Why some of the largest publishers are breaking up with ad tech middlemen

Why some of the largest publishers are breaking up with ad tech middlemen

The prospect that publishers might walk away from ad tech vendors once seemed laughably remote. Nowadays, there's real intent whenever these moves are discussed.

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