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  • Maryland Is The New State To Watch When It Comes To Data Privacy

    There are now 19 states that have enacted comprehensive consumer data privacy laws, eight of which are currently in effect.  When talk turns to the most impactful of these state privacy laws, the conversation usually starts and stops with California. However, recent developments should alter that conclusion. The Maryland Online Data Privacy Act (MODPA) takes […]

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  • The Efficiency Trap: Rethinking Value And Cost In Media Buys

    In today’s fiercely competitive advertising landscape, brand procurement teams are under incredible pressure to demonstrate value for every media dollar spent. Too often, they conflate efficiency and value.  The push for tighter margins is not without impact, especially as it extends across the entire advertising supply chain. Agencies feel the pinch as brands demand more […]

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  • Why Publicis Is Winning

    It’s no secret that Publicis Groupe has outperformed both on an absolute basis as well as in comparison to its ad holding company (“HoldCo”) brethren. In the last five years, Publicis’ market cap has more than doubled (+160%) from $10.5 billion to $28 billion as the firm has racked up big client wins, largely at […]

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  • Financial Services Advertisers In The UK Just Got Over A Frightful Meta Bug

    Call it a Glitchmas miracle. Maybe. At long last, Meta appears to have resolved a glitch in its ad platform that prevented new financial services advertisers from running campaigns, according to three UK-based agencies, one affiliate network and two financial brand advertisers, all of whom spoke with AdExchanger on condition of anonymity. But how big […]

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  • The POV On Data Privacy As The Clock Ticks Down To A Second Trump Presidency

    As a partner at law firm Reed Smith with a focus on ad tech and emerging technology, Nikki Bhargava fields a lot of questions from clients that start with the word “how.” How do you roll out AI-driven products while still maintaining privacy and security? How do you harmonize compliance with different privacy requirements across […]

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  • Operating Systems Are Now Battlefields – At Least In The CTV World

    With so many streaming apps and platforms available on the market, TVs need operating systems. And just like with early PCs, game consoles, mobile phones and streaming services, that means a battle for dominance is imminent.

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  • AI Won’t Replace Human Creative, But It Can Save Hours In Research

    I’m the creative and user experience director for a marketing agency that works with hundreds of CPG and ecommerce brands. I love using AI in my day-to-day job. Before you start wondering about the likelihood of a creative guy embracing AI, know this: It’s not for producing the actual work. Rather, I use it as […]

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  • Is Owning Content Actually A Conflict For DSPs?

    Despite CEO Jeff Green’s denials, the rumors turned out to be true: The Trade Desk has spent the last three years quietly building its streaming OS, called Ventura, to compete with the likes of Roku, Amazon’s Fire TV and Google’s Android.

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  • No More TV Drug Ads? Don’t Hold Your Breath

    Does the incoming Trump administration and RFK Jr.’s potential appointment as the head of Health and Human Services (HHS) spell the end of TV drug ads? Probably not, argues Josh Walsh, CEO and co-founder of BranchLab, a data science firm for health care advertisers, and this week’s guest on The Big Story. Efforts to crack down […]

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  • IAB Tech Lab Has New Guidance On ‘ID-Less’ Solutions And It Wants Your Feedback

    Forget cookieless. Now it’s time for ID-less solutions. No doubt you’ve heard someone drop that buzzword in a conversation recently. But what is an ID-less solution, exactly? As with many ad tech terms, the lack of a standard definition for ID-less solutions has created general confusion, said Shailley Singh, executive VP of product and chief […]

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