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While other holding companies are touting their AI roadmaps, Omnicom is focusing more on a different shiny object: retail and commerce media.

Brands are turning to new ad formats for help moving down the funnel with their streaming campaigns to achieve outcomes beyond reach and frequency, said Matt McDonald, Google’s global head of connected TV and streaming. Matt McDonald will be speaking at CTV Connect on March 13-14 in New York.

“Standard advertising services” shouldn’t include recording intimate patient-doctor conversations to help drug companies guide doctors on how to push opioids.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. OurTube Neal Mohan published his annual letter this week – although, this time he’s chief of YouTube, following Susan Wojcicki’s exit last year. Mohan shares an interesting peek at YouTube’s long-term priorities. For example, although he talks about YouTube Shorts, the format isn’t as […]

In short, does the Privacy Sandbox work? In the Tech Lab’s view: No. But whether these APIs work or not is a deceptively slippery question, because it depends on your definition of “work.”

Viant announced AI updates to its existing data platform, including the rollout of its Chat with Data tool. The tool delivers data reports and analysis directly to marketers, nixing the need for business intelligence analysts, data scientists or SQL knowledge.

Lots of marketers are playing around with generative AI. But for Ally Financial, generative AI is a serious investment, not a game or a gimmick, says CMO Andrea Brimmer.

In today’s newsletter: The FTC is suing Kochava (again); marketers are complacent about third-party cookie deprecation; and Publicis Health pays the piper for its role in the opioid epidemic.

Nielsen’s complaint against VideoAmp is the ninth patent infringement lawsuit it’s brought against rival companies in just three years.

HyphaMetrics is integrating its own data with viewing data from measurement provider Samba TV as part of a new panel offering later this year. But make no mistake: HyphaMetrics is not trying to become a currency.

Bonbon, which officially launched on Monday – wants to reward people for their signups. The company, co-founded by two ad tech vets in July 2022, has a cross-site, single-sign-on service for the 30 publishers in its network.

Here are four common errors that can curtail the success of any influencer campaign – and advice for getting it right.

In today’s newsletter: Nielsen sues VideoAmp alleging patent infringement; Rembrand’s virtual product placements hit social media; and the MOW, CMA and publishers cry foul over the Chrome Privacy Sandbox’s Related Website Sets.

Wall Street wanted profits. Big Tech delivered. That was the case for Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple and – more than any other US tech giant – Amazon.

Meta’s shares surged by nearly 15% after reporting Q4 earnings on Thursday. It was the company’s fourth consecutive quarter of revenue growth, following a dismal 2022.

Prime Video is playing with ads now, making it the latest entrant to the AVOD streaming wars. Consumers and advertisers have mixed feelings about the new ad offering.

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In today’s newsletter: Netflix is the only profitable streaming service; Meta’s automated support software frustrates advertisers; and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission may designate Amazon a “distributor of goods.”

On Thursday, TEGNA-owned CTV ad platform Premion announced the acquisition of Octillion Media, a DSP launched in 2019 to serve local CTV ad buyers. Premion declined to disclose the terms of the deal.

There are myriad reasons behind any business failure. But the failure of so many DTC brands raises the uncomfortable question: Were we wrong about the value of first-party data?

After going through denial and anger over the death of third-party cookies, the ad tech industry enters the bargaining stage. Plus, top takeaways from the FTC’s first-ever AI tech summit.

Are the big players building a more privacy-friendly advertising ecosystem in the right way? Or are they just cementing their control?

In today’s newsletter: The CMA comes out with an updated evaluation of Chrome’s Privacy Sandbox proposals; the IAB talks Privacy Sandbox with Google; and Temu may be a shell company, but its ad spend keeps skyrocketing.

Google has always been the internet waystation. People arrive to be shuttled someplace else. Increasingly, though, Google is the destination.

Bayer partnered with its data agency, fifty-five, to develop a custom in-house creative analytics dashboard built on Google Cloud to more effectively measure and evaluate creative performance.

Danielle Coffey, CEO and president of the News/Media Alliance, believes journalism and generative AI can play nice. But first, gen-AI companies must get real about the value journalism brings to their products.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Arc Of History The Browser Company is backed by tech elite like Instacart CEO Fidji Simo, Medium founder Ev Williams, Zoom founder and CEO Eric Yuan and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. TBC makes a browser called Arc, and this week it launched […]

The industry is “at a critical inflection point in our digital evolution,” David Cohen told attendees at the 1,200-person-strong Annual Leadership Meeting in Florida on Monday.

Fyllo will shift its focus from targeted ad compliance in highly regulated verticals – namely, legalized weed – to more general contextual targeting. The company is also rebranding as Fyllo|Semasio.

Over the summer, Gartner placed generative AI at the peak of inflated expectations on its hype cycle covering emerging technologies. Sounds about right. But at the same time, marketers are getting more serious about AI adoption, says Abhay Parasnis, CEO and founder of Typeface.ai.