Data + Privacy

We all know it is difficult for participants in digital advertising to enter into contracts with every company to which they disclose personal information.  However, difficulty is no longer an acceptable excuse, especially after the California Privacy Protection Agency’s recent enforcement action against American Honda Motor Co.  That case highlights a critical compliance reminder for […]

In much the same way as Google decided not to kill off third-party cookies in Chrome, the company’s recent announcement of a more relaxed stance on fingerprinting has certainly raised some eyebrows. With the ad policy update, which came into force in February, Google has adopted a more lenient approach to how advertisers, vendors and […]

The average tenure of CMOs at Fortune 500 companies was less than that of most other common C-suite roles, and 34% of those corporations didn’t even have an enterprise marketing leader, according to a Spencer Stuart report. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

Alphonso shareholders won their lawsuit against LG Ads, clearing the way for an IPO. Then, as TikTok counts down the days until its stay of execution expires, Oracle might buy a minority stake.

When Women’s History Month rolls around each March, awareness is raised to recognize women’s contributions and advocacy for gender equality. In case you missed it on your calendar, International Women’s Day was March 8, and this year’s theme was “Accelerate Action.” Considering the threat to women’s rights in the United States, the time to take […]

Over the last few months, the subject of principal media (PM), or principal-based buying, has entered the ad tech zeitgeist. Principal media is the process where media agencies purchase media in advance, in bulk, and then resell it to their clients, often at a price that is higher than they paid but lower than what […]

Five ways to better understand your marketing performance.

Tariffs are taking effect in the US, and advertisers are shook. Our special guest, Madison and Wall’s Brian Wieser, weighs in on the “blindingly obvious” consequences of implementing tariffs, including supply-chain disruptions that lead to a pullback in ad spend. You can’t promote what you can’t produce. Plus: the rationale behind Publicis’ acquisition of Lotame.

It’s obvious that publishers and advertisers have a lot to offer each other. And yet, based on the way advertisers have dealt with publishers over the years, you’d think they were sworn enemies. This is far from how things play out with major walled gardens like Meta and Google. There, ingenuity and openness prevail. The […]

The CMO Council’s inaugural Marketing Vitality Index has amassed a data lake’s worth of statistics and insights from myriad sources to help marketers navigate through what promises to be a year of flux.