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  AI as a Service: The Future of Digital Advertising

  AI is revolutionizing programmatic advertising, and DSPs are evolving from simple media buyers to strategic partners. With ViantAI, marketers gain AI-driven insights, real-time agility, and end-to-end measurement tools, enabling smarter, faster, and more impactful campaigns.

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  Inside the Buy Side

  Unpacking Misconceptions About Curated Deals

  In this insightful follow-up to her talk at AdMonsters PubForum Scottsdale, Hélène Parker, CEO of Hélène Parker Consulting, unpacks common misconceptions about curated deals. Bridging buy-side and sell-side perspectives, this guide explores setup ease, performance, and the evolving role of curation in driving advertising success.

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  Behind the News

  The DOJ and Google Give Closing Arguments in Landmark Antitrust Case

  The DOJ filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google’s ad tech stack in early 2023, and both sides made their closing arguments yesterday afternoon. Prosecutors from the DOJ and lawyers for Big G summarized their arguments from the heated 14-day trial to convince the U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema to either break up Google’s alleged ad tech monopoly or respect them as a big player in a competitive advertising Game of Thrones. 

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  The Great Data Smackdown: Buy Side vs. Sell Side Strategies Collide

  With the buy and sell sides constantly vying for the upper hand on data strategies, it can be hard to find common ground. In a heated debate at AdMonsters PubForum Scottsdale, representatives from each camp took the gloves off, trading blows over transparency, identity, and creative optimization. 

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  Winning the Click Wars: Survival Strategies in the Era of Search Decline

  Imagine a world where traditional search traffic is no longer your main tool. As search engine algorithms evolve and user behaviors shift, it’s not a distant possibility, it’s precisely the reality we face. The new focus for users is concise immediate answers over exploratory browsing (which can be time-consuming). Welcome to the era of search decline, where adaptation is no longer optional but a key to survival. 

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  Behind the News

  Bigoted Spam Messages Highlight Ad Tech’s Role in Bigotry, Fraud, and Data Leakage

  Bad actors aren’t as sinister as bigotry, but they played a part in the hateful texts sent to marginalized groups after the presidential elections. Data brokers often compile information by harvesting web browsing habits, social media profiles, and commercial activity, merging it with demographic and contact information and bad actors take advantage of it.

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  Publisher Hedged Gardens Drive Higher Value for Audiences and Advertisers

  If they manage the next year well, publishers could emerge with more control over their business, stronger relationships with readers, and better deals with advertisers. Success lies in their ability to create hedged gardens, not the logged-in, ubiquitous worlds of Amazon, Google, or Meta, but differentiated by unique content, audiences, and products.

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  CTV Connect

  AdExchanger, Cynopsis, AdMonsters, and Chief Marketer will join forces once again to welcome over 500 decision-makers from across the U.S., united by a common goal: accelerating the growth of connected TV. Join us as we delve into key topics like measurement, audience engagement, artificial intelligence, budgeting for success, transparency, and more.

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  The FTC Casts Shade on Data Clean Room Privacy Promises

  Data clean rooms (DCRs) are hyped as a privacy-safe alternative to audience targeting, but the FTC isn’t buying it. In a blog post, the FTC says that DCRs “are not rooms, do not clean data, and have complicated implications for user privacy, despite their squeaky-clean name.” 

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  AI Transforms Ad Marketing with Unmatched Creativity and Impact

  As artificial intelligence reshapes the ad-marketing landscape, it revolutionizes data-driven decision-making, enhances creative processes, and paves the way for predictive analytics. In this article, Christena Garduno, CEO of Media Culture explores how AI’s integration drives efficiency and personalization while keeping the human touch at the forefront of meaningful customer interactions.

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