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David Sommer, Snap’s newly appointed head of US verticals, spoke with AdExchanger about how he’s applying his CPG knowledge to the tech space.

It’s possible to improve your efficiency as a publisher while also reducing your carbon footprint, with no cost to revenue.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. In The Slow Lane Dentsu is the latest company to revise its global ad spend forecast downward since its previous report in December. Why? The shaky economy, Adweek reports. Digital dollars, which currently make up close to 60% of all ad spend, will […]

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a test case for how ad tech can be used as an instrument of psychological warfare. But some ad tech companies are fighting back with their own AI-powered tools.

Dish is making its linear TV inventory addressable. Advertisers will be able to buy addressable TV programmatically on Dish alongside buys on Sling TV, Dish’s streaming service.

Amazon accounts for more than 40% of retail media’s multibillion-dollar total addressable market. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a big opportunity to scale retailer audiences across the open internet, says Criteo CEO Megan Clarken.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Metaverse’s Second Life? The metaverse has gone from the next big thing to a punchline about the danger of chasing Big Tech’s shiny objects. Even Meta is downplaying its investment in immersive virtual worlds. Yet, despite reports to the contrary, metaverse marketing […]

YouTube creators like Smosh are embracing livestreaming to bring in bigger bucks with appointment viewing through brand sponsorships and ticket sales.

There’s been such a deluge of data privacy-related news over the past few weeks – from the TikTok ban in Montana to the $1.3 billion GDPR fine against Meta in Europe – I hardly know what to focus on.

The key to developing a marketing strategy that spans multiple products and stakeholders is to not only identify technical interdependencies of different product teams (or even subsidiaries), but also the conflicting interests of the stakeholders.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Who Needs Trust And Safety? Big Tech companies are eliminating thousands of positions.  Layoffs have largely impacted trust and safety and AI ethics teams, CNBC reports. Meta announced plans to cut 21,000 jobs in 2023, a culling CEO Mark Zuckerberg described as the […]

A weekly comic strip from AdExchanger.com that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem… Wishing you all a beautiful Memorial Day weekend! This classic comic first ran in April 2013.

From a data-fueled TV upfronts to recent changes in streaming pricing, ad load and bundles, the TV industry is making progress under pressure. Plus: Google’s third-party cookieless plan and new AI features.

Host-read ads are a staple of podcasting, but they have a different – and compelling – flavor when converted into video form for podcasts that also have a video component.

By guest artist Lila Ash A weekly comic strip from AdExchanger that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem…

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Search Continues Instagram now has ads in its search results. Users will see sponsored posts for products when they conduct interest-based searches, such as for skin care, TechCrunch reports. Search is just the latest ad format that Meta is cramming onto Instagram […]

Oracle is subtracting social sharing widget AddThis from its marketing cloud. As of May 31, Oracle will permanently terminate all AddThis services globally, including in the US.

ArcSpan’s new DMP, called AMS, was specifically built to organize a publisher’s first-party data into buyable contextual audiences and also highlights which audiences are likely to drive the most revenue.

What’s in a name? Quite a lot, says David Placek, founder and CEO of Lexicon Branding, which specializes in inventing product names, including Dasani, Swiffer, Impossible Burger and Febreze, to name just a few.

Google PAIR integrates with LiveRamp, Habu and InfoSum. Plus: Netflix officially starts enforcing against account sharing in the US.

Connected TV may be online advertising’s go-to golden child – but buyers beware. CTV buys can be risky, says Chris Kane, founder of Jounce Media.

Streaming is arguably the TV industry’s most powerful growth engine, but it’s still far from a mature business. Which is why programmers took ad tech off the backburner during their upfront presentations this year.

Although businesses think they are paying the correct affiliate partners, there is huge risk that they’re pumping money into misattributed sources.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. To The Max On Tuesday, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) officially launched Max, its new streaming service that combines HBO Max and Discovery+ content. But the launch had some technical difficulties. Subscribers complained on social media about the app crashing, streams freezing and difficulties […]

Forget Skynet. The robot revolution will be fought between large ad platforms (mainly Google, Meta and Amazon) trying to woo advertisers with generative AI and promises of better performance.

Programmers that held upfronts came bearing gifts for advertisers, most of which were packaged as improvements to ad targeting and/or buying.

The end of third-party cookies isn’t “Armageddon for marketers,” says Wendi Dunlap, Mediahub’s newly appointed EVP of business intelligence and audience science. It’s an opportunity to test, learn and do better.

Will ChatGPT take all of our jobs or just make them easier?

I’m optimistic. Even early use cases for AI and tools like ChatGPT have shown to improve our efficiency and quality of life — and the ad tech world holds several early AI success stories. AI is improving performance, enabling us to finally scale up hyper-segmentation, real-time experimentation and one-to-one feedback loops. But, more importantly, AI is freeing up sharp human minds to be more strategic, curious and explore new ideas.

Streaming services are increasing both their subscription prices and ad loads. Plus: Meta just broke the record for the biggest GDPR fine ever.

It’s up to technology and media companies to decide whether AI will be an atomic bomb that annihilates countless jobs or if it will power the workforce’s next leap in productivity.