Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Another IPO The ad tech IPOs keep rolling out. This time it’s Integral Ad Science Holding. The New York-based ad verification and measurement company announced the terms of its IPO on Monday, saying that it plans to raise $240 million by offering 15 million […]
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 […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Busting Big Tech Talk about a potential bombshell. A bipartisan group of House lawmakers proposed a raft of legislation on Friday to rein in Big Tech, including a bill that would make Amazon and other large companies effectively split into two companies or shed […]
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 […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Not Chump Change Another day, another fine against Big Tech. And this one could be the largest ever, or at least in Europe. The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon faces a potential $425 million penalty proposed by a European Union privacy regulator, the […]
Advertising revenue in the United States is expected to increase by 22% to $279 billion in 2021, a sign that the industry has turned a corner following the uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to GroupM’s mid-year forecast released Thursday. Digital advertising revenue will grow even faster, by 33%, in 2021 – building on last […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Direct Competitors? Apple unveiled new social features at its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday as part of its forthcoming iOS 15 update for iPhones that could potentially position it as a more direct competitor with longtime rival Facebook. It’s the kind of stuff that […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Amazon’s ID Add to cart: proprietary third-party cookie replacement. Digiday reports that Amazon is working on an identifier of its own that would be available through its DSP and to outside publishers through its supply-side ad tech division. It’s not clear exactly when an […]
The friction between when someone sees a product and clicks the “buy” button is decreasing. Shop Pay – Shopify’s accelerated checkout tool – is coming to Google. The news comes a week after Google announced that it’s partnering with Shopify to make it easier for the ecommerce platform’s 1.7 million merchants to get discovered through […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Power Player Can Amazon get any bigger? Per CNBC, the planned acquisition of MGM Studios for $8.45 billion marks the company’s boldest move yet into the entertainment industry and is expected to turbocharge its streaming ambitions. The deal gives Amazon access to MGM’s huge […]
Competitive tensions and ad tech drama have flared all year. And this drama has rippled out into the investor circle, as evident from a slew of recent ad tech company earnings reports.
Two sources at ad tech platforms that observe programmatic bidding patterns said they’ve seen Omnicom agencies shifting spend from The Trade Desk to Amazon DSP in Q3. The Trade Desk denies any such shift.
With its latest funding, Agentio plans to expand its team and to establish creator marketing as part of every advertiser’s media plan.
Google on Wednesday announced the full availability of its new agentic AI tools, called Ads Advisor and Analytics Advisor.
“We just constantly hear how complex it is right now,” Kelly MacLean, Amazon Ads VP of engineering, science and product, tells AdExchanger. “So that’s really where we we’ve anchored a lot on hearing their feedback, [and] figuring out how we can drive even more simplicity.”
In July, PubMatic saw a temporary drop in ad spend from a “large” unnamed DSP partner, which contributed to Q3 revenue of $68 million, a 5% YOY decline.
