A weekly comic strip from AdExchanger.com that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem. This week, we reprint a cartoon from 2013 that’s highly relevant today…
Comic: Santa’s Last Cookies
By Nate Neal
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Critics Say The Trade Desk Is Forcing Kokai Adoption, But Apparently It’s Up To Agencies
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Product prices and marketing budgets are flip sides of the same coin. But the phase-in effects of tariffs, combined with vicissitudes of global weather and commodity production, challenge that truism.
The IAB Tech Lab Isn’t Pulling Any Punches In The Fight Against AI Scraping
IAB Tech Lab CEO Anthony Katsur didn’t mince his words when declaring unauthorized generative AI scraping of publisher content “theft, full stop.”
Here’s Who’s Testifying During The Remedy Phase Of Google’s Ad Tech Antitrust Trial
Last week, the DOJ and Google filed their respective witness lists and the exhibit lists for the remedy phase of the ad tech antitrust trial. Lots of familiar faces!
MX8 Labs Launches With A Plan To Speed Up The Survey-Based Research Biz
What’s the point of a market research survey that could take weeks, when consumer sentiment is rollercoasting up and down every day? That’s the problem MX8 Labs aims to tackle.
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Critics Say The Trade Desk Is Forcing Kokai Adoption, But Apparently It’s Up To Agencies
Is TTD forcing agencies to adopt the new Kokai interface despite claims they can still use the interface of their choice? Here’s what we were able to find out.
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AI Marketing Platform Bluefish Raises $20M In Series A Funding
Bluefish helps advertisers track and optimize how they show up in an LLM’s search results. Its latest funding will expand its team and product suite.
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingThe Trade Desk’s Blue Ocean Moment: How The DSP Can Rewrite Ad Tech’s Rules
The competitive set has shifted and it’s stacked against independent DSPs. But, instead of chasing what competitors already own, TTD can own what they can’t: trust.
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Here’s Who’s Testifying During The Remedy Phase Of Google’s Ad Tech Antitrust Trial
Last week, the DOJ and Google filed their respective witness lists and the exhibit lists for the remedy phase of the ad tech antitrust trial. Lots of familiar faces!
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OPINION: On TV & VideoDon’t Break The Funnel: Why OLV Still Matters In A CTV-First World
The IAB Tech Lab video classification updates introduced much-needed clarity. But valuable inventory, now categorized differently, is being deprioritized or rejected, even though its performance hasn’t changed.