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A year ago, Brian Schmetzer solved the riddle that had bewildered MLS managers for more than two decades by leading Seattle to a CONCACAF Champions League title.The Sounders' one-sided win over Pumas marked the first time this century an MLS team won the region's most prestigious club competition - and the first time a Mexican team had lost in the final since 2005.

John Thorrington has been here before, a result away from seeing his team reach the final of the region's most prestigious club competition.But while the situation feels familiar, everything is different too."The world is in a different place.Which meant for a very different experience," said LAFC's co-president and general manager, whose team will meet the Philadelphia Union in the second leg of a CONCACAF Champions League semifinal matchup Tuesday night.

Magnite CRO Sean Buckley takes issue with the recent characterization of supply-side platforms (SSPs) in peril.The prevailing narrative is that SSPs are cutting out demand-side platforms (DSPs) in a desperate attempt to differentiate - and in response to ominous countervailing forces.Last year, The Trade Desk launched OpenPath, a product that allows buyers to circumvent their supply partners (especially Google) and buy inventory directly from publishers.

Why is there so much misinformation circulating online?Because, unfortunately, "it's a great business," says L. Gordon Crovitz, a longtime journalist, former publisher of The Wall Street Journal and co-founder of NewsGuard, speaking on this week's episode of AdExchanger Talks.NewsGuard estimates that large, well-known advertisers - the sort of advertisers that get very uptight about brand safety - are unintentionally funneling as much as $2.6 billion through programmatic pipes directly to misinformation websites every year.

In May 2020, AdExchanger published an article with the headline, "FTC Seeks Ad Tech Pros To Bone Up On The 'Opaque' Business Of Digital Advertising."The story was pitched to us by the then-director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, who was looking for two people with a deep understanding of digital advertising to join the FTC for a couple of years to help the commissioners and staff develop in-house expertise.

Brands that don't invest in diverse-owned and targeted media are missing out on revenue.Marginalized consumers appreciate the brands that recognize them in an authentic way, says Mark Walker, CEO and co-founder of Direct Digital Holdings (DDH), on this week's episode of AdExchanger Talks."Audiences in those communities reward you for noticing them," Walker says.

People have been predicting consolidation among supply-side platforms for years.But a slow-moving trend suddenly intensified in the past week.Yahoo shut down its SSP and laid off 1,600 people in its ad tech division.EMX filed for bankruptcy and owes creditors more than $50 million.In addition to these extreme examples, there are signs of pressure in the SSP business.

In March 2021, Hudson's Bay Company, which owns Saks Fifth Avenue, made an unusual move.Hudson's Bay split the luxury retailer's ecommerce site and its physical stores into two separate companies.The stores operate as one entity, called Saks Fifth Avenue, and the ecommerce business operates as another, called Saks.

Retail media is surging.According to Insider, retail media ad spending is set to hit $45 billion this year and $61 billion by 2024.Morgan Stanley is forecasting $130 billion by 2025, while GroupM predicts retail media's total addressable market will hit $160 billion by 2027.But the enthusiasm swirling around the growth of retail media obscures the fact that Amazon is gobbling up an enormous portion of those ad dollars.

Mediahub Worldwide's Wendi Dunlap is done with hearing about the cookie-pocalypse.The end of third-party cookies (in the slowest demise ever) isn't "Armageddon for marketers," says Dunlap, EVP of business intelligence and audience science at the IPG-owned agency."This is just another phase of marketing," Dunlap says on this week's episode of AdExchanger Talks.

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Kellyn Acosta was still on the practice field when U.S. Soccer held the random draw for the next round of Open Cup games.The LAFC midfielder wasn't surprised when he learned who his team would play."We drew Galaxy?" he said."Of course, we drew Galaxy.

Ad Net Zero, a trade organization founded in the UK in late 2020, supports an it-takes-a-village approach to combating climate change.Members from across the supply chain include the 4A's, ANA, IAB, Cannes Lions, Dentsu, Havas, Omnicom, Unilever, Reckitt, PubMatic and Index Exchange.The group is calling for cross-industry collaboration to reduce advertising's overall carbon footprint through efforts such as cutting down on nonessential travel and establishing cross-discipline "green team" working groups to drive awareness and change at the company level.

Video advertising is a strategic priority for Spotify.That might sound strange, considering Spotify is an audio streaming service.But video (when it's delivered to a screen that's in view, of course) can be additive to the listening experience, says Emma Vaughn, Spotify's senior director of advertising business development and partnerships, speaking on this week's episode of AdExchanger Talks.

Jason Manningham, CEO of TV ad tech and identity resolution provider Blockgraph, is a glass-half-full kind of guy.TV is a massive market, and time spent with CTV and linear is undermonetized, Manningham says on this week's episode of AdExchanger Talks, the first episode of the new year."If I'm wearing my optimist hat, I'd say attention should ultimately drive ad spend, as long as the same attention can be monetized between different platforms," he says.

Last week, Barry took crew through his must-see artists of Bonnaroo 2023.This week, it's Lord Taco's turn to make his picks!The man known for identifying babies as babies and for rating every PBR he's ever consumed offers his thoughts on who you should see on The Farm this year, including artists like Fleet Foxes, Franz Ferdinand, Paramore, and more.

On this week's episode of The What Podcast, hosts Brad, Barry, and Lord Taco chat with Tom Russell, founder of Governors Ball and Sound on Sound, about the ins and outs of starting a festival.Russell shares what he learned while interning at Superfly (the team behind Bonnaroo) and how those lessons ultimately led him to start festivals of his own.

In this week's Sweden in Focus podcast Paul O'Mahony set the panel a set of 12 fiendish questions on the year's events.Can you beat The Local's team?Published: 28 December 2022 16:05 CET Paul did not hold back, putting together questions that tested the recall and background knowledge even of Swedish news veterans like James and Richard.

The Jonas Brothers are starting to wonder if this was all part of their dad's plan.The trio's new album, confidently titled The Album, is inspired by the '70s rock he'd played for them growing up - songs from the Bee Gees, America, and the Eagles that ended up informing their vocal approach and three-part harmonies.

Are retail media networks being overhyped?"It's a very fair question," says Ali Miller, Instacart's VP of product management for ads, on this week's episode of AdExchanger Talks."Everybody wants to jump on the bandwagon," Miller says.But "it has to come back to value ... it's not hype if there's actual value behind it."

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The word "surveillance" doesn't really have any positive connotations.You don't surveil someone unless you're being sneaky."The term sounds pejorative," says Mary Engle, EVP of policy at BBB National Programs, on this week's episode of AdExchanger Talks.Engle joined BBB National Programs, a nonprofit umbrella organization for ad industry self-regulatory groups, in early 2020 after 30 years at the FTC, including more than two decades as associate director for advertising practices.

Tragedies dot an episode that's filled with people getting what they think they want right before everything goes wrong.[Editor's Note: The following review contains spoilers for "Barry" Season 4, Episode 4, "It Takes a Pscyho."]Open Mike Eagle's 2020 album "Anime, Trauma, and Divorce" has a great track, " The Black Mirror Episode."

It's always fun to beat Inter Milan.It's even better to beat Inter at the San Siro.It's the best when Juventus beat Inter at the San Siro and we get to bask in it for the next couple of weeks because there is an international break upon us for the first time in 2023.That is indeed the case as Juve followed up their advancement to the Europa League quarterfinals with one of their biggest wins of the season - both because of the opponent, the location as well as the fact that they moved even close to the top six in Serie A.
It was one heck of a way to finish up the March portion of the schedule as we now wait for Juventus' contingent of internationals to come back from their national team duty without any kind of injury or anything close to it.

With the midpoint of Juventus ' big final stretch of games before the first international break of the 2023 arrives, the level of difficulty certain got ramped up a level or two.Things didn't go well for Max Allegri's squad against Roma in the Italian capital, but Juve were able to bounce back with a pair of victories that proved to be valuable in multiple ways.

One of the most important two-week stretches Juventus has remaining in the 2022-23 season didn't exactly get off to the best start Sunday night at the Stadio Olimpico.And it had a familiar kind of ring to it.Not just because of the fact that it was a drab first half and a last-ditch effort to try and find some sort of offense and a game-tying goal.

Juventus picked up a pair of wins this past week, giving Max Allegri's squad what is hopefully the first two wins in what can become a decent winning streak at minimum.They were two very different kinds of wins.Tuesday's win over Salernitana was very much a refreshing, high-scoring kind of night in Salerno for Allegri's men.

It has been a month and a half since we last saw Juventus play a game that meant something in the standings.Since that day, unfortunately, a lot has happened - and, no matter how you feel about the validity of said developments, it's not exactly something that will have you sitting comfortably while waiting for the next piece of news to come out.

Bayern Munich is set for a little down time as an international break looms, but there is a ton to talk about with the Bavarians.Why beat around the bush?Let's take a look at what's on tap for this week's episode of the Weekend Warm-up Podcast:


Some programming notes.A preview Bayern Munich vs. Bayer Leverkusen.

What a week for Bayern Munich!Yann Sommer officially transferred in, Konrad Laimer unofficially inks his deal (allegedly), and there is wall-to-wall excitement for the squad's re-start in the Bundesliga.Needless to say, we have A LOT on our minds about the biggest news pieces of the week.This is what we have on tap for this week's episode:


Reacting to the Yann Sommer signing and the weird quirk of this deal that will be odd to watch play out.

Bayern Munich 's season is unraveling.Germany got booted early from the World Cup.Argentina and France are set to duke it out in the World Cup finale.Things have clearly not been coming up BFW lately, but here we are - still grinding away.With so much going on, you know there is a ton to talk about, so let's get to it.

The sour taste of Germany's abysmal World Cup showing in Qatar is still fresh in the mouth, and to add insult to injury (quite literally) for German and Bayern Munich football fans, Manuel Neuer's broken leg as a result of a skiing accident sees that he will miss the rest of Bayern's season.It's an added blow that will come with an added sting for Bayern after their contingent for the German national team failed to make the necessary impact in Qatar that they would've hoped for to progress to the knockout stages.

What do you do when you take over a program that's in need of help?In this weeks episode, Jon and Steve go over how to change the culture, what to focus on, how to get people to join the team, and more.Changing culture is hard.But it is possible.Time to explore how to do it.Steve & Jon
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How do we improve the finishing kick?In this week's episode, we give you a framework for developing your athlete's kicks, along with specific workouts designed to help out.We cover everything from the energetics to the muscle recruitment pattern that impacts the finishing kick.Steve & Jon
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Whether it's illness, injury, or stale training, most runners have found themselves stuck in a rut at times.Learn the best way to assess your running and start making progress again with this one-on-one coaching call.We've all been there.Maybe you're injured and are struggling with consistency.Or a hectic schedule has made it difficult to stay motivated.

Murdoch's desire to cling onto influence by propping up News Corp's news assets is running headfirst into an equally malign group - its shareholders.Faced with plummeting profits of 47% year-on-year in the final three months of the year for its media assets, analysts have been quick to point out that the value of News Corp could be significantly higher if parts of the news media stable were cut loose.

What goes through your mind when you hear the name "Angel Di Maria"?We're guessing that it's nothing but wonderful thoughts about a wonderful person following what the 35-year-old Argentinian winger did against Nantes this past Thursday night.That is where we focus a whole lot of our conversation on the podcast this week because that's just what happens when a dude at that age scores a hat trick in a big European matchup.

For the first time in over a month-and-a-half, we had a Juventus game or two to talk about again.Of course, they weren't the prettiest games that Juve will ever play.But they were, nonetheless, two games in which Juventus won and got a clean sheet on top of it, so there was at least two very definitive reasons to be happy about things.

In this week's episode we talk about widespread strikes, expensive Currywurst, the winners and losers of Berlin's repeat elections, the debate on English as a second administrative language in Germany and dating.Published: 17 February 2023 09:27 CET You can follow Germany in Focus and listen HERE or on the below platforms: In the latest episode, host Rachel Loxton is joined by The Local Germany editor Rachel Stern and journalist Aaron Burnett, as well as jobs expert Chris Pyak and dating and relationships expert Sami Wunder.

In this week's episode, we talk about why the German Defence Minister resigned, an ongoing integration row sparked after New Year's Eve riots, new train routes, language requirements for German citizenship reform and how to beat the January blues.Published: 20 January 2023 09:34 CET You can follow Germany in Focus and listen HERE or on the below platforms: We're back with a new series of Germany in Focus, a weekly podcast about life, talking points and news in Germany.

Ad measurement is becoming more challenging.(You know, signal loss and all that.)But there was never such a thing as perfect measurement, says Jen Faraci, chief data officer at Publicis-owned Digitas North America, on this week's episode of AdExchanger Talks."No matter how sound your methodology is or how comprehensive your variable set or how contained you want your experimental design to be, there's always noise," Faraci says.

Dates: 27-30 January Coverage: Accrington Stanley-Leeds (12:30 GMT) live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app on Saturday; Walsall-Leicester (12:30) live on Red Button on Saturday; Preston-Tottenham (18:00) live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app on Saturday; Wrexham v Sheffield United (16:30) live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app on Sunday.

These contestants on The Apprentice have links to south London (Image: BBC/Fremantle Media Ltd/PA) The Apprentice returned to our screens on January 5 - with more contestants than ever for the show's 17th season.The line-up had 18 people vying for Lord Sugar's 250,000 investment at 9pm every Thursday night on BBC One.

It's time for the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs!Throughout the regular season, I gave you my best bet against the spread for every single game.I am once again doing it throughout the postseason.If you don't care about the spread, and only want to know my picks to win each game, check out my moneyline picks article here.

Week 15 of the NFL season is here and from now until the end of the season, we'll see all 32 teams in action every week.In this article, I'll give you my picks against the spread for all 16 Week 15 games.Also, if you want my best bet for each game including spreads and totals, be sure to check out this week's episode of the Bacon Bets Podcast.

Week 14 of the NFL season will be the final week of with BYEs, so we have a bit of a shorter slate with only 13 games set to take place.In this article, I'll give you my pick against the spread for all 13 of those games.Also, if you want my best bet for each game including spreads and totals, be sure to check out this week's episode of the Bacon Bets Podcast.

Sunday provided a microcosm of the Russell Westbrook experience for the Lakers this season and the two years as a whole.In a general sense, Russ put together a largely great game against the Sixers with 20 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists and even did it on efficient shooting, going 7-14 from the field.

Behind a late Austin Reaves 3-pointer and a pair of 30-point outings from LeBron James and Anthony Davis, the Lakers survived a late rally from the Pistons on Sunday afternoon to finish .500 on their road trip.It was a six-game slate that featured the highest highs of the season but still shows the team isn't quite there yet.

For one of the few times this season, the Lakers experienced a night of fun and joy on Sunday, beating the Nets 116-103.Impressively, Brooklyn has found a way to have worse vibes than the Lakers this season and looked like a team mailing it in by the fourth quarter.On this week's episode of "Can U Dig It," a podcast by Silver Screen & Roll network, Honi joins me to talk about the Lakers third win of the season and the most dominant Anthony Davis performance of the year.

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Most brands are doing everything they can to amass more first-party data.But Intuit already has 100 million customers across TurboTax, QuickBooks, Mint, Mailchimp and Credit Karma.The latter two companies were all added to Intuit's portfolio over the past three years.(Intuit bought TurboTax way back in 1993 and QuickBooks in 1999, and then Mint in 2009.)

From spiralling prices to Paris scooters, via independent shops, France's best-known philosopher and a few French life hacks, here's the new episode of the Talking France podcast.Published: 24 November 2022 08:42 CET Host Ben McPartland is joined by Local France editor Emma Pearson, journalist Genevieve Mansfield, political columnist John Lichfield and French language expert and founder of French Today Camille Chevalier-Karfis to discuss everything that has been happening in France this week.

On this week's episode of Live from the Blue Seats, Dave and Rob review the Lafreniere scratch and the Rangers' recent run of form.The Blueshirts are 10-2-1 in their last 13 games, with their latest victory an impressive comeback win over their Metropolitan division rival the Carolina Hurricanes.Speaking of the Metro, it's shaping up to be the best division in hockey, with the potential to send five teams to the playoffs.

Note: This week's "What's missing from the 2022-23 New York Rangers" episode was recorded on Tuesday evening.The Ryan Reaves trade happened on Wednesday afternoon, so any discussion of Reaves may be slightly out of date, though we all pretty much knew a move was coming!On this week's episode of Live from the Blue Seats, Becky and Rob are joined by Russ Hartman who filled in for Dave on short notice.

Would the Rangers waive Ryan Reaves?He has certainly become one of the most popular Rangers since coming to New York via trade two summers ago.From his boundless positive energy to his now iconic "Shesty, release us!" bit, Reavo has certainly brought the vibes.However, it looks like his days as a Blueshirt may be numbered.

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New content coming on Thursday!Tuesday's winter ball updates: Jan Mercado (RA12) went 0-for-2 with 1 RBI; Norel González (Cangrejeros de Santurce) went 0-for-4; Enmanuel De Jesús (Estrellas Orientales) pitched a clean first inning of relief, but got into trouble in the second (1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K).

It's official, folks.The 2022 World Cup is a thing of the past.May we remember it for the good things.May we certainly remember it for the bad things.(Namely, where it was held and everything that took place ever since it was awarded to Qatar.)And may we remember that the team that ended up winning the whole damn thing opened the tournament with a loss to, of all countries, Saudi Arabia.

Big, small, soft, hard, there's no such thing as a wrong matzo ball.According to Shelli Azoff, co-owner of the 75-year-old Nate 'n Al's deli in Beverly Hills, there's a matzo ball for everyone."Some people like them small and dense, hard," she said, seated in a booth at the restaurant with a bowl of hot matzo ball soup before her.

Some dumpling fillings are expected.Pork, cabbage, potato, ground beef and just about any combination of protein and vegetable fillings can be found in restaurants and on street corners around the world.This week's episode of "The Bucket List: Dumplings" is devoted to dumplings with flavors you may recognize, but never thought to stuff inside of a dumpling.

Sheng jian bao might be one of the most difficult dumplings to get right.They're part yeasted bun, part potsticker and a soup dumpling all in one.The best sheng jian bao have a thick, crispy bottom, a fluffy middle, a thin and chewy top and a filling full of juicy pork and hot, flavorful soup.Sheng jian bao are a popular street food in Shanghai, and you can find a handful of versions around Los Angeles.

Kris Willis and Stephen Tolbert are back for Episode 23 of A Podcast To Be Named Later.In this week's episode, the guys talk about the blockbuster Sean Murphy trade and all the fallout surrounding, including the new catching rotation.They also cover the insane free agent market, the Dansby Swanson saga, shortstop overall, left field, and more.

Kris Willis and Stephen Tolbert are back for Episode 22 of A Podcast To Be Named Later.In this week's episode, the guys talk about the Winter Meetings and the incredibly busy week it was for Major League Baseball.They also discuss how player-friendly the current free agent market, what Alex Anthopoulos' possible moves are, and a trade breaks live on air.

Stephen Tolbert flies solo this week on episode 21 of the Podcast to be Named Later.In this week's episode, he discusses where the Atlanta Braves ' payroll stands in relation to the luxury tax and the ramifications for going into the tax.He also previews the Winter Meetings and whether that will jumpstart what has thus far been a slow offseason around Major League Baseball.

Well, so much for a quiet World Cup break, everybody.It was exactly one week ago, around the time this here podcast usually goes live to the world, that the biggest piece of news to happen at Juventus in a handful of years (at minimum) hit the Twitterverse - yes, it's still there despite Elon's best efforts - and throw everything into chaos.

Brand Safety has a hypocrisy problem.A show with violence - like "Criminal Minds," the police procedural about serial killers - can attract big brand advertiser dollars.Meanwhile, news stories about the war in Ukraine or Black Lives Matter get flagged, with brands sidestepping ads against that content.

That was unpleasant to watch.The New York Islanders got Torts'd by a Philadelphia Flyers team missing a few of its regulars and dressing a few minor-leaguers.They agreed to two fights in the first eight seconds, scored an early goal on a five-on-three, and then peaced out.It happens.That's hockey.The Flyers were a desperate team who hadn't won in three weeks-they needed and wanted that win much more than New York.

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CTV is a total mess: Agree or disagree?"It's a mess," says Lynette Kaylor, SVP of North America ad sales at sports-focused streaming platform FuboTV, on this week's episode of AdExchanger Talks.And it's a hard issue to fix because there is no single reason CTV measurement still leaves so much to be desired.

First and foremost, I want to apologize for the audio issues with the last podcast.They have been fixed.Thank you for understanding and listening anyway.Really appreciate it!Here is the show rundown for this week's episode:
-The Knicks beat the Thunder to finish the west coast road swing 3-2.-Can they navigate the injuries to keep it going?

We're in the World Cup break and suddenly the only thing related to the Juventus men to talk about is a transfer rumor here and there or what the 11 Bianconeri players in Qatar are up to as the games get underway.What does that mean?Well, it's time to look back on a few things that have happened over the first three months of the 2022-23 season.

Don't look now, folks, but Juventus has put together a nice little winning streak.Of course, it comes with the very large caveat that Juventus' next game will be over 50 days away and come in the month of January, but a winning streak is a winning streak.And, based on how the first two months of the season, it's a much better situation to be in compared to August and September.