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James Hercher
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James covers the ecommerce, advertising technology, Google and other topics. He joined AdExchanger in March 2015 after a stint in communications for advertising technology companies. He spent two years in TV production, working for the NFL and then for the PBS NewsHour, where he covered the 2012 election and foreign affairs.

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T-Mobile Hires Ad Tech Vet Mike Peralta As It Pushes Into Programmatic

The “un-carrier” is getting into programmatic. T-Mobile has hired ad tech vet Mike Peralta, former CEO of AudienceScience, EVP at Criteo and CRO of Future, as VP of Marketing Solutions, an ad tech and analytics business unit that uses the company’s first-party mobile data. “Everyone’s watched what’s going on with AT&T and Verizon,” Peralta said,... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // June 17th, 2021 //
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Why Amazon Fire TV Cleared Out Third-Party DSPs – And What That Means For Programmatic

Two years ago, Amazon announced a programmatic Fire TV program with The Trade Desk and dataxu as inaugural DSP partners. “This agreement is an important indicator of where the industry is going, and will become just one of many, over time,” The Trade Desk CEO Jeff Green told employees at the time. But the dream... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // June 16th, 2021 //
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Google Still Dominates Advertiser Perceptions SSP Report, But The Field Has Toughened

The recent Advertiser Perceptions survey of the SSP market shows that (drumroll ….) Google is still the dominant gateway for online advertising, though publishers are testing and adding other SSPs more than ever. The survey was fielded in February and March of this year, and encompasses 151 publishing execs, each of whom represents a site... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // June 14th, 2021 //
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Ecom Brands Are Connecting Their Warehouses To Ad Tech With Whitebox

The ecommerce marketplace management startup Whitebox launched an analytics product on Thursday that spans the world of ad tech and that of warehouse and delivery services. There is a boom crop of ecommerce tech companies that manage advertisements and product listings on Amazon and other online marketplaces (but mostly Amazon). Amazon ad agency Teikametrics acquired... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // June 11th, 2021 //
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Vox Media Extends Its First-Party Data Platform Across Concert

To make it easier for publishers to use its first-party data across a wide network of sites, Vox Media on Tuesday announced a new suite of tools for Concert, its publisher monetization tech, that come from the digital media company’s internal first-party data platform Forte. The new products address brand safety, targeting and optimization. Brands... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // June 8th, 2021 //
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Inside Blackstone’s $1.3 Billion Bet On B2B Data And Media With IDG

Blackstone made one of the splashiest digital media deals of the past year last week when it acquired the B2B media and mar tech company International Data Group (IDG). IDG might not attract your average consumer. but its portfolio of some 300 tech and IT publications, including CSO, TechHive and Computerworld, fuels one of the... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // June 8th, 2021 //
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Google Tightens ‘Limit Ad Tracking’ Policies For Android Ad ID

Google will zero out the Android Advertising ID – literally – when users have opted out of personalized advertising starting later this year. The company notified mobile developers Thursday about the switch. Currently, users who have opted out of tracking and personalized advertising are still tagged by the Advertising ID when they open an app,... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // June 2nd, 2021 //
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33Across Throws Itself Into Cookieless Targeting

33Across has introduced a cookieless targeting solution in an effort to help publishers and advertisers retain the value of programmatic without advertising IDs. At the root of the cookie-free targeting product, called Lexicon, is a probabilistic identifier 33Across calls the Pub Token. The Pub Token combines contextual signals – such as the time of day,... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // June 2nd, 2021 //
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Google Clarifies Its Stance On Post-Cookie Advertising IDs – And It’s Not Good For Ad Tech

Google gave its clearest guidance yet regarding how the company will treat shared advertising identifiers once third-party cookies are removed from Chrome. And it’s not good news for ad tech companies that have championed universal ID programs. In March, Google’s director of product management for ads privacy and trust, David Temkin, confirmed in a company... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // May 27th, 2021 //
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NBCU Completes Sports Tech Investments And Readies Olympics Pilot Programs

Are you gearing up for the Summer Olympics? So is NBCUniversal. Comcast-owned NBCU culminated its inaugural SportsTech Accelerator program on Wednesday, investing $50,000 in each of 10 startups and blessing those startups with important broadcast activations just in time for the biggest event in global sports and advertising. Eon Media, a Toronto-based software company that... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // May 27th, 2021 //
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