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The IAB unveiled its Project Eidos on Monday, a new program uniting its numerous measurement initiatives under one banner.

Efforts to police children’s data online are running up against the limits of decades-old privacy laws, such as COPPA.

ICE is going ad tech; Streaming television is more original than ever; and YouTube wants to keep all its data to itself.

Prebid is on a roll: It will take charge of a seller agent, part of AdCP, and Amazon’s integration with Prebid is in beta. But there’s one sticking point: Microsoft is not going to cache video ad creatives anymore that come through Prebid, leaving publishers scrambling for an alternative.

Now that the video ecosystem is converging, buying workflows need to match how consumers actually watch content, says Walton Isaacson’s Albert Thompson.

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

All of Cadent’s SSP’s CTV supply paths are now direct; Netflix is thriving on repurposed YouTube content; and the Washington Post continues to struggle.

Sports content is a significant part of NBCUniversal’s streaming growth, and political tensions could impact its upcoming broadcasts.

Advertisers are still figuring out what value ChatGPT’s ads may offer. Are LLMs the next frontier for search, or a new channel entirely?

To those who knew him, John “JG” Gentry wasn’t just a CEO. He was a colleague who showed up with genuine care and curiosity.

Supply-path optimization may not be the trendiest three-letter acronym in ad tech anymore, but the SPO trend is still playing out – especially in the CTV category.

The group that turned header bidding software into an open standard is bringing the same approach to publisher-side AI agents.

AI startup Limy raised $10 million in seed funding, with a plan to show brands how AI agents are driving sales for their businesses. Plus: The CMA ruled that Google must give publishers more autonomy over the use of their content.

Meta is channeling its booming ad revenue into a $135 billion AI drive to power its “personal superintelligence” future.

Ad operations don’t always get easier when a publisher has a strong first-party data foundation to build on. In some cases, the strength of the underlying data can complicate monetization decisions. Ancestry can attest to that.

The brands seeing the greatest lift from Andromeda have adjusted not by outsourcing judgment to the algorithm but by refining their creative strategy. Here are three best practices to keep in mind.

Big TV’s shift to programmatic brings in the performance brands; Meta rolls out premium subscriptions for Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp; and Yahoo enters the crowded AI search market.

AI is reshaping how we shop, but agents won’t take over our carts just yet. LiveRamp CEO Scott Howe explains why the change will be gradual – and how chatbot ads (not just on ChatGPT) will change the online shopping experience.

AirOps’ new Page360 platform helps brands update their content to better perform across traditional search, AI search and online forums.

Alphonso’s founders lobbed yet another lawsuit at LG Electronics – this one seeking up to $4.5 billion in damages – over claims the company sabotaged their IPO, diverted profits and unfairly diluted their stake.

Democracy dies in darkness, but also in newspaper layoffs; The Trade Desk loses its CFO (again); and start saving up for ChatGPT ads now.

Most publishers have no idea that a major part of their video ad delivery will stop working on April 30, shortly after Microsoft shuts down the Xandr DSP.

Advertising’s “agentic” future is a compelling vision, but one that relies on capabilities that do not exist yet. AdCP may one day make buying easier, but it will not make buying better by itself.

Goodbye for real this time, TikTok ban; Hello to ForbesPredict; and who knows what’s up with Business Insider?

Despite deepening consumer distrust of AI content, marketers and streamers are embracing AI-powered products. Now, generative AI is complicating the already rather bloody streaming wars.

AdMonsters is officially joining AdExchanger, unifying content under one site on AdExchanger’s domain to further connect our audiences.

Ads were going to be a “last resort” for ChatGPT, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman promised two years ago. Now, they’re finally here. Omnicom Digital CEO Jonathan Nelson joins the AdExchanger editorial team to talk through what comes next.

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

PayPal announced plans to acquire Cymbio, a startup that helps brands improve their presence in AI searches. Plus: Hollywood seems to have forgotten how to do good movie marketing.

YouTube is finally delivering on the promise of shoppable CTV ads. Starting Thursday, they’ll roll out to all of Google’s Performance Max and Demand Gen campaigns, YouTube confirmed to AdExchanger.