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Affinity Solutions has a new platform that lets advertisers create audiences with purchase and viewing data, and plan campaigns based on competitor ads.

Poor data quality costs businesses $15 million annually. Pair that with economic uncertainty and tighter marketing and advertising budgets, and it’s a recipe for trouble.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Missing Link Instagram now lets users link to multiple external sites from their bio page.  Sounds minor, but it’s a concession creators have begged for from virtually every social platform for years. In fact, TechCrunch reports, Instagram is only loosening the policy […]

So, the Linda Yaccarino/Elon Musk interview happened at the Possible conference in Miami. We went so you didn’t have to.

How well does Google’s replacement tech for third-party cookies work? So, so (so far), at least based on the results of a recent Google Ads experiment designed to isolate the contribution of the Topics API, first-party publisher IDs and contextual data.

The MRC reinstating its accreditation of Nielsen’s national ratings might improve the measurement giant’s standing in the TV currency race.

On Tuesday, data collaboration and clean room platform Optable announced $20 million in Series A funding, with participation from Hearst Ventures, Brightspark Ventures, Desjardins Capital, Deloitte Ventures and asterX.

The growth of ad-supported CTV is completely upending our thinking on what an open marketplace or open ad exchange can deliver. Combined with new programmatic protocols and ad serving technology that’s finally delivering the transparency, control and security digital advertisers have come to expect, the open CTV ad exchange is about to democratize TV advertising in an exciting way.

Retail media is exploding, but there are some obstacles standing in the way of growth. The main issue is a lack of standardized measurement, which is why it’s time for retailers to work together, says Kristi Argyilan, SVP of retail media at Albertsons Companies.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. We don’t like to boast, but we did a thing: AdExchanger just won regional gold, silver and bronze awards for our editorial coverage at the 2023 Azbee Awards. Check it out, and sincere thanks to our readers! Still Searching Googlers were in “panic” […]

Nielsen has re-earned its accreditation from the Media Rating Council for national TV ratings. But will Nielsen be able to regain the industry’s trust before it’s too late?

Mail Metro Media partnered with Firework to integrate a new vertical video player across dmg’s sites that features interstitial ads and TikTok-esque clickable overlays.

A group of martech funds and individual angel investors backed lockr, an online identity management company with B2B and consumer-facing products, to the tune of $2.5 million.

Although it’s not legally required, many websites in the US have started using cookie banners in a misguided attempt to protect themselves from lawyers who smell blood in the water.

Disintermediation is in the air. If The Trade Desk’s OpenPath cuts out SSPs (while claiming not to), Magnite’s ClearLine cuts out DSPs (while claiming not to).

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Aim At The Heart, Hit The Stomach When New York added digital screens to subway cars, Seamless and other food delivery services were natural advertisers, often showcasing food-related content or recipes. But those were actual recipes. The new digital out-of-home subway trend is […]

Comcast-owned ad buying platform AudienceXpress upgraded its targeting chops, including more data for audience segmentation and new conquesting capabilities.

The goal of the TV joint industry committee (JIC) is pretty clear. But another debate is surfacing in the space: Is the JIC really a JIC?

Health care marketers are often in the business of reminding consumers of their diagnoses and getting them to change their behaviors for their own good. Andy Semons explains how IPNY works with neuroscientists to design persuasive, relatable and empathetic health care communication materials for different communities.

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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Tightening The Net Netflix’s 15- or 30-second ads between TV-quality content is what CTV advertisers want from streaming media.  Peter Naylor, Netflix’s first-ever ad sales leader, touted differentiators in its pitch to ad buyers.  For one, some broadcasters mix streaming and linear, Naylor […]

Ad tech vendors who scrape content to build contextual segments are irking publishers. And the latest tweak in Safari will cut down on vendors that camouflage themselves in first-party cookie tech.

Warner Bros. Discovery announced the birth of its new streaming service, Max, combining HBO Max and Discovery+ content offerings. Starting May 23, HBO Max will be no more – but Discovery+ gets to also remain a standalone app.

2022 was a record-breaking year for US digital advertising revenues, which cracked the $200 billion mark for the first time, according to the IAB/PwC Internet Advertising Revenue Report released Wednesday.

True Classic is a dyed-in-the-wool performance marketer. The casual menswear brand is completely “solution-agnostic,” according to its president, Ben Yahalom.

Melanie Babcock has been at The Home Depot for almost 10 years, starting in marketing. But, recently, she was made VP of Retail Media+ and monetization in February, with her responsibilities shifting to focus entirely on the revenue-generating ad business.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Better Safe Than Sorry  Brands are nervous about misinformation, especially as generative AI tools make it relatively easy to create convincing fake images, audio files and videos. General Mills is teaming up with verification company Zefr to measure misinformation around its social media […]

Before DOOH can court bigger ad budgets, it must adapt the automated tools marketers use for measuring and buying against performance to a media channel that straddles the online and offline worlds.

Brave Software, which makes the eponymous browser and search engine, is taking the next step by opening a self-serve ad platform option.

Outstream ads, better instream ad targeting and more interactive user interfaces are just a few of the latest developments making it easier for viewers to discover new content and for advertisers to provide content recommendations.