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Ad Spend’s Slow Spell; The Engagement Advantage
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. In The Slow Lane Dentsu is the latest company to revise its global ad spend forecast downward since its previous report in December. Why? The shaky economy, Adweek reports. Digital dollars, which currently make up close to 60% of all ad spend, will […]
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The Metaverse Clings To Life; AI Fever You Can’t Sweat Out
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Metaverse’s Second Life? The metaverse has gone from the next big thing to a punchline about the danger of chasing Big Tech’s shiny objects. Even Meta is downplaying its investment in immersive virtual worlds. Yet, despite reports to the contrary, metaverse marketing […]
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Big Tech’s Cost-Cutting Slashes AI Ethics, Trust And Safety; Will Netflix’s Anti-Password Sharing Work?
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Who Needs Trust And Safety? Big Tech companies are eliminating thousands of positions. Layoffs have largely impacted trust and safety and AI ethics teams, CNBC reports. Meta announced plans to cut 21,000 jobs in 2023, a culling CEO Mark Zuckerberg described as the […]
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Comic: Nonplussed.
By guest artist Lila Ash A weekly comic strip from AdExchanger that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem…
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Meta Pumps More Ads Into Instagram; Black-Owned Media Says No To Programmatic
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Search Continues Instagram now has ads in its search results. Users will see sponsored posts for products when they conduct interest-based searches, such as for skin care, TechCrunch reports. Search is just the latest ad format that Meta is cramming onto Instagram […]
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Google PAIRs With Clean Rooms; Netflix Moochers Shall Mooch No More
Google PAIR integrates with LiveRamp, Habu and InfoSum. Plus: Netflix officially starts enforcing against account sharing in the US.
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Max’s Launch Day Suffers Hiccups; Advertisers Consider Caving To The “Un-Woke” Mob
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. To The Max On Tuesday, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) officially launched Max, its new streaming service that combines HBO Max and Discovery+ content. But the launch had some technical difficulties. Subscribers complained on social media about the app crashing, streams freezing and difficulties […]
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Streamers Need To Bank On More Than Just Ads – As They Add More Ads
Streaming services are increasing both their subscription prices and ad loads. Plus: Meta just broke the record for the biggest GDPR fine ever.
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Twitter Cries Foul On Microsoft AI’s Data Usage; Comedians Bank On TikTok
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Cut Us In, Or Cut It Out Twitter is ticked off at Microsoft over data use. Elon Musk outlined his grievances in a letter sent by his personal lawyer, Alex Spiro, to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Thursday, The New York Times reports. […]
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Comic: Peak RMN?
Have we reached peak retail media yet? Seems like everyone’s got one! A comic styling by guest artist Michela Buttignol.
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YouTube Tries To Look More Like TV; Montana Stans A TikTok Ban
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Down The Tube Amid the showmanship, YouTube’s Brandcast came off as a clear reaction to advertiser demands. On Wednesday, YouTube announced unskippable 30-second spots for its top TV content. The new ad units will be available on TV for YouTube Select, the most viewed […]
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Netflix Scrambles To Market Its Ad-Supported Tier; Google’s Consent Mandate
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Race Against The Clock Netflix held its first-ever upfront virtually this week over concerns about the ongoing writers strike. But the streamer also has other problems on its hands. Advertisers are frustrated not just with Netflix’s limited ad targeting but also with the fact […]
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Comcast Preps To Sell Its Hulu Stake To Disney; On The Frontlines Of TV’s Measurement Battle
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Hot For Hulu Comcast is preparing to sell its 33% stake of Hulu to Disney. Disney CEO Bob Iger told investors last week that Comcast and Disney were in talks about Hulu’s fate. On Tuesday, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts confirmed “it’s more likely […]
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NBCUniversal’s First Yaccarino-less Upfront; Bye-Bye, Vice
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Upfront At The Upfront NBCUniversal’s upfront was quite the affair. Executives had to enter Radio City Music Hall through a side door because the entrance was blocked by Writers Guild of America protesters. (Guess Netflix was onto something.) Once everyone was settled, the […]
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Twitter Has A New CEO – And It’s NBCU’s Linda Yaccarino (!); Netflix Nixes Its In-Person Upfront
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. NBCU Later Linda Yaccarino, NBCU’s (now former) chair of global advertising, is leaving the broadcasting giant to become Twitter’s new CEO. The news was confirmed in a tweet by Elon Musk, who will be stepping down as CEO within the next six weeks. […]
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You Down With DDL?; NBCU Makes It Official With Comscore
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. “The DDL Difference” The TV industry says addressability is the future. But there’s more to the picture. This upfront season, Warner Bros. Discovery is combining its addressable and data-driven linear (DDL) tech stacks. These offerings were previously separate prior to the merge of […]
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AI Is Nigh For Google Search; Streamlining Streaming Sales
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Prompt And Search-umstance Google is ramping up its AI capabilities for its flagship search product, The Drum reports. During its Google I/O developer conference on Wednesday, the company announced it’s launching Search Labs, an experimental program aimed at expanding AI search functionality. The […]
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Meta Tests Paying Creators For Reels Views; But Paying News Publishers Is A Bridge Too Far
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Reeling In The Green Meta reel-y wants to monetize Reels. (Sorry, had to.) Now that the company has abandoned its metaverse plans, it’s getting back to its bread and butter: advertising. The platform is testing a new performance-based pay model for Ads on […]
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Does The Trade Desk Set The Protocols?; AMP, PWAs And The Web We’ll Never Know
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Video Jockeys The Trade Desk publicly adopted the IAB Tech Lab’s new video protocols, which create more specificity around the type of online video ads being bought, Adweek reports. The news worried some publishers who run low-quality videos, like easily ignored spots or […]
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LUMA Leadership Reshuffles In Ad Tech Cold Streak; Turning A New Page
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The LUMA Escape LUMA Partners – the investment bank of ad tech, essentially – is having a major fracture. Brian Andersen, a co-founder and partner, along with partners Mark Greenbaum and Dick Filippini, are all exiting over a disagreement with co-founder and CEO […]
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Ad Tech’s New Favorite Acronym Is RMN; Google And Amazon Staff Up On Trade Group Know-How
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Stores Of Value From regional chains to the largest department and grocery stores, seemingly every retailer is in the retail media network business. Retail ad spend forecasts have leapt to $25 billion and more. Except those numbers mostly track Amazon’s growth, plus a […]
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The Browser Cold War Is Turning Hot; TikTok The News
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Browser Bowsers A decades-long truce among browser operators – Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome – is dissolving as Google and Microsoft militarize their platform borderlands. Last year, Google introduced a one-click button for Windows devices that set Chrome as the […]
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Why Ads vs. Subscriptions Is Wrongheaded; Farm-To-Table Advertising
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The All-In Risk The natural state for digital media monetization isn’t 100% advertising or all subscriptions, but some balance of both. The Athletic couldn’t get by on subscriptions alone, and BuzzFeed News died on the ad-only vine. But media companies are now creating […]
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Why AWS Is Ad Tech’s New Three-Letter Acronym; The Waterfall Runs Dry
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Layser Focused Stephanie Layser, former News Corp VP of ad tech, data and identity products, joined Amazon Web Services a year ago as global head of publisher ad tech solutions. And she just recorded a podcast with Marketecture about what she’s been up […]
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Machine Learning Is Elementary, But Also In Charge; Stick A Pin In That
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Can’t Spell “Brain Drain” Without AIs Silicon Valley giants bet the house on machine learning software to automate their businesses, and bringing that same automation to advertisers. Meta, Alphabet and Microsoft execs used the word “AI” more than 200 times in investor calls […]
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Criteo Is Waiting For The Shopify Deal; About Time (To Remove Its Paywall)
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Audiences Worth Waiting For Criteo announced the “next phase of its integration with Shopify,” which is an update to its Shopify App Store. It’s not news that’ll set the world on fire, but Criteo maintains a drumbeat of Shopify integrations. Criteo’s Shopify merchant […]
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Why RMNs Aren’t Even About Ads, Sometimes; Time For A New Charter
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Retail Wagging The Dog Retail media networks are advertising businesses. Usually. Sort of. For many retailers, the data-driven ad practice serves different purposes. Lowe’s announced new digital products for contractors and other professionals, reports Retail Dive.
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Epic Loses, But Takes A Bite Of The Apple; The “Very Large” Platforms
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. End Of An Epic Case Epic lost its appeal case against Apple, which it had accused of anticompetitive practices. However, despite the overall failure of its case, Epic did win one important and now lasting change to Apple’s App Store policies. Apple’s “anti-steering provision” […]
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Nielsen And The JIC Can’t Agree; When Search May Lead You Astray
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Currency Contest Can the TV industry’s currency debate get any hotter? (For something so in the weeds, that is.) Guess so. Nielsen has formally repudiated the broadcaster-backed joint industry committee’s (JIC) video standards agreement. In a letter to OpenAP, the data vendor behind […]
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Twitter Gives Itself Another Bruise; A Quick SKAN Of … SKAN
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Black And Blue Twitter has removed blue checkmarks from legacy verified accounts as promised, as in accounts that don’t subscribe to the new $8-per-month Twitter Blue program. The rollout has, of course, been a botched job. Some celeb accounts, including Lebron James, Stephen […]