Ad Tech
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Online Advertising
IAS Outperforms Ad Tech’s Q4 Slump And Outgrows Its Verification Roots
Integral Ad Science broke a streak of punishing quarterly earnings reports for public ad tech companies when it announced better-than-expected Q4 results on Friday morning. The company’s total revenue of $153 million in Q4 was up 14% year over year. IAS earned $530 million in 2024 at a 12% growth rate. IAS shares jumped by […]
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CTV Roundup
Streamers Compete For Subscribers, Distribution And Programmatic Prowess
TV programmers and streamers are sharing their financial report cards for last quarter – and the results are quite a mixed bag.
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The Big Story
Connected TV’s Growth Spurt; How Ozempic Is Upending Marketing
In her last week at AdExchanger, Senior Editor Alyssa Boyle reflects on three years of change, and stasis, in the CTV space. Then, how Ozempic is changing the marketing world.
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Online Advertising
‘Is The Open Internet Healthy?’ Magnite Reports CPMs Dipped In Q4
Magnite ended up with a scrappy 4% year-over-year growth rate in Q4 2024, after a sudden, unexpected drop in display and online video CPMs during November and December, which caused the company to miss its revenue guidance. At least that’s the story from Magnite’s quarterly earnings report on Wednesday afternoon. Magnite, an independent SSP, earned […]
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AI
Seeing Through The Hype: The Difference Between AI And Machine Learning In Marketing
Artificial intelligence is inescapable nowadays. There’s generative AI to create an ad and AI platforms to manage campaigns. Your refrigerator and maybe even your toothbrush have AI embedded in them. Or at least that’s what it says on the box. There are many open questions for marketers who want to implement AI-driven ad tech – and […]
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Data-Driven Thinking
Bug Bounties Can Transform Ad Tech
Earlier this month, many of us let out a collective groan as we received that dreaded message: “Have you seen the latest Adalytics report?” Cue the usual discussions of the ad industry’s latest horror story. Making matters worse, the Adalytics report on advertisers monetizing child sexual abuse material came just a week after DeepSee.io’s disclosures […]
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AdExchanger Talks
How Publishers Can Place Safe Bets In A Rigged Programmatic Game
For publishers, digital advertising is a lot like playing craps, says Aditude’s Justin Wohl. It’s all about tuning out the noise while placing safe bets that work for your monetization strategy.
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AdExplainer
Why Data Minimization Is A Very Big Deal For Ad Tech
When it comes to data collection, the ad tech industry has long had a hoarder mentality. Gather up as much data as you can from as many sources as possible, store it indefinitely, and if you’re not quite sure what to do with it now, hey, you can always just figure out that part later. […]
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CTV Roundup
What’s Next For JWP Connatix: SSAI, Contextual Advertising And A New Name
Since Connatix and JW Player first announced their merger in October, JWP Connatix – a temporary name for the newly joined companies – says things are going well at the six-month mark.
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The Big Story
The Trade Desk Miss That Shook Ad Tech
When The Trade Desk, the ad tech darling of Wall Street, missed its earnings forecast for the first time, ad tech insiders paid attention. Plus: Reddit, fueled by Google Search, sputters after an algorithmic adjustment.