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  • How This Kid-Focused Media Company Balances Privacy And Ad Measurement

    Moonbug Entertainment, a content studio whose portfolio includes kid favorites such as CoComelon and Blippi, is trying to bring some form of ad measurement to children’s content through a new partnership with iSpot.

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  • Retreat To MMM

    The latest trend in measurement is a classic. MMM, or media mix modeling, has been embraced by startups, brands and all the leading ad platforms: Meta, Amazon and now Google, which dubbed its program Meridian. This week on the podcast, our senior editor James Hercher tells us why he’s paying attention to Google’s Meridian MMM […]

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  • The POV From Possible: When Will The Digital Ad Industry Stop Navel-Gazing And Realize Its Potential?

    If sunlight is the best disinfectant – well, Florida certainly has a lot of sun, and the online ad ecosystem needs a cleanup. But despite forceful calls for a shakeup of the digital ad business from the main stage at the Possible conference in Miami this week, the online ad industry remains locked in a harmful […]

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  • T-Commerce Vs. Shoppable TV

    Television commerce, or T-commerce, is similar to shoppable TV: both refer to buying something you see on television. But shoppable TV is far more nascent – and also has different implications on attribution.

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  • How The ‘Privacy By Default’ Internet Will Reshape Ad Industry Priorities

    Change is coming quickly in the digital advertising industry. With Google holding fast to its vow to phase out all third-party cookies by end of year, industry stakeholders are rethinking product road maps, business models and audience attribution tactics to prepare for advertising in a privacy-by-default internet. All the while, our ad-supported digital ecosystem continues […]

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  • Digital Ad Revenue Growth Decelerates Again in 2023, Per IAB Ad Revenue Report

    Nothing lasts forever. Ad revenue growth decelerated for the second year in a row after heady post-COVID ad revenue gains. US digital ad revenue grew at a slower rate in 2023 compared to 2022, hampered by inflation, climbing interest rates and advertising industry layoffs, according to the IAB/PwC Internet Advertising Revenue Report released Tuesday. Digital […]

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  • Turning Signal Loss Into A Gain

    Cookie deprecation and the reduced availability of mobile ad IDs is rocking the ad tech ecosystem. But signal loss is also an opportunity for a younger company to build new privacy-preserving targeting technology and grab market share, according to Remco Westermann MGI CEO.

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  • MMM Is Back, And Now It’s Accessible For Mid-Tier Marketers

    As third-party cookies disappear, old marketing tricks reemerge. It happened for contextual targeting and direct deals. Now media mix modeling (MMM) – analyzing sales data over time to determine which marketing tactics drive conversions – just might be due for a resurgence. But for MMM to truly have a comeback, it needs to become more […]

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  • 3 Paths Through The Supply Maze: Insights For Mobile Demand Platforms

    It’s getting tough for demand platforms as they face the rising cost of supply of programmatic inventory. Rising levels of invalid traffic and made-for-advertising (MFA) sites – together with the number of intermediaries entering the bidstream and taking their cut – are raising the cost of inventory. A June 2023 Association of National Advertisers (ANA) […]

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  • Vizio’s Vision For Programmatic And Home Screen Monetization

    Vizio has undergone a metamorphosis, transitioning from a hardware company to primarily a connected TV ad platform. Now, its biggest growth opportunities lie in programmatic ad sales and home screen monetization to sell more supply.

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