Ad Tech
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Marketers
OMD Worldwide’s Ben Hovaness On What We’re Getting Wrong About The Open Web
OMD Worldwide Chief Media Officer Ben Hovaness, thinks the advertising world might be thinking about the open internet wrong way, right down to the terminology we use to describe it.
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Data-Driven Thinking
Predictive AI Can Unlock The Value Of Unpredictability
Campaign planners are the oracles of advertising, poring over prior results, designing A/B tests, identifying target audiences and crafting compelling messages to maximize the chance of success. Through well-honed hunches and cold hard data, advertising mixes art and science to peer into the future. Now, AI is ushering in the next frontier of brand-on-brand competition. […]
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Chief Marketer Top Women in Marketing
Chief Marketer’s Top Women in Marketing is the most prestigious honor of the year—bestowed upon the most impactful and influential brand marketers, agencies and partners across a dozen categories. Bosses, social media experts, data mavens and digital hustlers. Creative storytellers, selfless mentors and riding stars. From b-to-c to b-to-b. Top Women in Marketing recognizes the […]
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Data-Driven Thinking
Why Standardization Is Wrong For Attention Metrics
The rise of machine learning in buying algorithms is helping to debunk some of advertising’s commonly held truths. The assumption that high viewability equates to high quality is often misleading. When campaign goals are lower funnel and there is no constraint to purchasing only highly viewable placements, AI frequently reveals that lower-viewability placements – as […]
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AdExplainer
How A 134-Year-Old US Law Still Defends Against Monopolies Today
It might be surprising to learn the government fights against monopolies the same way now as it did in the late 19th century – partly because the laws haven’t needed to change all that much.
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Online Advertising
The CMA Objects To Google’s Ad Tech Practices Ahead Of DOJ Antitrust Trial
On Friday, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority published a statement of objection to Google’s ad tech practices, accusing Google of abusing its “dominant positions through the operation of both its publisher ad server and buying tools to restrict competition in the UK.”
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The Big Story
Uncloaking A New Programmatic Scam
Inside a cloaking scam that funneled ad spend to piracy websites. Then: your AI agency assistant is here, and it’s ready to build your media plan.
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CTV Roundup
Talking CTV Transparency (And The Lack Thereof) With Samsung
Viewers – and ad buyers – are giving FAST channels a chance. Still, the FAST channel market has a long way to go, says Michael Scott, VP and head of ad sales & operations at Samsung Ads.
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Data-Driven Thinking
Ethical AI: Protecting Data Privacy And User Consent In The Age of Innovation
Doing more with less is the name of the advertising game these days. Strict compliance and privacy laws combined with ever-changing technical restrictions limit the data companies can collect and process for marketing and advertising. This isn’t a bad thing. Respecting customer privacy is good business, especially as younger generations take action to protect themselves. […]
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