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Publisher Data Leakage Lives On; Sinclair Broadcasting Groups Tries Programmatic
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Leaky PMPs Publisher data leakage is alive and well in 2017, AppNexus CEO Brian O’Kelley would like to remind you. In a blog post, he details four ways publishers are giving away their audience data. The really interesting one has to do with private marketplaces. Suppose, […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoThe Fates Of VR, AR And Digital Marketing Are Intertwined
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Phil Schraeder, president and chief operating officer at GumGum. 2016 was expected to be the year of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). For the first half of the year, every technology, publishing […]
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JavaScript Is The New Flash; Google And Facebook Teach Publishers A Lesson
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. UnScripted “In a few years, people will talk about JavaScript in the same negative connotation that the market talks about ‘cookies,’” wrote Timothy Whitfield, GroupM’s director of technical operations, in a LinkedIn note. JavaScript, like Flash before it, may be transitioning from a core digital ad […]
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Deepening The Data Lake: How Second-Party Data Increases AI For Enterprises
“Managing the Data” is a new column about customer and audience data strategy written by longtime AdExchanger contributor Chris O’Hara. I have been hearing a lot about data lakes lately. Progressive marketers and some large enterprise publishers have been breaking out of traditional data warehouses, mostly used to store structured data, and investing in infrastructure […]
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Right Media Exposé; LA Gears Up For Snap IPO
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Memory Lane In the wake of Right Media’s 2007 sale to Yahoo, there was an “ongoing war with the Right Media change agenda versus many on the Yahoo side,” according to Megan Pagliuca, who had a front-row seat to the culture clash. In an interview with […]
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Snapchat's User Growth Slows; GIF Providers Struggle To Translate Usage Into Revenue
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Shadow Of Facebook Snapchat’s user growth was up just 3% last quarter, compared with 14% the quarter prior. If Snap can’t engage users through hardware (i.e., its Spectacles product), it had better come up with a software product Facebook can’t steal, according to Nabil Elsheshai, senior […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoAdvertisers, Get Ready To Go Over The Top
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Bettina Hein, founder and CEO at Pixability. This will be the year the cable TV bundle dies a sudden death. I know, the “TV is dying” cry has echoed time and again. But as […]
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Kraft-Heinz Made A Bid For Unilever; YuMe's 2016 Revenue Decreased
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. CPGiants The world’s largest food manufacturers are trying to swallow each other whole. After reportedly making a bid for Mondelez late last year, Kraft-Heinz offered $143 billion for CPG giant Unilever on Friday (which is roughly Unilever’s market cap, though, oddly, Kraft-Heinz is the smaller company). […]
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Sell-Side Arbitrage Lives On; Mark Zuckerburg Expresses Support For Publishers
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. The Other Arbitrage The ad network model may have evolved, but sell-side arbitrage is still rampant. Some supply-side platforms (SSPs) still resell inventory and misstate which publishers they represent, Digiday reports. Buyers don’t know which SSPs their publisher partners are working with, so it’s difficult for […]
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The New York Times Invests In International Programmatic; Verizon Lowers Yahoo's Price
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Programmatic Times The New York Times is doubling down on programmatic in international markets as part of its goal of doubling digital revenue by 2020. The Times hired programmatic chiefs in London and Singapore, Digiday reports. It’s also pitching European advertisers on video and data opportunities […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderA Window Is Opening To Give Publishers Control Over Their Audiences
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by James Curran, CEO and co-founder at STAQ. Advertisers have amassed huge first-party audiences in their data management platforms (DMP) and through third-party data partners integrated with their media-buying technologies. This has allowed advertisers to […]
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Dentsu Is Pleased With Merkle And Accordant; Facebook Adds Some Sound To Video Ads
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Acquisitive Year On its Q4 earnings call, Dentsu pointed to its Merkle acquisition as a “step change for the group providing immediate scale, talent and new capability in top-quality data, analytics and CRM.” It also called out Accordant as a “significant investment” in programmatic. Read the […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingWith Orchestration Still A Pipe Dream, Marketers Should Focus On Coordination To Align Resources
“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 Victor Davidson, US lead at DBi Consulting. Marketing orchestration is a strategy or platform that enables marketers to control consumer touch points across paid and owned channels. As I wrote […]
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Snap Spends A Lot On New Users; Twitter Is Rethinking Its Ad Products
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Snap Judgment In a post on Stratechery, Ben Thompson dubs Snap’s product and advertising road map “the Gingerbread Man strategy,” since its only defensible position is to run, run, run as fast you can (aka constantly invest in new consumer and advertiser products). The problem? Cost. […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoOn Disruption And Destabilization In TV
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Randy Cooke, vice president of programmatic TV at SpotX. Disruption is a norm of the modern world, a predicate of evolution that exists within every industry. Just a century ago, Henry Ford quipped that if […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingUsing Data To One-Up The Competition
“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 Arther Wu, senior director of monetization and business operations at Cheetah Mobile. Napoleon Bonaparte once wrote: “War is 90% information.” When it comes to business competition, the figure might be […]
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New FCC Chairman Clarifies His Position; News Corp. Calls Out Agencies
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. FCC You Later Ajit Pai, newly appointed chairman of the FCC, pushed back on the idea that he opposes a free and open internet, telling Reuters “the only question is what regulatory framework best secures that.” President Obama’s administration reclassified broadband providers like Comcast and AT&T […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderMethbot’s Hidden Cost: Publisher Data Integrity
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Manny Puentes, founder and CEO at Rebel AI. Although White Ops estimated that Methbot siphoned $3 million to $5 million per day from advertisers, fraud where domains are falsified carry a hidden price tag […]
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Nielsen Isn't Worried About TCR Delays; Ex-Merkle Execs Go To Acxiom
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. No TCR? NBD Nielsen isn’t sweating the delay of its Total Content Ratings (TCR) rollout. During the company’s investor call Thursday, CEO Mitch Barns attributed the hold-up to client lags. [Read the release.] “The measurement itself is solid and is working as intended,” he said. “The […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoThe Addressable TV Innovation Opportunity Is Greater Than Many Think
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Jeff Puzenski, an executive at Infinitive. If you’re looking for tangible signs of convergence, addressable TV is one of the most frequently cited. After all, addressable TV is about using digital data and targeting […]
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Dentsu Aegis Puts Merkle And Accordant To Work; Snap's Innovation Struggles
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Another Day, Another Data Play Dentsu Aegis is wasting no time with its shiny new agencies, Merkle and Accordant. Carat US CEO Doug Ray will be promoted to president of product and innovation for Dentsu Aegis, where he’ll focus on developing custom data solutions across the […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingWhen Navigating The Complex IoT Channel, Marketers Need To Think Big But Focus Narrowly
“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 Michael Hemsey, president of 500friends (a Merkle company). The rise of artificial intelligence and its voice interface will force brands to scramble if they are to become the default recommendation […]
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Amazon Refines Alexa Ad Partners; Social Identities Up In Smoke
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Finding Their Voice Amazon is refining its ad partners program for Alexa developers. The ecommerce giant has Epsilon, Mindshare, Razorfish and AKQA on board as recommended agency vendors for brands hoping to tap Alexa users. The brand and commerce use cases are limited for now, […]
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Ad Tech Companies Speak Out Against Immigration Order; Adelphic Co-Founders Will Leave Time Inc.
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Friends Of The Court Tech heavyweights like Apple, Facebook and Google aren’t the only ones raising their voices against President Trump’s immigration restrictions. Ad tech companies Rocket Fuel, AdRoll, AppNexus and Turn are also named in an amicus brief to the Washington Appeals Court case holding […]
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NFL Ratings Slip; Amazon's Ad Biz Crosses The $1 Billion Mark
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. Disputing The Undisputed Champ Looking back on a tumultuous NFL season – with painfully low ratings out of the gate followed by anxious excuses and an unexceptional late-season bounceback – all that’s clear is that the broadcast industry’s faith is shaken. “The argument that live events, […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoWill Snickers’ Live Super Bowl Spot Score One for Real-Time Marketing?
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Fritz Brumder, CEO at Brandlive. In 1981, Schlitz Beer conducted the first live taste tests during Super Bowl XV. Thirty-eight years later, this old-fashioned approach to television marketing is making a comeback with Snickers’ […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderPublishers Need To Take Back Their Mojo From Facebook
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Peter Wilmot, co-founder and chief technology officer at Traction Labs. While media companies struggle to monetize time and viewership, audiences continue to migrate away from owned-and-operated domains, instead relying on news feeds to aggregate […]
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Agencies Hold Back On FAN Spend; Software Acquisitions Continue Surging
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. No Fans Of FAN Facebook Audience Network is a black box and the natives grow restless. Tim Peterson reports at Marketing Land that agencies, GroupM in particular, are holding back spend from FAN because they want to know where their ads have run – and Facebook […]
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Facebook Is Developing An OTT Video App; High School Sports Is An Untapped Market
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign-up here. TV’s Rising Star Facebook is developing a streaming video app for OTT devices, notably Apple TV, according to anonymous Wall Street Journal sources. With ad loads maxed out, Facebook has limited options for rapid growth. The two biggest are expansion into China and investment in television, […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderEnvisioning The Future In A Server-Side Header Bidding World
“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. Nearly two years after header bidding exploded onto the programmatic scene, we are seeing a race to embrace the next big thing: server-side […]