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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingYour Custom Model Didn’t Work… Now What?
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Asya Takken, senior data scientist at Alliant. Data driven marketing is at its best when powered by predictive analytics. Many brands hum along on big platform machine learning algorithms, generating […]
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Firefox Cracks Down On Supercookies; Grindr Faces $11.7M Fine For Alleged GDPR Violation
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Supercookies Crumble The newest version of Mozilla’s browser, Firefox 85, includes protection against so called “supercookies.” What the heck are supercookies? According to Mozilla, they can be used in place of ordinary cookies to store user identifiers, but are much more difficult to delete […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingPublishers Have A Window Of Opportunity To Change Google And Facebook
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Mike Shaughnessy, COO at Kargo. As we come out of the fog of 2020, we must remember the five incredibly important investigations happening right now that affect the way content is […]
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Taboola Set To IPO Via SPAC; Digital Pubs Eye Their Own SPAC Exits
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. SPAC Bandwagon Content recommendation engine Taboola became the latest tech company to exist via SPAC when it announced plans to go public on Monday by merging with special purpose acquisition company ION Acquisition Corp, per Business Insider. The deal, which will value Taboola at […]
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New Leadership At FTC And FCC; Australia Wants Google And Facebook To Pay For News
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. New Crew With Biden in the White House, the Federal Trade Commissions and the Federal Communications Commission are playing the usual game of musical chairs triggered by a new administration. The Republican heads of both agencies – Ajit Pai at the FCC and Joe […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderUnderstanding The Privacy Sandbox In 12 Minutes
In one year, programmatic advertising won’t be able to use third-party cookies. But how will the new infrastructure even work? To understand the Privacy Sandbox and its most fleshed-out proposal, TURTLEDOVE, CafeMedia Chief Strategy Officer Paul Bannister – who has spent hundreds of hours over the past year figuring out these proposals – has compiled […]
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Comic: Brand Safe
A weekly comic strip from AdExchanger.com that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem…
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Brand Safety In The Post-Trump Era; Some Buyers Start To Embrace Politics
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Is It Safe To Come Out? With the Trump circus leaving town, what does this mean for brand safety? Seb Joseph of Digiday wrote about how the political divide amongst American consumers has extended to the media channels people consume. “And it’s made the […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingThe Two Approaches To Identity, And What They Mean For Pubs
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Joel Meyer, Chief Architect at OpenX. While there’s no clear cut answer around what the future of audience targeting will look like, practically every proposal is supported by one of two […]
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Brands Were On Guard Before The Inauguration; Young Audiences Flock To Local News
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Time To Reassess Marketers were hawkeyed in the lead-up to Inauguration Day on Wednesday, ready to pause, tweak or block ads from appearing against problematic content should things have gone sideways, Digiday reports. While some marketers said they planned to stick to blunt tactics, […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderWhy Ads.Txt Has Failed - And What To Do About It
“The Sell Sider” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Paul Roberts, founder and interim CEO of Kubient. Ads.txt was an ambitious initiative spearheaded by the IAB to clean up the digital ad supply chain and help publishers list the […]
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Omnicom, Home Depot Push For Misinfo Probe; Simpli.fi Buys ERP Platform For $100M
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Stop The Spread Misinformation isn’t a virus – but it can spread like one. Election fraud paranoia, hate speech and online conspiracy theories were all roiling in the overheated atmosphere that contributed to the Jan. 6 siege of the US Capitol. And advertisers don’t want […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingShopping For Retail Media? Browse The Lessons Learned From Search Marketing First
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Bryan Wiener, CEO at Profitero. Hardly a material line item a year ago, retail media is the new black – capturing the attention of brand marketers, and getting them to open […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoThe Fight For Pay TV Subscribers Will Be Won On Online
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Denis Crushell, CRO at Tubular Labs. With the maturity of social media platforms into audience attention juggernauts, companies like Netflix, ViacomCBS, Warner Media and NBCUniversal (among others) have all invested heavily in social video […]
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SpotX Joins UID 2.0; Podcasts Aren't Paying Off For Spotify
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. U & Me And UID 2.0 Welcome to the Unified ID 2.0 cocktail party, SpotX. The video SSP, which is owned by RTL, is the latest company to sign up in support of UID 2.0, the open source industry initiative originally spearheaded by The […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderThe Big Questions For Digital Advertising In 2021
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Paul Bannister, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at CafeMedia. Just under a year ago, Google announced the deprecation of third-party cookies (3PC) in Chrome in early 2022. To replace 3PC, Google pointed to the Privacy […]
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Snap Permanently Bans Trump's Account; IAS Acquires Amino Payments
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Oh Snap! As crazy as it might be to imagine President Trump on Snapchat (although has anything about his four years in office made sense?) Donald does indeed have an account – with about 1.9 million subscribers – but not for long. Business Insider […]
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YouTube Suspends Trump's Account; Google Pauses Political Ads (Again)
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Canceling The Don The bans and account suspensions just keep on coming for President Trump. On Tuesday, YouTube said that it has suspended his channel for at least a week, The New York Times reports. YouTube, which has typically been fairly slow to crack […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderWhat SupplyChain Object Shows About Seller Behavior
“The Sell Sider” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Ian Trider, VP of RTB platform operations at Centro. SupplyChain Object, along with its companion Sellers.json, are critical tools for enhancing transparency in the programmatic ecosystem. They enable ad platforms […]
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Big Tech Cracks Down On QAnon; Rumble Sues Google Over Search Rankings
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. QAnon Booted Just days after permanently banning President Trump’s account, Twitter started cracking down on conspiracy theorists spreading disinformation on the platform, The New York Times reports. Twitter removed more than 70,000 accounts on Monday that promoted the QAnon conspiracy theory. The suspensions were […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingHow Agencies Can Define A New Norm In 2021 After The Chaos Of 2020
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Brian Dolan, CEO and founder of WorkReduce. If 2020 prepared us for anything, it’s to expect the unexpected. And with 2021 already throwing us curveballs, it’s not crazy to think […]
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Big Tech Shuts Down Parler; Verve Buys Nexstar's Video Ad Platform
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. No Parley For Parler The social media app Parler is offline after Amazon kicked it off its servers, reports Business Insider. For those blissfully unaware, Parler’s calling card is its claim that unlike other social media networks, it permits all types of speech. So […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoIt’s All About Context: Why Ad Dollars Aren’t Following The Viewers Flocking To CTV
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Mike Baker, former CEO of dataxu. It would be an understatement to say that the past nine months have had a monumental impact on the way we consume entertainment. One need only point towards […]
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UK Antitrust Probe Targets Chrome Privacy Sandbox; Comscore Nabs Strategic Investment
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Built On Sand? The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is launching an investigation into Google’s plan to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome, CNBC reports. The CMA says it’s received several complaints about how Google’s Privacy Sandbox proposals will impact competition. One of […]
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Comic: The Final Straw
A weekly comic strip from AdExchanger.com that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem…
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Advertisers Pause Spend Amid DC Chaos; Facebook Bans Trump
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Stepping Back So … 2021 is off to a great start. After pro-Trump mobs stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday, advertisers are pulling their paid social advertising and reevaluating their overall ad spend, Digiday reports. Some advertisers paused their paid social just as DC’s […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven Thinking2021 Will Be The Year Of Audio Advertising Innovation
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Zack Zalon, CEO and co-founder of Super Hi-Fi. Audio advertising is stuck in a time warp. There have been no meaningful changes to speak of over the past ten years. In […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoThe Best Way for Publishers to Succeed With OTT? Don’t Mess It Up
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Craig Berlingo, Product Lead for OTT and CTV at PubMatic. With millions of people stuck at home watching streaming content, 2020 could have provided a chance for publishers to rake it in. Instead I […]
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Trump Wages War On Chinese Apps (And Democracy); Facebook Bans Political Ads In Georgia Again
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Trump’s Hatred Besides his war on the democratic process, President Trump is also going after apps with ties to China. According to the Wall Street Journal, the lame duck president – just a day before he incited a massive protest in which crowds stormed […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingReal Or Relevant Time? Making The Best Choice For Customer Needs
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Craig Howard, VP, chief solution architect at Merkle. Marketers want to be able to do more in real-time, but can they truly understand and explain what that means and the […]