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  • For Attribution, Retailers Test If Incrementality Can Be A New Truth Set

    Multitouch attribution has fallen into disrepair. Facebook and Google platform attribution is a mess. User-level tracking is going the way of cigarette smoking during a pregnancy. So, what’s left for digital advertisers who need to bring performance measurement back to their media plans? Incrementality testing, it seems. “I was a little bit skeptical as to […]

  • Hungry for measurement

    Nestlé Purina’s Strategy Fur (Had To Do It) Measuring Ad Effectiveness

    Pet food brand Nestlé Purina is using a combination of behavior data and survey data to peek into the lower funnel and get a feel for whether a lift in awareness translates to a potential lift in sales.

  • Nicole Scaglione, global VP of OTT & CTV business at PubMatic

    Transparency Is The Last Piece Of The Programmatic CTV Puzzle

    Transparency is the keystone that will bring together the best of linear advertising with the best of programmatic. Brands should be able to get more transparency on programmatic CTV, but, just as importantly, publishers should get something in return for sharing this information, writes Nicole Scaglione, global VP of OTT and CTV at PubMatic.

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    Kiss The IP Address Goodbye; Can The US Rebuild A Privacy Shield?

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The End Of IP Damn patent trolls to hell – but this is about a different kind of IP. The walls are closing in on IP addresses as an identity signal, as browser makers and hardware manufacturers devise methods for passing the data they need […]

  • Jägermeister And The Roku Brand Studio Co-Produce “The Lesbian Bar Project”

    Roku premiered “The Lesbian Bar Project” in New York City, a docuseries chronicling lesbian-owned bars scattered across the country. The three-episode miniseries was co-produced by Roku’s Brand Studio and German liqueur company Mast-Jägermeister, the title sponsor of the show streaming on The Roku Channel.

  • Gopuff’s New Ad Platform Is A Launching Pad For Creator Brands

    Now that on-demand delivery service Gopuff has an ad platform business, it’s become an unlikely springboard to help creators promote and distribute their brand ventures.

  • Rob Beeler, founder of Beeler.Tech

    If Agencies Want To Survive, They Need To Adapt – And Look Inward

    With so much upheaval in our industry, agencies are the ones bearing the brunt of the greatest changes. If you’re an agency that wants to last beyond this chaotic inflection point, you will need to make three core changes across your business: evaluate what your core competencies truly are, take proactive steps to retain your top talent and accept that brands want more ownership in your relationship, writes Rob Beeler, founder of Beeler.Tech.

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

  • Xandr’s POV On The CTV Ad Server Space; Are Sunnier Times Ahead For News?

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Suite Smell Of Success Xandr CTO Ben John and EVP and GM Mike Welch recently shed some light on how Xandr plans to win in the CTV and video ad-serving market, which is essentially new to Xandr and a capability it’s building […]

  • The Big Story Podcast

    The Big Story: Midterm Political Ad Spending – And Is Meta The New AOL?

    Media planning is evolving in the lead-up to the midterm elections. Geotargeted CTV campaigns are winning over local media placements. Plus: Is Meta the new AOL? The argument for and against a behemoth’s slow decline.

  • Beachfront And Canoe Are Paddling Programmatic Tools To TV Inventory

    Video SSP Beachfront and Canoe Ventures expanded their ad-serving partnership across several more programmers. The two companies integrated their tech stacks in 2019 so broadcasters or streamers that work with Canoe can channel inventory more effectively to Beachfront’s programmatic pipes. Now, six more programmers, including Kabillion, Afro TV and TV One, are using the integrated solution.

  • The W3C Ad Privacy Group Taking The Little-Engine-That-Could Path To Success

    Almost one year ago, the W3C created a small sub-group called the Private Advertising Technology Community Group (PATCG). And, against the odds, the PATCG has made theoretical progress on a number of key ad tech and privacy logjams in the past year.

  • TV Buyers Demand More Transparent Measurement

    To plan, target and measure media buys on TV, advertisers need to resolve identity at the household level, which calls for full media transparency, said Kelly Metz, managing director of linear and advanced TV activation at Omnicom Media Group. Kelly Metz will be speaking about the future of TV measurement at AdExchanger’s Programmatic I/O conference on October 17-18 in New York City. Click here to register.

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    The Trade Desk Outlines Its Retail Ad Plan; Is BeReal The Real Deal?

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. A Jeff Of All Trades The Trade Desk CEO Jeff Green touted retail advertising as a major growth opportunity at a presentation to TTD investors this week. Green says the market could soon reach $500 billion (retail media currently makes maybe $50 billion per […]

  • Mobile Marketers Need A New Ad Tech Roster

    The mobile marketing landscape is changing. While many marketers are focused on getting back to business as usual, the reality is, the world has changed.The playbook they leaned on in the past is in need of evolution.

  • Political Advertisers Are Spending More Than Ever, But Not On Local News

    US political ad spending is exploding in the runup to the 2022 midterm elections, with an estimated $8 billion to $13 billion up for grabs this election cycle. But, while CTV and streaming video are seeing an infusion of political ad cash this year, local news publishers aren’t seeing a dramatic change in their bottom lines.

  • VideoAmp Adds In-Program Analysis To Its Measurement Toolkit

    VideoAmp released a tool that allows publishers and advertisers to compare audience viewership second by second throughout the duration of a program. The purpose is to help buyers target their ads more effectively. Advertisers have been demanding discrete program insights for targeting and measurement planning, Jonathan Bohm, VP of product at VideoAmp, tells AdExchanger.

  • Tolman Geffs, managing director, BrightTower

    SaaS Is Great – But It Ain’t For Everyone

    Major acquirers love software-as-a-service companies. Recurring, predictable revenue makes their ears prick up. So, why doesn’t every business, ad tech or otherwise, go down the SaaS route? Because for some it “would be a disaster,” says Tolman Geffs, managing director of BrightTower.

  • Google’s Privacy Sandbox Is Open For Testing – So, Why Are So Few Testing It?

    Everyone in our industry has been on the edge of their seat since Google first began developing the Privacy Sandbox more than three years ago. But things have been moving slowly, writes Lukasz Wlodarczyk, VP of programmatic ecosystem growth and innovation at RTB House. The cookieless future is virtually here, and the time to experiment with alternatives is now.

  • Comic: A Solitary Streamer

    Is Nielsen ONE Running TARdy?; Live Free Or … Pay A Little More Here And There

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Late To The Party  Nielsen is gearing up to launch its cross-channel measurement platform, Nielsen ONE, in December. On Tuesday, the TV ratings giant added YouTube and YouTube TV campaigns to its “always on” Digital Ad Ratings (DAR) tool.   Wait … didn’t this already […]

  • Comic: ROI

    Meta Juggles Multiple Investment Priorities To Regain Its Post-ATT Footing

    Meta has many pots on the boil right now, and for good reason. The advertising industry is bubbling like a pan of oil. Meta has announced major new initiatives to support the metaverse (natch), AI, brand safety and suitability controls and third-party verification for the feed, automated ad products, business messaging, privacy-enhancing technologies, creator tools […]

  • Fandom Spies Data Play With Acquisition Of Entertainment Sites

    On Monday, Fandom snapped up GameSpot, Metacritic, TV Guide, GameFAQs, Giant Bomb, Cord Cutters News and Comic Vine from Red Ventures. The acquisition improves Fandom’s reach among fan communities, which will supplement its offering for marketers throughout their journey through the marketing funnel, said Fandom CEO Perkins Miller.

  • Gary Kibel, a partner in the privacy/data security and advertising/marketing practice groups at Davis+Gilbert

    Measurement Is At Stake When CPRA Takes Effect

    The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), which takes effect on January 1, 2023, and replaces the current California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), throws a curveball to measurement and analytics practices. Gary Kibel, partner at Davis+Gilbert, explains how restrictions on combining data will impact measurement.

  • AdExchanger Talks: How To Hold Each Marketing Dollar Accountable

    Marketers are banking on compelling creative and contextual signals for performance, with challenges to addressability, says Forrester Senior Analyst Nikhil Lai. Plus: How TV can reduce digital advertising costs.

  • Comic: The Gravity Of The Situation

    This Problem Is Meta-stisizing; The New Social Growth Club Of One

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. At What Point Do We Reference Myspace? Meta faces an existential crisis. It was a trillion-dollar company one year ago and is now worth a mere $370 billion. “Mere” is relative – that’s still big. But this is a make-or-break moment for Meta. CNBC […]

  • Charles Manning, CEO & founder, Kochava

    Why Did The FTC Fixate On Kochava? We Asked Kochava’s CEO

    There are two sides to every story and two sides to every lawsuit. In late August, the Federal Trade Commission sued mobile measurement and data provider Kochava accusing the company of selling sensitive geolocation data. Here’s what Kochava CEO Charles Manning has to say about it.

  • Ad Buyers Bet On Programmatic In The Final Push Before The Midterms

    The conventional wisdom in Washington DC is that half or more of political ad budgets during an election year are spent in the final 45 days before the election. We’ve rounded that final bend and are now in the home stretch to the midterms, and programmatic companies are like race horses chomping at their bits. 

  • Budweiser’s FIFA World Cup Sponsorship Is A First-Party Data Play

    Budweiser is bringing a first-party data approach to its FIFA World Cup sponsorship, a sign of shifting priorities for many marketers. Budweiser’s recent focus on direct-to-consumer marketing is part of a broader effort to generate more first-party data to power its marketing, said Todd Allen, Budweiser’s global VP of marketing.

  • How Will CTV Ever Measure Up?

    CTV is at a crossroads, writes Mark Walker, CEO of Direct Digital Holdings. We’re already seeing streaming become the dominant way TV is delivered, which opens up CTV ads to a wealth of possibilities. With that, the industry will face an existential question: What is the role of TV advertising now that it is connected? 

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    The Not-So-Mysterious Advertising Slump; A Crisis Of Legitimacy

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Slump Bump When the economy goes south, the ad industry goes south-er, writes Peter Kafka at Vox. It was true during the 2008 recession as well as in 2020, when the pandemic hit and businesses pulled the emergency break on ad budgets. Now, ad-based […]