Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Not Quite Settled The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), a prominent public research interest group, filed a complaint against the FTC’s $5 billion settlement with Facebook, arguing the deal is an unjustified victory for Facebook that fails to protect consumer privacy. The group is […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Member Me? It’s been just over a year since The Guardian promoted Lee Glendinning from US director to its first executive editor for membership. It’s been important to have a decision-maker who can bridge the newsroom and the business side of things. “Roles like […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here WhoTube? As Google prepares to report second quarter earnings Thursday, investors and analysts are fed up with the company’s secrecy around YouTube. The streaming hub, which generates an estimated $16 billion to $25 billion in annual revenue, would be a Fortune 500 business on […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Asking About Acxiom IPG outperformed its peers in Q2 with organic revenue growth of 3% to $2.1 billion. While the group will continue to face headwinds from client losses through the rest of the year, it was able to offset losses in the […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. No Mo’ CMO Silvia Lagnado, McDonald’s global CMO since 2015, will leave the company in October, Ad Age reports. McDonald’s plans to scrap the global CMO role in favor of two marketing SVPs: Bob Rupczynski will oversee marketing tech and Colin Mitchell will focus […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here Game On Amazon is making a big push into game advertising, if recent job postings spotted by Business Insider are any indication. “We’re looking for the right hands-on engineer to work on a disruptive advertising system set to revolutionize customer acquisition for gamers,” according […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Browser Bowsers Browsers remain vulnerable to ad fraud and data breaches. The Washington Post reports that some browser extensions piggyback on basic web tools like comparison shopping, hotel price-scraping and password storage to pass data on browsing histories and online shopping. The worst […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Ecom Advantage The EU’s top antitrust regulator, Margrethe Vestager, opened an investigation into whether Amazon unfairly collects or uses data to promote its own products at the expense of other retailers or manufacturers. “Ecommerce has boosted retail competition and brought more choice […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Lightning Strikes The Washington Post introed a first-party data ad targeting tool called Zeus Insights that can work without third-party cookies and target across display, video and native ads, reports Digiday. Zeus, which can be used in both direct deals and programmatically, looks at […]
Pity the OTT ad buyer, who must manage reach and frequency goals while finding inventory across a fragmented TV landscape. Often, the same inventory is available from multiple sellers – from networks like NBC, Fox and ABC to the actual OTT platforms, like Roku, Samsung or Amazon. And networks and platforms offer different strengths and […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Power Exits Successful ad tech exits can start a virtuous cycle of entrepreneurship. As AdExchanger previously reported, New York City ad tech exits have fostered a strong network of angel investors who support colleagues in new startups. The same is true for success stories […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Facebook Is Fine Looks like Facebook was prescient in setting aside billions in anticipation of a $3 billion to $5 billion FTC fine. The FTC reportedly approved a $5 billion fine against the social networking giant on Friday. If the fine is approved by […]
WarnerMedia’s announcement Wednesday that three of its top sales executives would leave as part of a reorg reflects changing times in the business of network TV. Donna Speciale, president of ad sales, Dan Riess, EVP of Turner Ignite, and Frank Sgrizzi, EVP of portfolio sales and client partnerships, are leaving WarnerMedia one year after its […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. It’s A ’xu Out There OpenAP, a TV audience measurement and targeting consortium backed by Fox, Viacom and NBCUniversal, selected dataxu as its go-to DMP and data match service. Read the release. Dataxu’s OneView DMP will let OpenAP members build audience segments. In using […]
Jason Bigler, who has headed up Google’s sell-side business since April following Jonathan Bellack’s exit, wants publishers to know that Google Ad Manager isn’t going to be a black box anymore. Bigler will prioritize sharing more information with publishers about the Google Ad Manager team’s decision-making process. “With every change we make, we are providing […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. In-House 2020 We hear a lot about marketers taking advertising in-house, but now politicians are doing it too. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has hired 300 staffers to produce TV and digital advertising and buy digital ads for her presidential primary campaign, Politico reports. Most candidates […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Illegitimate Interest? European regulators are circling real-time bidding companies, claiming the online ad framework violates GDPR by passing sensitive information through bid requests without explicit consent. Regulators in the United Kingdom and Ireland are investigating RTB, and Belgium, The Netherlands, Spain and Poland have […]
Facebook is putting out the welcome mat for professional content creators by diversifying the ways they can earn revenue on the platform. Creators can pursue up to four different revenue streams. They can set up subscriber-only paid groups, receive “stars” as tips from fans, rent their audience to their branded content partners and share in […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Drinking Up Data AB InBev, the beer and beverage conglomerate, is making a big play for data and digital assets. ZX Ventures, AB’s investment vehicle for new markets and technology, just bought the UK-based subscription beer service BeerBods, FoodBev Media reports. And that came […]
While big brands are slowly shifting their budgets toward digital media, small businesses are fueling the growth of internet ad spend. Digital will make up more than half of total global ad spend for the first time in 2021 at $350 billion, according to Zenith’s global ad spend forecast, released Monday. Total global ad spend […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Ecom And Go Walmart’s big move into ecommerce, starting three years ago with its $3.3 billion deal for Jet.com, has been an overall success. It’s online sales grew by 40% last year, and an online grocery pick-up service is one of the fastest-growing elements […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Audit This WPP has had enough of Accenture playing agency and media auditor at the same time. So, starting in 2020, it will no longer participate in pitches run by the consulting firm. WPP is concerned that Accenture can use the media and services […]
This week on AdExchanger Talks, digital ad consultant Matthew Scott Goldstein shares his observations from 29 public company earnings calls in the media, big tech, ad tech and related sectors. He will give a related presentation at AdExchanger’s Programmatic IO conference in New York, Oct. 15-16. MSG, as he is known to many, listens to all […]
With 21% of US adults owning a smart speaker, according to Edison Research and NPR, publishers have rushed to develop a presence on voice platforms. “We’re committed to bringing our readers the most compelling journalism on all of the platforms on which they expect us to be,” said Idalmy Carrera-Colucci, senior director of editorial operations […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Crab Apples Apple News Plus, the $10 per-month news bundle Apple launched in March, is headed back to the drawing board after a rough debut. Revenue from the service is split 50/50, with half going to Apple and publishers splitting the other half based […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Wondery-ful A spree of acquisitions of podcasting and streaming audio ad tech startups by Spotify, Pandora and iHeartMedia has somewhat consolidated the category, but the independent market is still growing. Podcast production network Wondery raised $10 million last week at a valuation of more […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. A Bridge Too Far? Are ISPs collecting customer browsing data for ad targeting purposes? A Wall Street Journal review shows that, with the exception of AT&T, most don’t seem to be doing it. Comcast, Charter, Verizon and Altice are all abstaining for the moment. […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Tax Cuts Top ad agency holding companies are taking a hatchet to their mar tech vendor rosters. Havas consolidated from more than 40 ad tech partners to single digits, with most of the downsizing falling on SSPs, Ronan Shields reports for Adweek. Havas cut […]
If you own a smart TV, chances are its integrated automated content recognition (ACR) technology tracks everything you watch. What started out as a niche technology tracking viewership in high-end smart TVs has spread to the masses: Forty-seven percent of the United States’ 120 million homes own smart TVs, up from 39% a year ago, […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Global Transparency Facebook started rolling out transparency tools for political ads in 2018 – now it’s pushing those tools out globally. These tools include an authorization process, where Facebook confirms a political advertiser’s identity, and the party responsible for the ad will appear on […]
