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  • How Programmatic Advertising Must Adapt To A 5G Future

    “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 Jake Moskowitz, head of Emodo Institute and host of FIVE – The 5G Podcast for Marketers. With the spectrum of exciting 5G claims and promises, it’s easy to understand why early 5G users expect blazing […]

  • CCPA Makes The Digital Advertising Industry Feel Like Charlie Brown

    “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 Gary Kibel, a partner in the digital media, technology and privacy practice group at Davis & Gilbert. The rollout of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has been, perhaps, the most […]

  • Growth Hacking Foreshadows The Future Of AI-Powered Marketing Teams

    “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 Lomit Patel, vice president of growth at IMVU and author of “Lean AI,” which is part of Eric Ries’ “The Lean Startup” series. Big data, programmatic access to high-performance media […]

  • Will SSPs And DSPs Mature, Or Will We See Another Race To The Bottom?

    “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 Rotem Shaul, CEO at Primis. In the old world of second-price auctions, the need for a supply-side platform (SSP) vs. demand-side platform (DSP) ecosystem was clear. There were hundreds of DSPs, […]

  • Why Addressability Will Flourish In A Cookieless World

    “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 Scott Howe, CEO at LiveRamp. Google’s recent announcement that Chrome will end support for third-party cookies didn’t come as a surprise to anyone who’s been paying attention. Safari and Firefox had […]

  • Why We Need A Browser-Based Identity Standard

    “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 Nishant Desai, director of technology and partnerships at Xaxis. Major advertising and media platforms are responding to privacy regulations in ways that threaten to make it harder for marketers to […]

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    Why Facebook Ads May Not Work As Well Anymore

    “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 Kunal Gupta, CEO at Polar. Facebook last week announced that its Off-Facebook Activity (OFA) tool would be available to more than 2 billion users worldwide. The tool debuted in a […]

  • As AI Use Expands, We Need Standards To Identify Content Not Created By Humans

    “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 Krish Sailam, global senior vice president of programmatic solutions at DWA, a Merkle company. Some may think artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) personalization is all about altering banners and landing pages. […]

  • Private Data Clean Rooms Aren’t Just A Walled Garden Tool

    “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 Peter Vandre, chief analytics officer at Dentsu Aegis Network Media. The idea of a safe place where marketers can analyze sensitive data has been around at least since the early […]

  • Diverse Faces Are Not The Same As Diverse Voices

    “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 Rishad Tobaccowala, chief growth officer at Publicis Groupe and author of “Restoring the Soul of Business: Staying Human in the Age of Data” (Harper Collins, publishing on Jan. 28, 2020). […]

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    Google Chrome: The Next Chapter Has Yet To Be Written

    “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 Martin Kihn, senior vice president of marketing strategy, Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Martin will present “The Cookieless Web And The Future Of The DMP” at AdExchanger’s Industry Preview conference, being held […]

  • Randall Rothenberg: The Cookie’s Death Heralds A Better Future For The Web

    “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 Randall Rothenberg, CEO at the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). Last week Google sent shock waves across the industry when it announced it would phase out third-party cookies for Google Chrome […]

  • After Google Finally Really Did It, A Necessary System Cleanup

    “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 Nico Neumann, assistant professor and fellow, Centre for Business Analytics at Melbourne Business School. Last week, Google announced that it would phase out third-party cookies and even provide a solution […]

  • DMPs Aren’t Dead, But They Must Continue To Evolve

    “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 Gareth Davies, co-founder at Truth{set}. Google’s announcement to deprecate the Chrome cookie within two years seals the fate of anonymous behavioral data and its underlying identifiers and technology. The move […]

  • Google, You Finally Really Did It

    “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 Ari Paparo, CEO at Beeswax. “You finally really did it. You maniacs! You blew it up!” – Charlton Heston, “Planet of the Apes” Personally, I was a skeptic on whether […]

  • DTCs Must Mind The Mid-Funnel Gap As They Look To New Channels For Growth

    “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 Seraj Bharwani, chief strategy officer at AcuityAds. Businesses thrive or die based on the economics of the channels that close the gap between awareness and consumption. In the past decade, direct-to-consumer […]

  • Could CCPA Provoke Antitrust Actions Against 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 Victor Wong, CEO at Thunder Experience Cloud. What does selling data mean in 2020? This simple question will set off a major reckoning in the ad industry and potentially in the […]

  • How 3 Decade-Defining Trends Will Shape The 2020s

    “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 Bill Wise, co-founder and CEO at Mediaocean. This month marks the end of a decade in which the digital advertising industry came of age. When we think about where we […]

  • Marketers, Avoid These CCPA Blind Spots

    “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 Shane Nolan, senior vice president of consumer and business services at IDA Ireland. The golden age of gathering data through technology for marketing purposes was lucrative for many companies, but […]

  • The Future Of Ad Tech Will Be A Return To Vertical

    “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 Ed Carey, founder and CEO at Audience Town. Between 2001 and 2010, many industry vertical ad networks aggregated the publisher ad space, including travel, finance, auto, men, women and premium. […]

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    Brands Reap Great Value In Fixing The Agency Relationship Before Replacing

    “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 Bruno Gralpois, co-founder and principal at Agency Mania Solutions. Breakups happen, especially between clients and their agencies. But what is most shocking is that nearly one third of agency-client relationships last […]

  • Where The 'Cookie Apocalypse' Will Go

    “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 Julian Baring, general manager, North America, at Adform. Some point to browser privacy changes and comments from regulators as evidence that real-time bidding and tracking are ending. Indeed, the long-anticipated “death […]

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    For Media Companies, 2020 Will Be Determined By The Choices They Make Now

    “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 Alessandro De Zanche, an audience and data strategy consultant. The tide is turning in an ecosystem that should work harmonically but has for years favored one side at the expense […]

  • With CCPA On The Horizon, Marketers Can Expect A Very Different Holiday Season In 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 Matt Voda, CEO at OptiMine Software. The 2019 holiday season is nearly complete, and in only a matter of days, thousands of companies doing business in the United States will be […]

  • Advertisers And Publishers Must Adapt Their Priorities To Seize 2020’s Opportunities

    “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 Justin Choi, founder and CEO at Nativo. The pace of change in advertising is accelerating, but technology is no longer the sole driver. Instead, privacy regulations and heated competition among […]

  • DTC Brands: Better Able To Adapt To Offline Than Offline Brands Can Adapt To Online

    “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 Fayez Mohamood, CEO at Bluecore. When ecommerce-first or pure-play brands such as Warby Parker, Glossier or Bonobos move to physical retail locations, they’re often referred to as innovators. Alternatively, when […]

  • Coming Soon: The Demise Of The Brand Vs. Performance Construct

    “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 Jared Belsky, CEO at 360i. In most marketing organizations, brand and performance are pitted against each other, and budgets are chopped up accordingly. It’s an ingrained practice that ultimately gives large […]

  • Bid Log Data: Here, There, Everywhere

    “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 Tom Triscari, co-founder and managing partner at Labmatik. Programmatic often feels like a Churchillian riddle, wrapped in a data mystery, inside a $100 billion enigma. Perhaps this is why log data […]

  • 2019: The Year Brands And Publishers Began Taking Control Of Their Tech Stacks

    “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 Kerel Cooper, SVP of global marketing at LiveIntent. Technology, obviously, has its barriers. It takes skill, patience, resolve and education to really compete and innovate in our complicated field. For […]

  • As A New Decade Approaches, It’s Time To Double Down On Data Strategy

    “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 Briggs Davidson, senior manager at Deloitte Consulting. Very soon, the most comprehensive privacy law in the United States yet – the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) — will be a […]

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