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Here’s how Dotdash Meredith’s D/Cipher revolutionizes ad tech with cookieless targeting. Plus, gain key insights from AdMonsters Publisher Forum Boston on future-proofing revenue strategies in a shifting digital frontier.

As digital publishers gear up for 2024, the focus is clear: ramping up revenue through strategic investments and capitalizing on new growth opportunities. A significant 60% of publishers expect revenue growth, with 19% anticipating substantial gains. Direct deal advertising tops the list of opportunities, with 68% of publishers highlighting it as a critical revenue driver. Programmatic advertising, audience data monetization, and strategic partnerships also feature prominently, underscoring the diverse avenues publishers are exploring.

The Trade Desk has delivered another smash earnings report, with $585 million in Q2 revenue, up 26% year-over-year. The company, which reported on Thursday, generated $85 million in net profit, more than double the $33 million it generated in Q2 2023. Meanwhile, Unified ID 2.0, the open-source identity initiative created and backed by The Trade […]

Worldwide, finding a consensus on nearly anything is just about impossible. Yet, when thinking about the way people interact with brands online, there are two glaring truths: consumers demand personalization and privacy in nearly equal measure. Data clean rooms can be a conduit for advertisers to continue offering highly personalized experiences while also respecting consumer privacy.

As Google’s Android Privacy Sandbox gears up for its anticipated 2025 launch, mobile marketers need to stay ahead of the curve. Remerge, a leading Demand Side Platform (DSP), is at the forefront of this transition, collaborating with Google and other ad tech partners, such as Verve, AppsFlyer, Adjust, and Singular, to ensure a seamless shift. Luckey Harpley, Staff Product Manager at Remerge, sheds light on what this means for the future of mobile marketing and how to navigate this new landscape.

As data privacy regulations evolve, publishers are centralizing data within warehouses, but is it enough for data monetization? With DMPs falling short, the future lies in purpose-built applications that enhance activation, streamline audience building, and support complex identity resolution and collaboration. Dive into the challenges and opportunities for sustainable revenue growth in this privacy-centric era.

US District Court Judge Amit Mehta ruled this week that search engine giant Google is a monopoly when it comes to search. Judge Mehta ruled in favor of the Department of Justice in its antitrust case against Google. “After having carefully considered and weighed the witness testimony and evidence, the court reaches the following conclusion: […]

Call it a major GMC oopsey. Google Merchant Center (GMC), Google’s hub for commerce advertising and analytics, has been accidentally cross-pollinating data – including unencrypted customer and product info – between accounts on the platform going back at least two weeks, according to three ecommerce consultants and ad agency execs who each manage numerous GMC […]

Mark Jung, Vice President of Product at Dstillery, explores how advertisers can effectively navigate streaming with strategies like CTV integration, AI targeting, and leveraging clean room data to reach and engage audiences. 

In a recent blog post, the FTC reiterated a critical privacy principle: hashed IDs are not anonymous. Despite some companies’ claims, hashing—a process that transforms data like email addresses or phone numbers into seemingly random strings—does not render data anonymous.