The Digiday Podcast

The Digiday Podcast

The Digiday Podcast is a weekly show on the big stories and issues that matter to brands, agencies and publishers as they transition to the digital age.

Episodes

The Summer Things Turned Messy

September 2, 2025 • 37 mins
This week’s episode recaps what ended up being a messy summer, from corporate changeovers and AI existentialism to fresh competition for Google and a return to the TV bundle for streaming. Oh, and tariffs; we can’t forget tariffs. As stated, the season was kind of a mess, and Digiday managing editor Sara Jerde joined the show to help make sense of the events that transpired and what they portend for the rest of 2025. Related stori...
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Why AI is agencies’ frenemy

August 26, 2025 • 54 mins
This week’s episode recaps xAI’s lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI (3:58), retail media’s recent boom that could be a bubble (11:11), and publishers’ push to usage-based pricing in their AI deals (15:23). Then (18:50) Digiday editors Seb Joseph and Michael Bürgi join the show to discuss how generative AI technologies could spur agencies to lose client relationships or push brands to rely on agencies even more for AI access. Relat...
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Retail Media Godmother Kristi Argyilan: "It's going to be a reset"

August 19, 2025 • 50 mins
On this week's episode, AI startup Perplexity puts in its bid to buy Google Chrome and The Trade Desk loses exclusivity with Walmart DSP, signaling another tough loss for the tech titan. Then (19:00), Uber's global head of ads Kristi Argyilan shares how she got her job, and why her career path may no longer be replicable.
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Streaming reshuffling, Omnicom-IPGs's second green light + inside Reddit's bet on becoming a search engine

August 12, 2025 • 49 mins
On this week's episode, Disney phases out Hulu and launches ESPN streaming service, and that's just one part of streaming's current reshuffling. Meanwhile, the Omnicom-IPG d eal gets another go-ahead in the U.K.. Then, Reddit chief operating officer Jennifer Wong joins the Digiday Podcast to talk about Reddit's plans to become a go-to search engine.
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Meta’s superintelligence, Amazon’s NYT deal, upfronts + publishers’ & IAB Tech Lab’s AI summit

August 5, 2025 • 49 mins
This week’s episode recaps Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s personal superintelligence memo, the reported price Amazon is paying to license The New York Times’s content and a check-in on the TV and streaming advertising upfront as negotiations wrap up. Then (18:51), Digiday senior media reporter Sara Guaglione and executive editor of news Seb Joseph join the show to share their reporting on a recent meeting between IAB Tech Lab, more t...
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Who’s winning the creator economy—and what the paramount merger & AI action plan signal next

July 29, 2025 • 46 mins
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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Late night TV's shakeup, OpenAI's agentic AI tool, plus Walton Isaacson’s Albert Thompson on CTV’s ad product predicament

July 22, 2025 • 52 mins
This week’s episode recaps what CBS's cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert says about the media business and takes a look at OpenAI's agentic AI offering. Then (24:20) Albert Thompson, head of digital innovation at ad agency Walton Isaacson, joins the show in a live recording from Digiday’s CTV Advertising Strategies event to break down why the CTV ad industry needs to prioritize more native ad formats.
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Creator longevity with Brandon Edelman, Plus Linda Yaccarino's exit, WPP's Leadership shake up and the AI browser wars

July 15, 2025 • 47 mins
Creator Brandon Edelman stops by the Digiday Podcast to talk about his pivot to full-time content creation, how he strikes brand deals and life after TikTok (22:00). Also on this episode, Digiday platforms reporter Krytsal Scanlon joins co-hosts Kimeko McCoy and Tim Peterson to talk about Linda Yaccarino’s exit from X, what WPP’s new CEO means for the holding company’s growth and how AI is shaping the next era of the browser wars...
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Inside Michelle Khare's creator playbook, plus Paramount lawsuit, Google faces EU heat and TikTok plots a backup plan

July 8, 2025 • 45 mins
YouTuber Michelle Khare joins the Digiday Podcast to break down how she’s leveling up her content — from viral challenges to Emmy buzz (18:24). Plus, co-hosts Kimeko McCoy and Tim Peterson unpack Paramount’s $16 million settlement with the Trump administration, why European publishers are taking aim at Google’s AI Overviews, and what TikTok’s rumored app reboot means for its U.S. future.
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Meta, Netflix & FTC’s Omnicom-IPG approval + “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives”’ Danielle Pistotnik

June 24, 2025 • 50 mins
This week’s episode recaps Meta’s reported look at acquiring Perplexity, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s conditional approval of the Omnicom-IPG merger and Netflix’s deal to carry traditional TV networks in France. Then Select Management Group’s Danielle Pistotnik (21:45) joins the show to go behind the scenes of developing “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” around a group of TikTok creators and selling the reality show to Di...
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Digiday at Cannes: AI hype, data overload and other takeaways from Cannes Lions 2025

June 20, 2025 • 25 mins
Amid the AI hype, increasingly fragmented media marketplace and economic headwinds, marketers this year came to the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity looking for answers. For Carly Carson, PMG’s head of integrated media, this year’s festival served as a temperature check for an industry in flux. As the book closes on another Cannes Lions, Carson has pocketed three takeaways: AI still needs a human infusion, Garbage ...
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Digiday at Cannes: Former Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay makes the case for creators

June 19, 2025 • 25 mins
Between panels and parties, creators like former bachelorette Rachel Lindsay are looking to get face time with ad execs, brand marketers and partners like Spotify. However, rather than coming to the Croisette to strike deals, they’re playing a long game. Joined by Roman Wasenmüller, head of podcast business at Spotify, and Digiday Podcast co-host Kimeko McCoy, Lindsay pulls back the curtain on the creator at Cannes experience, mone...
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Digiday at Cannes: From center stage to closed doors, inside X’s quiet Cannes strategy

June 18, 2025 • 24 mins
A few years ago, Twitter Beach was one of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity places to be. Nowadays, the beach and Twitter execs are harder to find. Instead of the flashy fireside chats and branded lounges, X’s execs are found behind closed doors, quietly courting marketers and media buyers against a backdrop of lawsuits, Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM)’s disbanding and political crosshairs. It’s a c...
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Digiday at Cannes: Ad networks take center stage — are buyers buying in?

June 17, 2025 • 22 mins
If there was any doubt that everything is an ad network, this year’s Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity proves otherwise. To Peggy McCann, chief media officer at GSD&M ad agency, all signs point to one thing: retail media networks aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. It’s a tall order, but perhaps fits within the expectations of Cannes’ pageantry. For media planners like McCann, the question is: is the Cannes flash enough to attrac...
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Kimberly-Clark’s Patricia Corsi on the AI hype, Cannes jargon

June 16, 2025 • 30 mins
On this episode of the Digiday Podcast, Patricia Corsi, chief growth officer at Kimberly-Clark, joins hosts Kimeko McCoy and Tim Peterson to kick off Cannes Lions 2025. Corsi shares her approach to Cannes and how she's sifting through AI hype chatter to get to the real talk of Cannes. This episode marks the start of Digiday’s daily podcast coverage from Cannes. Tune in every day this week for fresh conversations with marketers, med...
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Cannes survival tips, WBD split, ad spend outlook and WPP’s big AI bet

June 10, 2025 • 43 mins
On this episode of the Digiday Podcast, co-hosts Kimeko McCoy, senior marketing reporter, and Tim Peterson, executive editor of video and audio, sit down with editor-in-chief Jim Cooper and executive news editor Seb Joseph to share their top tips for surviving Cannes Lions (18:06). Also on this episode: Warner Bros. Discovery’s plan to split into two companies, why the ad spend outlook isn’t as grim as expected, and WPP Media’s a...
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AI’s big moves at NYT, Business Insider and Meta + A Day in the Life of Marie Claire’s EIC Nikki Ogunnaike

June 3, 2025 • 36 mins
On this episode of the Digiday Podcast, co-hosts Kimeko McCoy, senior marketing reporter, and Tim Peterson, executive editor of video and audio. sit with Marie Claire’s EIC Nikki Ogunnaike about her day-to-day routine (14:42). Also on this episode: Amazon announces its first content licensing deal with a publisher, Business Insider makes staff cuts amid AI growth and Meta goes all in on AI ads.
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Google’s AI Mode, OpenAI’s io buy, Publicis’s Capitv8 capture + Google’s AI ads era with Dan Taylor

May 27, 2025 • 41 mins
This week’s episode recaps Google’s latest AI-related announcements, OpenAI’s hardware plans following its acquisition of io and Publicis Groupe’s purchase of Captiv8 to bolster its influencer marketing business. Then Google vp of global ads Dan Taylor (18:03) joins the show to discuss how the search giant is transforming its search advertising business for the AI era.
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Upfront Week recap, Charter-Cox merger, Microsoft’s DSP shutdown + Horizon Media’s David Campanelli on the upfront market ahead

May 20, 2025 • 62 mins
Digiday senior reporter Sam Bradley joins the show this week to recap the highs and lows of last week’s Upfront Week presentations in New York City, two major pay-TV and internet providers’ merger plans and Microsoft’s decision to shut down its demand-side platform. Then (19:45) Horizon Media’s president of global investment David Campanelli breaks down the state of play as TV and streaming’s annual upfront ad marketplace gets un...
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How Digitas is navigating search’s shift to the AI era, OpenAI's latest talent poach and Netflix's push for personalization

May 13, 2025 • 44 mins
On this episode of the Digiday Podcast, co-hosts Kimeko McCoy, senior marketing reporter, and Tim Peterson, executive editor of video and audio, talk about the new SEO playbook in the AI era, why OpenAI is poaching Instacart’s CEO; and what Netflix’s new home screen means for product recommendations and, ultimately, ad personalization.
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