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By StuAI rt Elliott
· May 8, 2026
The advertising business has always had a complicated relationship with the future. It is where the money will be, clients promise, just as soon as the present calms down a bit.
That dynamic is playing out with particular clarity in 2026, according to a survey of 62 agency professionals conducted by Digiday+ Research in the fourth quarter of 2025. The
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