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Executive Vice President, VAB

Danielle DeLauro

Managing Director, Digital Paid Media, GMMB

Erica Monteith

Co-founder and EVP of innovation and strategy, Strategus

Joel Cox

John McDermott

CEO, Stagwell

Mark Penn

Zac Wang

How streaming is transforming how we watch television.

Streaming

gated content

CEO, Keynes Digital

Read hot takes and in-depth perspectives from the industry’s eminent leaders, thinkers, and influencers.

Opinion

Op-ed

5 minutes with - Voices page (Q&A section)

Premium

Weekly episodes featuring marketing leaders of the world’s most influential brands and agencies

Podcast

The Current Podcast

How marketers are adapting their strategies to societal shifts and industry trends.

Culture

The most critical innovations in advertising are happening on the open internet — identity, the future of TV, retail media, and beyond. Born inside The Trade Desk, The Current is a news platform dedicated to covering the latest in modern marketing — all from the front lines. Speaking to the marketing world’s most influential players, we explain what these seismic shifts mean, how they are happening, and why they are taking place.

Stay up to date

Bite-size articles and infographics featuring the latest data every marketer should know.

The Readout

Exploring the latest in consumer data, including innovations in first-party data and Unified ID 2.0.

Data Privacy

Get the latest news, trends, and insights shaping the future of digital marketing and programmatic advertising.

The Latest

The news and trends you need to know from the annual Festival of Creativity along the Croisette.

Cannes Lions

Learn about the latest trends in digital advertising, and the brands and agencies that are pioneering them.

Marketing Strategy

Keep up to date with all our video content — from thought leadership to industry perspectives to educational series.

Video

For Context

Founder and CEO, Chalice Custom Algorithms

A spotlight on leaders from across the advertising industry

Leaders

SVP, monetization and business strategy, Mediavine

EVP of Business Development, iSpot.tv

The Current Report

Head of Political, LoopMe

In this election year, discover the latest topics and trends in political marketing as a new era of digital-first advertising is emerging.

Political

Programmatic Lead, Two Circles

Chief Strategy Officer, The Trade Desk

The latest news and perspectives on the internet outside the walled gardens.

Open Internet

Stories about the emerging retail media market, including the latest brand partnerships.

Retail

Everything digital marketers need to know to make their jobs easier.

Office Hours

The movie business is making its way back after summer box office success this year; programmatic advertising and first-party data are proving their star power.

The power of programmatic now showing at a movie theater near you

You’ve reached the end of the open internet! <br/> (Or at least the end of our search results.)

As Generative AI rises and Google deprecates third-party cookies, digital news outlets have an opportunity to create more direct relationships with readers.

With AI looming as a threat to news sites, publishers push back

A wave of retail data is sweeping Europe, with advertisers increasingly relying on it amid cookie deprecation and an evolving regulatory landscape.

Retail data has taken over Europe. Now what?

During this year’s Forward ’24 event, advertisers shared how they are leveraging live sports as it moves into streaming.

How streaming is changing the game for live sports and advertisers

The electronics giant saw a major improvement in online to offline sales attribution after implementing a custom solution leveraging Unified ID 2.0 (UID2).

The Latest

Why the programmatic play is revolutionizing sports marketing

The 2025 CTV opportunity: Where retail media and premium inventory converge

Navigating the political ad spend surge in the Golden Quarter

Havas' Mike Bregman on AI, black boxes and why the supply chain is under a microscope

Op-ed

Q&A

Video