, calling them ‘deceptive’

Perplexity has blocked Time’s markdown agent ads from influencing its AI system.

2026/8/11
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Why agentic media buying is becoming a client-by-client configuration job

Butler/Till is expanding its agentic media buying tests, highlighting the challenge of adapting AI to different client needs.

2026/8/11
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