Data + Privacy

Well, that’s a wrap on Programmatic IO Las Vegas 2024! The AdExchanger editorial hopped on stage for a live recording of The Big Story to round up all the moments that made us go “a-ha” this week, including observations on commerce media, CTV and generative AI.

The 2016 presidential election gave Americans a taste of the disinformation, misinformation and platform manipulation that’s coming for political media.  These strategies aren’t new, but tactics are more effective than ever. This year, platforms and advertisers are far more sophisticated and have greater reach, with streaming and data-driven media replacing old media that could not […]

Like any addiction, buying cheap impressions on made-for-arbitrage (MFA) content is a vicious cycle that feeds itself. If our industry doesn’t stop the cycle at the source, it will continue indefinitely.  The need for a solution is growing as junk publishers tarnish the reputation of the open internet. We’ve even reached the point where The […]

Made-for-advertising (MFA) sites are roosting in reputable publishers’ subdomains. IDs are declared inconsistently. And the established third-party measurement companies are sitting on the sidelines.

Much has been said and written in recent months on the made-for-advertising (MFA) phenomenon, or the diversion of ad dollars from legitimate publishers to sites that exist purely to sell ads at a higher cost than the traffic they acquire.  We know MFAs are a big problem on the open web. But what about mobile, […]

The open web stands as a testament to freedom of communication, innovation and the collective pursuit of knowledge. However, lurking within our dynamic ecosystem is a growing threat: the proliferation of made-for-advertising (MFA) publishers.  These entities are simply not publishers. They’re better described as master traffic arbitragers that exploit the system for profit without contributing […]

Will data dazzle media buyers at this year’s TV upfronts? Plus: Why recent changes to Google search results have decimated traffic for some digital publishers – and rewarded others.

Debrief on the CMA’s biggest issues with the Privacy Sandbox highlighted in its latest report. Then, a vibe check on the Newfronts.

Most of the companies in the digital marketing ecosystem have traditionally serviced either the supply or the demand side. But in the last few years, this trend has started to change. Google and Meta have always served both sides of the advertising ecosystem, and other examples are emerging as well.   In 2022, leading demand-side […]

The ad industry’s transition from third-party to first-party data infrastructure is the most significant change in digital history. Companies across the ecosystem need to invest in transformation to evolve and retool their business, infrastructure and capabilities.  There are two paths to transformation. Both rely on the corporate accounting definition of the word: making a one-time, […]