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OPINION: On TV & VideoHow Connected TV Will Impact All Media Buying and Its Pricing
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV. Today’s column is written by Jay Friedman, president and partner at Goodway Group. The goal of every marketer is to spend the least amount of money possible to achieve the best possible results – to spend right to the point where […]
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P&G Credits Marketing Efficiency For Strong Sales; Facebook Wrongly Blocks Some Ads
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Marketing Diet P&G’s marketing cuts haven’t caused the sky to fall. On the contrary, the CPG giant and world’s largest advertiser, which cut its marketing budget by 6% this year, saw net sales grow 4% to $16.7 billion in Q3, its strongest rate in […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderPublishers That Haven’t Adopted Ads.txt Are Losing Money
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Matt Harada, general manager of data at Sovrn. Publishers without an updated Ads.txt file are missing out on revenue and stand to lose more in the near future. Despite strong initial adoption of Ads.txt […]
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P&G Seeks More Data From Retailers; DataXu Runs A Process
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Thanks For Sharing Procter & Gamble is asking retailers to share loyalty card and point-of-sale data so it can target customers likely to shop at a specific supermarket, Digiday reports. “It’s a big ask because it’s going way beyond EPOS data and click data,” […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoThe Fragmented CTV Environment: Putting All the Pieces Back Together
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Archie Sharma, senior director of corporate development and strategy at OpenX. Cable companies have historically dominated the TV advertising market, and through M&A over the last decade the industry is now led by a […]
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Telstra Divests Itself Of Ooyala; ARF Acquires Fellow Trade Group CIMM
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Easy Come, Easy Go Telco Ooyala’s management group has bought the company back from Telstra, the largest telco in Australia, which acquired the Silicon Valley OTT video technology startup in 2014. Telstra took more than $500 million in write-downs on the deal, acknowledging earlier […]
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Google Adds More Big Brands To Shopping Actions; Omnicom's Q3 Beats Expectations
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Actions Speak Louder… Google added Best Buy, Nike and Sephora to Shopping Actions, its ecommerce search service that charges retailers per transaction rather than by clicks or impressions. The product already features some of the largest store brands in the United States, including Walmart, […]
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Most ANA Members Use An In-House Agency; Twitter's First GDPR Inquiry
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. In The House Seventy-eight percent of ANA members reported having some form of an in-house agency, according to a study of 412 marketers that was released Monday by the trade body. That number is up from 58% in 2013. Forty-four percent of respondents said […]
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Guardian Settles Suit Vs Rubicon; In-Housing Road Bumps At Vodafone?
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Hand That Fees Rubicon Project and the British news publisher The Guardian have reached a settlement in their legal disputes about alleged hidden fees, reports The Wall Street Journal. The suit, filed last year, alleged that the ad tech company charged undisclosed fees […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderThe Mainstreaming Of Supply-Path Optimization
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Erik Requidan, vice president of programmatic strategy at Intermarkets. Supply-path optimization (SPO) is sometimes described as a way to reduce supply sources or consolidate multiple supply partners. When you consider how header bidding has […]
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DTC Brands Expand Beyond Social; Snap Identifies Retail Trends
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Let Me Be Direct Direct-to-consumer brands that have built their businesses on Facebook and Instagram are expanding away from the platforms, Digiday reports. Take Glossier, a heavy Instagram advertiser that’s now building a direct consumer messaging tool, or Greats, a startup shoe manufacturer that […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoGetting Ready For Advanced TV
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Scott Ferber, chief innovation officer at Amobee. TV advertising is in the midst of a major transformation. Video now composes more than half of daily media consumption in the United States. And globally, nearly […]
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Google Limits Access To Gmail Data; Alexa Aims To Capitalize On Emotions
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Data Drought Google is cracking down on the amount of data it shares with Gmail app developers to avoid another privacy problem for the email product. Apps that don’t offer email or productivity services will be cut off from any Gmail data, while other […]
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US Video Ad Spend Booms; Walmart Tries Its Hand At Original Programming
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Video Stars Video ad spend in the United States will grow to $27.8 billion, about 25% of all digital ad spend, by 2020, according to eMarketer’s latest forecast. That’s a 30% growth spurt from 2017. Facebook will emerge as the big winner in the […]
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Comcast May Hang On To Hulu Stake; Latest On Dmexco's Feud With Founders
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Full Stream Ahead It would make sense for Comcast to swap its 30% stake in Hulu to Disney to pay down the debt from its $40 billion acquisition of Sky TV, but don’t expect that to happen any time soon. If Comcast sold its […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoMeasuring 'Up': Capturing The Consumer With Dynamic Omnichannel Video
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Mike Bevans, global vice president of product solutions, marketing and partnerships, at Xaxis. In the age of media fragmentation, securing the appropriate level of reach and frequency in video can feel overwhelming. Just picture […]
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Amazon's In-House Brands To Explode; DTC Startups Proliferate Thanks To Automation
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Setting Up A Private Practice Amazon’s private-label brand business is on pace to generate $25 billion by 2022, up from $7.5 billion this year, according to investment firm SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. And Amazon has quietly taken measures to rapidly grow its exclusive brand roster, […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderCan Publishers Survive In A Fully-Deterministic Opt-In World?
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Ameet Shah, senior director of global technology, publisher and data strategy at Prohaska Consulting. It’s October, five months after the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect, and we – well, most of […]
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Brand Safety Back In The Headlines; Congress Eyes Collection Of Kids Data
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Brand Safety, Cont. More than a year after the YouTube scandal that catapulted brand safety to public attention, the issue remains a stubborn thorn in the side of online advertising. Hundreds of websites with objectionable content or political propaganda attract mainstream brands via Google, […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoHow OTT Video Is Transitioning The Ad Insertion Model
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Scott Apgar, Senior Director of Product Management, Advanced Advertising, at SeaChange International. Since nearly the beginning of television broadcast, the linear dynamic ad insertion (DAI) business model has remained fairly unchanged. Advertising sales teams […]
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The Good News On Facebook's Latest Hack; Brands Adjust Influencer Strategies
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Hand Over The Keys Facebook has confirmed that last week’s hack affecting 50 million accounts did not extend to third-party apps using the Facebook login, The Wall Street Journal reports. “We have now analyzed our logs for all third-party apps installed or logged during […]
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Ramp Stands On Its Own As IPG Closes on Acxiom; Amazon Seeks To Grow Video Ad Supply
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The RAMP Is Up IPG now officially owns Acxiom Marketing Solutions and LiveRamp is $2.3 billion richer. The deal closed on Monday – and guess how former Acxiom (now current LiveRamp) CEO Scott Howe found out. “Michael Roth [the CEO of IPG] came up […]
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German Pubs Unite To Save The Cookie; Pinterest To Hit $1B In Ad Revenue By 2020
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Sridhar Out One of Google’s key ad executives is riding his horse off into the VC sunset, Forbes reports. SVP Ads and Commerce Sridhar Ramaswamy will depart the Googleplex for a role with Greylock Ventures. Sridhar helped Google’s ad platform business grow from $1.5 […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoConnected TV And Cable TV: Same But Different
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Philip Inghelbrecht, co-founder and CEO at Tatari. The march of over-the-top (OTT) and connected TV (CTV) has been unstoppable. The number of OTT and CTV viewers in the US will soon surpass 200 million, or […]
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Facebook Face Plants Again On Data Security; DOJ Antitrust Chief Weighs In On Tech
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Face Plant Facebook seems intent on helping DC beat a path to its doorstep. First, academic researchers from Northeastern and Princeton universities say Facebook has used two-factor authentication data for ad targeting without properly notifying users. In some cases, Facebook allegedly grabbed phone numbers […]
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Amazon SoHo Store To Feature Local Trending Products; Feds Eye Agency Rebates
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Brick By Brick Amazon’s newest foray into offline retail is a store called Amazon 4-star in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood featuring products that have high ratings and are trending with New Yorkers. The store will be similar to Amazon’s small chain of bookstores, […]
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Amazon Mulls A Video Ad Server; TV Merger Mania Creates Odd Bedfellows
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. A Dish Best Served Amazon has discussed building its own video ad server that would put it squarely in competition with Comcast’s FreeWheel and Google, Mike Shields reports for Business Insider. The product could power advertising on Amazon’s streaming platform, where ad-supported video streaming […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderA Year In First-Price
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Rachel Parkin, senior vice president of strategy and sales at CafeMedia. It’s been a year, give or take, since the dominoes started to fall in the direction of first-price auctions. Our industry wasn’t fully […]
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Behind Instagram Founders' Exit; Snap Fizzles?
Snap Fizzle? This year, eMarketer estimates Snapchat will bring in $662.1 million in US ad revenue, a significant drop from the $1.03 billion it had projected last March. “We now expect that Snap will not break $1 billion in US ad revenue until 2020,” according to the revised figures. The downgrade is mainly due to […]
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Vox Misses Sales Goals; Global Ad Spending Holds Steady
The Plateau Problem Digital publisher Vox is set to miss its goal of $200 million in revenue this year by more than 15%, though it should still see double-digit growth over last year’s take of about $160 million, The Wall Street Journal reports. The issue came up at a board meeting last week amid investor […]