MarTech Today: iHeartMedia buys Stuff Media, Sizmek re-enters TV ads & CTV continues to grow

Here’s our recap of what happened in marketing technology, as reported on MarTech Today, Marketing Land and other places across the web.

From MarTech Today:

• iHeartMedia to acquire Stuff Media as podcasting continues its rise
  Sep 17, 2018 by Robin Kurzer
  Publishers continue to invest in podcasts despite marketers’ concern about the lack of 3rd-party measurement standards.
• Sizmek re-enters TV ad space with an Advanced TV Initiative
  Sep 17, 2018 by Barry Levine
  The ad platform is now providing planning, deployment and reporting to connected, addressable and linear TV as it expands beyond web and in-app ads.
• MarTech kicks off in 2 weeks… will we see you there?
  Sep 17, 2018 by Scott Brinker
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From Marketing Land:

• Report: Connected TV impressions have grown 106 percent since 2016
  Sep 17, 2018 by Greg Sterling
  CTV may help realize brand marketers’ long-held dream of ‘addressable TV.’

From Around The Web:

• Banks are using Tinder-style apps and in-store tech to drive customers into branches, Digiday
• AI Vs AGI: What’s The Difference?, www.forbes.com
• Artificial Intelligence in Marketing Market 2018 Overview, Demand, Size, Growth & Forecast 2023- Worldwide Analysis – Our Market Research, ourmarketresearch.com
• Tech industry calls for CTO position to remain, www.newstalkzb.co.nz
• What Will Ad Tech Consolidation Look Like? | AdExchanger, adexchanger.com

Opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and not necessarily MarTech Today. Staff authors are listed here.

About The Author

Barry Levine

Barry Levine covers marketing technology for Third Door Media. Previously, he covered this space as a Senior Writer for VentureBeat, and he has written about these and other tech subjects for such publications as CMSWire and NewsFactor. He founded and led the web site/unit at PBS station Thirteen/WNET; worked as an online Senior Producer/writer for Viacom; created a successful interactive game, PLAY IT BY EAR: The First CD Game; founded and led an independent film showcase, CENTER SCREEN, based at Harvard and M.I.T.; and served over five years as a consultant to the M.I.T. Media Lab. You can find him at LinkedIn, and on Twitter at xBarryLevine.