Data Privacy

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Just Browsing The only browser operators with the resources and potential building blocks to compete with Google Chrome are Microsoft Edge (which is built on Chrome’s open-source code) and Apple’s Safari WebKit. So really that just leaves Safari. And Apple has given up on […]

Facebook’s Q2 advertising revenue soared 56% to $28.5 billion year-over-year, though the company warned investors it expects a revenue slowdown beginning in Q3 – the same time it will feel the full impact of Apple’s recent AppTrackingTransparency changes. The total number of ad impressions served across Facebook increased 6%, while the average price per ad […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Cook Your Goose Apple shattered Q2 revenue records for practically all of its products when it reported earnings yesterday. And its services revenue, Apple’s fees from in-app sales and subscriptions, broke an all-time quarterly record – which is ridiculous, because the lazy summer months […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Deadlines, Give Or Take Google Chrome has updated the timeline for its Privacy Sandbox proposals, its developer test kit for identity and measurement products meant to replace the purposes served by third-party cookies. The deadlines are quarterly benchmarks, not set dates à la GDPR. […]

“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 Nancy Smith, President and CEO of Analytic Partners. While Google’s delayed plan to end the third-party cookie gives advertisers a sense of relief, data deprecation will still continue. The Google […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Common Sense Networks, the for-profit arm of news media watchdog group Common Sense Media, launched its free ad-supported streaming service Sensical for children less than a month ago, touting higher standards around child safety and learning compared to algorithm-driven platforms, […]

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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. ATT Impact Deferred Anyone looking for evidence of harm to mobile app giants by Apple’s AppTrackingTransparency move last quarter may well come up empty. Digital advertising is outgrowing other media channels and will likely continue doing so. “The permeable advantage of digital ads should […]

Will Xandr find a home with InMobi? As InMobi prepares for an IPO, we talk about the Axios report that the company is in talks to acquire Xandr. AT&T has been shopping the company formerly known as AppNexus around for months – so when will a buyer materialize? Ad tech’s stratospheric public market valuations should […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by David Kohl, President and CEO, TRUSTX In the few weeks since Google took its foot off the gas on deprecating Chrome third-party cookies, I’ve been encouraged that publishers and advertisers still appear to be pushing […]

“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 Alan Chapell, founder of law firm Chapell & Associates. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has raised significant issues with respect to the Privacy Sandbox and Google’s proposed depreciation […]

What your colleagues and competitors think of digital advertising’s cookieless future was revealed in AdExchanger’s latest research report on identity. On this week’s episode, we delve into the juiciest bits and key insights from the report, which is available in full to our paid members. For example: Even as the industry pins its hopes on […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Boom Or Bust?  New forecasts from Dentsu, WARC and others indicate the ad business is in for a boom year in 2021. GroupM projects the US ad market to grow by 15%, and global growth forecasts range from 6.4% (Magna) up to 10.4% (Dentsu). […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. W3C Meets Ad Tech Drama The W3C is negotiating a tricky influx of members and attention as it becomes an increasingly important stakeholder in online advertising. That’s because browser operators like Chrome, Apple’s Safari WebKit group, Microsoft Edge and Mozilla are the W3C natives, […]

AdExchanger’s 2021 Identity Special Report takes the pulse of leading digital marketing executives on identity, privacy and the end of third-party cookies.  Here’s a snippet: The digital marketing industry is experiencing a period of transformational change. Third-party cookies, already blocked by default on Safari and Firefox, are being phased out by Chrome, the world’s most […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Behind Bars The beta version of Safari available for iOS 15 users could seriously hamper online ad performance. Typically, iOS updates undercut online advertising when Apple makes it difficult (or impossible) to track users around the web or attribute campaign conversions. This Safari change […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The States vs. Android Three dozen state attorneys general filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, targeting the company’s Play Store policies and dominance in app distribution. Google has made concessions to Android developers. Earlier this year, Google cut its commission on in-app sales from […]

“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 Richard Eisert, partner, Davis+Gilbert. Everyone in the ad tech industry should have January 1, 2023 highlighted and underscored—twice—on their calendars. That’s the day that both the Virginia Consumer Data Protection […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. TikTok Made Me Buy It Here are some products that are flying out of stock in American stores: “A mysterious cleaning paste called The Pink Stuff, a specific pair of Aerie leggings and a different pair of Zara jeans, Isle of Paradise tanning spray, […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Google announced last week that it was delaying the phaseout of third-party cookies by nearly two years. But instead of dragging their feet to prepare for the inevitable, there’s another reason why advertisers should move away from third-party cookies […]

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When Google delayed the end of third-party cookies, ad tech’s first reaction was “stunned silence,” said Matt Barash, SVP of global publishing and platform partnerships at Zeotap and a self-described “ad tech socialite.” For this week’s episode, we talk through the fallout of Google’s decision to delay the phaseout of the third-party cookie by nearly […]

Subscribe to AdExchanger Talks on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud or wherever you listen to podcasts. While many have expressed relief at Google’s decision to delay the expiration date for third-party cookies, the good news comes with a tinge of frustration for advertisers and agencies who had moved aggressively to alternative IDs. In addition […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by  Sara Badler, SVP of advertising and partnerships at Dotdash. Digital identity has to remain key to any innovative publisher’s strategy. But as we approach the post-cookie era (even if it happens later than originally planned), […]

“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 Omri Kedem, programmatic media director at Croud. Last Thursday, Chrome announced plans to delay the deprecation of third-party cookies by almost two years. Chrome’s decision to temporarily maintain the third-party […]

“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 Rachel Parkin, executive vice president of strategy and sales at CafeMedia. Some of us may not have been surprised by last week’s announcement that Google is delaying the deprecation of […]

Following Google’s announcement on Thursday that Chrome would be delaying its third-party cookie phaseout by almost two years, the overwhelming sentiment across the industry is … relief. Though agency, ad tech and programmatic publisher execs spun confident stories about plans for digital advertising without third-party cookies, that reality was more like a train rushing along […]

 The teacher just gave the class an extension on a hard, confusing assignment. Third-party cookies won’t go away in Google Chrome until the end of 2023, a delay of nearly two years. Google said the decision would allow its Privacy Sandbox proposals to move further along. Currently, only three of more than 30 are in […]

Are you having fun in the sandbox? I hope so, because it’s going to be awhile. Google‘s plan to deprecate third-party cookies by Q2 2022 will be delayed by almost two years, so publishers, advertisers and web developers have time to test and build feasible alternatives, the company announced in a blog post on Thursday. […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Apple Strikes Back Lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday debated a sweeping set of antitrust bills aimed at Big Tech companies. One bill will provide more government funding to enforce antitrust laws. A second one, advanced by the committee, will prevent how […]