Not all curators are created equal, and not every curation pitch holds up under scrutiny.
March 31, 2025

The semantic slide of programmatic’s power word: ‘curation’

Ad tech’s relationship with language has always been more aspirational than precise, but curation may be the most glaring example yet.

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