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Apple Tries The PMax Business; The Click Farm Problem Isn’t Getting Better
In today’s newsletter: Apple adopts the owned-and-operated model for its ad platform; the banality of click farming; and how consumers and businesses alike are getting squeezed on data storage costs.
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The DMA Is Off To The Races; Brands Are Feeling The First-Party Squeeze
In today’s newsletter: Under DMA’s gatekeeper rules, Apple reinstates Epic Games’ developer account one day after it suspended it; brands are building first-party-data-based walled gardens to weather cookie deprecation; and Kevel raises $23 million.
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The TCF Is Under Fire – But When Is It Not?; A Fingerprint By Any Other Name
In today’s newsletter: IAB Europe’s Transparency & Consent Framework operates under threat; DSPs frown upon ID bridging; and Google Ads is getting into marketing mix modeling.
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Microsoft Edge’s Answer To PAAPI; The DMA Is, Like, A Thing Now
In today’s newsletter: Microsoft Edge debuts its Ad Selection API, a PAAPI competitor; the EU’s DMA is live; and OhHello aims to help ad industry employees network.
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The DSP-To-CTV Pipeline; Getting A 360-Degree View
In today’s newsletter: Viant sees double-digit CTV growth powered largely by direct deals; Target launches a new paid membership program; YouTube makes a bid to compete with TikTok on video editing.
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Don’t Generate The Player, Generate The Game; Who’ll Play In The Sandbox?
In today’s newsletter: Big Tech may be best positioned to take advantage of generative AI’s ad tech uses; ad tech leaders waffle on investing in Chrome’s Privacy Sandbox; Google faces an innovator’s dilemma.
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The Trade Desk’s Challenge – Make UID2 Work; OpenRTB Survives One Suit
In today’s newsletter: Can The Trade Desk make UID2 happen?; IAB Tech Lab weathers a European legal challenge to OpenRTB, but the TCF’s fate remains undecided; and Meta removes the Facebook News tab in the US and Australia.
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The News In Europe Sues Google; Are IP Addresses Worth Saving?
In today’s newsletter: European news companies are suing Google; the TV industry reevaluates IP addresses; Sridhar Ramaswamy will be Snowflake’s new CEO.
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How Government Agencies Use Ad Tech; Can Reddit Get Out Of The Red?
In today’s newsletter: Ad tech data can compromise Americans; Reddit has a hard road ahead revenue wise; CTV ad-buying startup tvScientific raises a funding round.
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Google Gives An Inch On Search Network Transparency; The Consumer Adpocalypse
In today’s newsletter: Google agrees to placement-level reporting across its Google Search Partners network; how an explosion of ads is ruining the internet; and Google pays publishers to test an unreleased generative AI tool.
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Temu Trouble; How Audience Data Is Reshaping The Upfronts
In today’s newsletter: Can Etsy and Wayfair compete against Temu?; audience data dominates the TV upfronts; the FTC sues to block the Kroger/Albertsons deal.
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Meta’s “Other” Business; For Google, It’s Reddit, Set, Go!
In today’s newsletter: Meta’s growing “other” revenue; charting the depths of Reddit and Google’s new partnership; and TikTok’s ecommerce biz doubles down on influencers.
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Criteo Investors Push For A Strategic Acquirer; The FTC Fines Avast
In today’s newsletter: Criteo’s investors clamor for a sale; the FTC fines VPN provider Avast for deceptive data practices; air quality-focused site HouseFresh laments the state of online search.
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Is The News Business A Viable, Well, Business?; Farewell, Freevee (Maybe)
In today’s newsletter: Dotdash Meredith CEO Neil Vogel dishes on the news biz; Freevee might soon exit stage left; Fubo sues Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery to block their planned sports streaming service.
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NYT Is Developing Generative AI Ad Tools; Can Meta Give SKAN The Boost It Needs?
In today’s newsletter: The New York Times is rolling out a generative AI ad product; the current state of adoption of Apple’s SKAdNetwork 4; Google seeks explicit consent for retargeting and personalization in the EU.
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How Facebook Profits From Overspending Errors; And, Speaking Of … (Hi, Google)
In today’s newsletter: Meta’s black box optimization features gobble ad budgets once again; Google’s DV360 also overcharges for impressions; and Apple disables progressive web apps in Europe.
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Meta And Apple Battle It Out; Nielsen Holds Its Ground Against Competition
In today’s newsletter: The simmering tension between Apple and Meta keeps growing; Nielsen panels have staying power; Temu’s Super Bowl play probably won’t pay off.
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What’s Behind Big Platform Partnerships?; Walmart's Vizio Vision
In today’s newsletter: Walled gardens are turning into an interconnected network of fortresses; Walmart eyes a Vizio acquisition; Dentsu stumbled in 2023.
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Can (And Should) Programmatic Be Fixed?; SP500+, It’s Not The S&P Or Another ‘Plus’
In today’s newsletter: could an open-source website template fix programmatic advertising?; The Trade Desk’s new tool for targeting only the top 500 sites; and some of Apple and Microsoft’s services won’t fall under DMA regulation.
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TTD’s OpenPath Adds CTV Inventory; News Subscriptions Aren’t Extinct Yet
In today’s newsletter: The Trade Desk opens up OpenPath to CTV inventory; subscriptions remain an important revenue source for news publishers; and a class-action lawsuit alleges PHE violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act.
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You Bought It, But Don’t Own It; The News On No More News
In today’s newsletter: Users’ rare anime collections disappear as Sony consolidates Funimation and Crunchyroll; Instagram and Threads stop promoting political content; and why Fortnite is winning the metaverse.
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MFA Mania Is Already Cooling; Why The Big Get Bigger (And Bigger)
In today’s newsletter: Buyers are relatively blasé about made-for-advertising sites; Meta is riding high, having fully adapted to ATT, while Google’s search dominance is under threat; and Publicis Groupe reports strong growth.
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Uber, Roblox And The Gray Lady Walk Into A Bar; Give TV A Sporting Chance
In today’s newsletter: Uber, the New York Times and Roblox all have ads businesses, but in different flavors; Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery plan to launch a sports streaming service; and Amazon gets introspective in response to competition from Temu, Shein and TikTok.
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YouTube Touts Its Creators And Subs; Clean Up On Aisle Floor
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. OurTube Neal Mohan published his annual letter this week – although, this time he’s chief of YouTube, following Susan Wojcicki’s exit last year. Mohan shares an interesting peek at YouTube’s long-term priorities. For example, although he talks about YouTube Shorts, the format isn’t as […]
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The FTC Gets Its Second Crack At Kochava; The Deprecation Vacation
In today’s newsletter: The FTC is suing Kochava (again); marketers are complacent about third-party cookie deprecation; and Publicis Health pays the piper for its role in the opioid epidemic.
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Nielsen Sues VideoAmp; Rembrand Dials Up Product Placements
In today’s newsletter: Nielsen sues VideoAmp alleging patent infringement; Rembrand’s virtual product placements hit social media; and the MOW, CMA and publishers cry foul over the Chrome Privacy Sandbox’s Related Website Sets.
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Netflix Already Won The Streaming Race; Can AI Help With That?
In today’s newsletter: Netflix is the only profitable streaming service; Meta’s automated support software frustrates advertisers; and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission may designate Amazon a “distributor of goods.”
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The CMA Has Its Say; The IAB Probes The Privacy Sandbox, Too
In today’s newsletter: The CMA comes out with an updated evaluation of Chrome’s Privacy Sandbox proposals; the IAB talks Privacy Sandbox with Google; and Temu may be a shell company, but its ad spend keeps skyrocketing.
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Selling The New Internet On The Internet; Here Come The Olds
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Arc Of History The Browser Company is backed by tech elite like Instacart CEO Fidji Simo, Medium founder Ev Williams, Zoom founder and CEO Eric Yuan and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. TBC makes a browser called Arc, and this week it launched […]
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Amazon Turns The CTV Supply Spigot; A Mess In The Sandbox
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Prime Time Ads have arrived on Prime Video. But audiences have just about had it with streaming services that nickel-and-dime them, The Wall Street Journal reports. Instead of forking over an additional $3 per month to avoid ads, many have canceled their Amazon […]