A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the practice of real-time bidding. (Read the letter here.) In a letter addressed to FTC Chairman Joseph Simons on Friday, the group, led by Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., decries what it calls a “widespread privacy violations by companies […]
“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 Allison Schiff, senior editor at AdExchanger. It’s part of a series of perspectives from AdExchanger’s editorial team. A lot of people in the ad industry probably don’t know exactly what Google’s […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Microsoft Returns? Microsoft has been in talks to acquire TikTok from its Chinese parent company ByteDance, The New York Times reported Friday. And then those talks were placed on hold after President Trump signalled opposition, The Wall Street Journal reported. Regardless of outcome, the […]
Despite a healthy second quarter that shrugged off the economic downturn, Facebook CFO Dave Wehner warned investors on Thursday that Apple’s IDFA changes coming in iOS 14 could “prove to be a challenging headwind.” “We’re still trying to understand what these changes will look like and how they impact us and the rest of the […]
Big tech CEOs – collect ’em all. Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Tim Cook and Jeff Bezos (making his first appearance before Congress) convened virtually on Wednesday for a historic hearing hosted by the House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust delving into the market power of online platforms. The hearing (which was ironically livestreamed on Google-owned YouTube) is […]
The Google consent management platform (CMP) Funding Choices will finally integrate with the IAB Europe’s Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF), the collaborative industry solution for passing consent data signals in the supply chain. Google also said Thursday that Funding Choices now includes compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). When traffic is from the […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Rob Rasko, founder and CEO at The 614 Group. It’s hard not to look at 2020 as annus horribilis, if I may quote the Queen. We all entered the new year very much aware that our […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Help E, Help You Most brands haven’t touched esports advertising, including many advertisers that are early investors in other emerging channels such as DOOH, streaming audio or connected TV. Unlike with those other mediums, advertisers still consider video games and esports ads too risky. […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Jessica Hogue, general manager of measurement and analytics at Innovid. Even though connected TV (CTV) is growing rapidly, one challenge holding advertisers back from shifting even more dollars to the channel is the ability […]
Once Apple’s IDFA becomes opt-in for consumers, its utility to advertisers will be greatly limited. But what does this new policy mean for Facebook and its powerful, lucrative Audience Network? As one source told senior editor Allison Schiff, targeting on Audience Network is all but dead. But does that mean it’s the end? In this […]
Remedies in the federal search antitrust case against Google landed with a thud earlier this week. Most publishers and ad industry pundits were sorely disappointed.
CAPI integrations have moved from a nice-to-have to a necessity for anyone operating within walled garden environments. Now they’re laying the groundwork for an outcomes-driven ad ecosystem.
Peppa Pig is everywhere. Whether or not you have children, you likely know the little girl pig from the kid’s cartoon show. But the Peppa media franchise is just getting started.
The American College of Education partnered with performance TV company MNTN to better reach its audience of adults seeking higher education.
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.
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.
