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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Google Bites Back Google isn’t done refuting Adalytics’ accusations that YouTube targets ads to kids watching YouTube. On Thursday, it released an analysis of Adalytics’ report, highlighting how advertising works on YouTube’s made-for-kids (MFK) content to prove it is not, in fact, serving […]

Farewell, cookies, as you fly ever so slowly to that big third party in the sky. On Thursday, Google announced that the targeting and measurement APIs in the Chrome Privacy Sandbox are generally available for the majority of Chrome users.

The three largest walled garden advertising platforms are investing in new measurement solutions, namely media mix modeling ­– even if it means giving credit to their competitors for driving conversions.

Of course, the misappropriation of a publisher’s audience data would be unethical. But this is not what contextual providers do.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. To The Core Nielsen is trimming its workforce – again – and by quite a lot this time, Ad Age reports. On Wednesday, the TV ratings giant announced plans to cut its global personnel by around 9% “in an effort to bring costs […]

The demand-side platform Viant announced an expansion of its supply-path optimization solution for connected TV ad buying.

The US ad market will be boring next year. In a good way. Brian Wieser predicts stabilization in 2024. But if you double-click on his numbers, there are several interesting – and somewhat disturbing – trends to note.

Looking for unvarnished, sharp views on transparency, the lack thereof, defining ad quality and the industry’s new obsession with made-for-advertising websites? Then this is the episode for you, with guest Tom Triscari, CEO and founder of programmatic advisory firm Lemonade Projects.

Publishers are facing enough headwinds to make their heads spin. These challenges mean opportunity for publisher tech companies like Freestar, which announced Wednesday that it hired Heather Carver as its first-ever chief revenue officer. Smaller publishers will need help navigating an uncertain future, Carver told AdExchanger. The deprecation of third-party cookies and other identifiers, the […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Email Spreads Its Feathers Ultra-trendy CTV networks are turning to an old-school method for retaining users: email marketing. NBCU’s Peacock is using good-old-fashioned email blasts to reduce churn and increase viewership, Marketing Brew reports. Free and paid subscribers receive three to five emails […]

CTV advertisers are enamored of programmatic because of its digital-like ad targeting. But programmatic CTV is far from perfect and rife with fragmentation.

State privacy laws could make it a lot harder for advertisers to use IP addresses – a foundational signal for CTV ad targeting and attribution for well over a decade.

Meet the Privacy Implementation & Accountability Task Force, a new joint effort by the IAB and IAB Tech Lab to develop standards and best practices that strike the tricky balance between consumer privacy and preserving addressability.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Pulling The Strings  Disney-owned TV channels went dark on Charter Spectrum last week when the two companies failed to reach an agreement on a new carriage pact, Variety reports. The blackout affected over 25 networks, including ESPN. It was particularly bad timing, too: […]

Su Kwon of Publicis Media on where DOOH is today and where it’s going. Kwon will speak at AdExchanger’s Programmatic IO conference Sept. 26–7 in New York.

Philo is a streaming content aggregator that distributes content from major broadcasters, some of which also happen to be co-owners of the service. But programming distributors don’t always have optimal ad experiences.

With 43% of Roblox’s users under 13 and about 70% 18 and under, Roblox must pay attention to legislation and policy around advertising to children. But it would be a total head-scratcher for Roblox to pivot its ad business to focus on over-18 audiences.

A weekly comic strip from AdExchanger.com that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem…

AdExchanger is taking the day off for Labor Day! The daily news round-up will return September 5. Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Perverse Incentives In March, the IAB Tech Lab issued updated video ad inventory classifications and urged the ad industry to follow them. But so far, only […]

Vevo, a joint venture co-owned by Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, is prioritizing monetization through streaming distribution by getting its TV channels onto more platforms beyond YouTube.

Instacart’s S-1 makes more references to advertising than it does to “delivery,” “pickup” or “CPG.”

While our ultimate and urgent goal is to reduce emissions, getting companies used to reporting even when they have higher emissions is a critical step in the process.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Two Kinds Of ECGs The TV industry is riled up over Nielsen’s plans to incorporate Amazon’s streaming data in time for the next season of Thursday Night Football. On Wednesday, the ratings giant responded to the letter the Video Advertising Bureau (VAB) sent […]

Enterprise generative AI company Typeface and martech company GrowthLoop draw on Google Cloud’s BigQuery to help marketers launch personalized campaigns in hours, not weeks.

The Southern California and San Diego Toyota Dealers Associations took interactive video ads from PadSquad for a test drive, using them in video spots for the 2023 Toyota bZ4X, an electric SUV.

Here are some key challenges preventing retail media from reaching its full potential, with some ideas for how to overcome them. 

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Begun, The Clone War Has The robots are taking over, and publishers are fighting back. A growing list of media outlets are attempting to stop AI bots from copying their content, CNN reports. Last week, The New York Times, Reuters and CNN led […]

On Tuesday, Surfside, a cannabis-focused data and marketing platform with its own CDP and DSP, rolled out its commerce media platform nationwide.

Publicis Groupe Chief Commerce Strategy Officer Jason Goldberg talks commerce trends, how he got into commerce and his podcast, “The Jason & Scot Show.”