Ad Tech
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Data-Driven Thinking
Quality, Transparency And Trust Will Define The Future Of Ad Tech
The ad tech industry stands at a crossroads. After years of rapid growth driven by scale and efficiency, we face unprecedented challenges. Privacy regulations are tightening, trust between stakeholders is eroding, and the rise of made-for-advertising (MFA) sites has compromised the quality of user experiences. These issues aren’t just short-term disruptions; they represent a fundamental […]
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Marketers
Lawmakers Demand Answers From Ad Tech Vendors Allegedly Monetizing CSAM
On Friday, Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) sent co-written letters to Amazon, Google, Integral Ad Science, DoubleVerify, the MRC and TAG notifying the companies that they have been identified as “responsible for serving or certifying” ads on pages hosting child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The letters request answers to questions about how […]
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The Big Story
Chrome’s Global Cookie Consent, and Nielsen and Paramount Make Nice
The Google Chrome team is getting closer to deciding on its cookie consent mechanism. And Paramount resolves its four-month standoff with Nielsen, as the mechanics behind currency change forever.
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Marketers
For This Sports Tech Platform, Selling Tickets Is Kind Of Like Selling Ad Inventory
What makes fans tick? Media agency Elevate is using AI to try and answer that question with a solution for targeting specific sports and entertainment fandoms.
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CTV Roundup
Fetch Is Playing The Super Bowl With A $1.2 Million Live Giveaway
This weekend, the rewards app Fetch is debuting its very first Super Bowl ad, which includes a live giveaway of $1.2 million.
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Online Advertising
StackAdapt Secures $235 Million To Invest In Global Expansion And AI
Canada-based demand-side platform StackAdapt secures $235 million in equity funding led by Teachers’ Venture Growth, the investment arm of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.
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Marketers
Omnicom Is Getting Ready For A Post-Merger ‘Streamlining’
Why worry about AI replacing jobs when a megamerger might make them redundant?
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Marketers
The Alphabet Moneymaking Machine Grows Despite All Challenges
Alphabet is beset on all sides. Antitrust suits across the world portend potential major breakups of the business. Google is collecting nine- and 10-digit fines like they’re going out of style. Its iron grip on the global search market might be loosening at last. And Alphabet’s earnings are absolutely unaffected. The company reported Q4 revenue […]
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Online Advertising
Pain Relief Brand Panadol Taps CreativeX For Help Making Its Ads More Diverse
Haleon-owned over-the-counter pain medication Panadol is making an effort to be more inclusive in its messaging.
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Data-Driven Thinking
Goodbye, Outcomes Era: Why Quality Will Define The Industry’s Future
An industry narrative is emerging that has the potential to exacerbate the structural flaws in digital advertising rather than usher us into a new paradigm. Some of our industry’s sharpest minds are claiming that we are entering the Outcomes Era. Instead, I posit that we have been in the Outcomes Era for over a decade. […]