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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.

  1. CES 2026: Agentic AI hype vs. media buyers' pragmatism

    4D AGO

    CES 2026: Agentic AI hype vs. media buyers' pragmatism

    This year's CES was all about agentic AI and little else. Digiday executive editor Joseph was boots-on-the-ground for this year's show in Las Vegas. He joins this episode of the Digiday Podcast to make sense of this year's event, and what it means as 2026 gets underway.

    33 min
  2. 'The year where the dust settles': Digiday editors share 2026 predictions

    JAN 6

    'The year where the dust settles': Digiday editors share 2026 predictions

    This week's episode takes a look at how 2025's cliffhangers—everything from Netflix's planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery to the ripple effects of the Omnicom-IPG merger—and how it all could play out in 2026. Digiday managing editor Sara Jerde and executive editor of news Seb Joseph join hosts Tim Peterson and Kimeko McCoy to try and read the 2026 tea leaves.

    48 min
  3. ‘A year of loose ends’: Digiday editors share top takeaways from 2025

    12/23/2025

    ‘A year of loose ends’: Digiday editors share top takeaways from 2025

    This year was filled with major developments, from Netflix’s planned WBD deal to Omnicom’s acquisition of IPG to the introduction of AI-only video feeds. But there were also developments that didn’t really happen, like the U.S. spinoff of TikTok and Google’s third-party cookie deprecation. Digiday editors Sara Jerde and Seb Joseph joined hosts Kimeko McCoy and Tim Peterson to recap the year that was (and wasn’t).

    42 min
  4. The Disney-OpenAI deal and generative AI copyright concerns

    12/16/2025

    The Disney-OpenAI deal and generative AI copyright concerns

    This week’s episode recaps Disney’s deal to open up its character library to OpenAI and Google’s reported plan to roll out ads in its Gemini chatbot. Then Davis Wright Tremaine partner Rob Driscoll joins the show to delve into the copyright concerns and potential trademark issues surrounding brands’ use of generative AI tools (16:40).

    52 min
  5. The case against AI agents for programmatic ad buying

    12/09/2025

    The case against AI agents for programmatic ad buying

    This week’s episode unpacks two major developments in the media and entertainment industries. Digiday’s executive editor of news Seb Joseph joins to analyze Netflix’s plan to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming business (3:43) as well as Meta’s foray into signing content licensing deals with publishers for its AI chatbot (25:37). Then this week’s featured segment is a live recording from last week’s Digiday Programmatic Marketing Summit, in which Attention Arc’s Christopher Francia makes the case for why programmatic ad buying shouldn’t be outsourced to AI agents (34:50).

    59 min
  6. Can a new CEO and massive AI bet turn WPP's sinking ship around?

    12/02/2025

    Can a new CEO and massive AI bet turn WPP's sinking ship around?

    On this week's episode, the smoke is clearing in the Omnicom-IPG merger with a clearer look at how its media, tech and creative will operate going forward coming into focus. Plus, another ripple in OpenAI's author lawsuit begins to surface. Then (16:30), Digiday's senior marketing reporter Sam Bradley joins the show to discuss WPP's turbulent 2025, and what it'll take to turn things around in 2026.

    48 min
  7. How Black Friday could 'fast track' OpenAI's ad plan

    11/25/2025

    How Black Friday could 'fast track' OpenAI's ad plan

    This week’s episode recaps the who’s who of Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition bids, the end to Meta’s antitrust case, the Omnicom-IPG deal’s final hurdle and why Adobe acquired Semrush. Then (13:40), Digiday’s platforms reporter Krystal Scanlon joins the show to discuss how OpenAI could seriously pursue an ad business.

    50 min
  8. The ‘is a hot dog a sandwich’ problem in AI advertising

    11/18/2025

    The ‘is a hot dog a sandwich’ problem in AI advertising

    This week’s episode recaps Paramount raising new ad arbitrage questions, Amazon and Google unveiling new ad agents and IAB Tech Lab introducing its Agentic RTB Framework. Then Digiday’s executive editor of news Seb Joseph and senior ad tech reporter Ronan Shields join the show to outline how, with the introduction of Ad Context Protocol and ARTF, the ad industry is laying the pipes for programmatic advertising’s intersection with AI agents.

    57 min
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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.

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  • Creator
    Digiday
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2026
  • Episodes
    473
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