"Everyone was chasing this cultural moment": After Oreo's "Dunk in the Dark" Super Bowl tweet in 2013, agencies rushed to set up their own war rooms for the big game. Here's the story of how these war rooms came to be.

Publishers have benefited from guarantees from content recommendation companies like Taboola and Outbrain for the past three years. But now, publishers say the content recommendation services are no longer offering them guarantees or that they're opting for revenue-share agreements with those companies.

Following the publication of a New York Times article on influencer fraud, agencies are either relishing in a moment of glee or scrambling to prove their worth.

Less than a month into 2018, brands have put between $3 billion and $5 billion in media spend up for grabs, seeking the best value for ads, unlike the last wave of reviews in 2016, when marketers wanted the best price.

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'War Rooms 'R Us': The definitive oral history of the Super Bowl war room

Shareen Pathak

“Arguably, the first war room was when we did a hashtag for Audi during the 2009 Super Bowl. That kicked the door open.”

In a shift, publishers can no longer count on content-recommendation guarantee checks

Lucia Moses

The good times are coming to an end, but publishers hope that a revenue-share model will give them more freedom to control how they monetize their sites.

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'In one fell swoop:' 75 percent of advertisers say they've been endangered by risky content

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'We love moments like this': Influencer marketing agencies scramble to reassure antsy clients after NYT expose

Shareen Pathak

“It's been the talk of our company's Slack all weekend.”

Ad quality rises to the top of the agenda for media agency reviews

Seb Joseph

Less than a month into 2018, brands have put up to $5 billion (?3.6 billion) in media spend up for grabs. But unlike the last flurry of reviews in 2016 when marketers wanted the best price for ads, now they want the best value.

How to make a next-generation store a right-now store

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'How do you get a giant squid through customs?': How Old Spice's many-tentacled team won over teen gamers

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