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The AdTech Reset: Why the Middle of the Stack Died, Not the Cookie
The AdTech reset saw the middle of the stack collapse, taking $40 billion in spend. The cookie isn't dead; the independent middle of the AdTech stack is. This structural shift, accelerated by third-party identifier wobble, led to consolidation and migration of programmatic spend to fewer survivors. The article details what died, what survived and gained (walled gardens, retail media networks, identity layer), and implications for AdTech communications, highlighting the 18-month window to redefine or be acquired.