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  • Aaron McKee, CTO at Blis

    Advertisers Are Missing Key Audiences – Even Before Third-Party Cookies Disappear

    Advertisers in the U.S. are missing out on 46% of their addressable mobile audience. And desktop doesn’t fall behind. 40% of the audience is currently not reachable if you rely on IDs. Instead of opting for solutions that only get you halfway to your goals, keep three main points in mind: scale, accurate targeting and sustainability, writes Aaron McKee, CTO at Blis.

  • Peter Panel

    Comic: Peter Panel

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

  • Oracle Advertising Misread The Crystal Ball; Streaming Takes TV’s Crown

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Did The Oracle Get It Wrong? Is it time to call it on Oracle Advertising?  The group had painful layoffs this summer and has fallen behind rivals, Insider reports.  Oracle spent $4 billion to package BlueKai, Datalogix, Moat and more into what’s now […]

  • The Big Story Podcast

    The Big Story: From Precision To Panels

    Signal loss combined with privacy concerns is helping bring old-school panel measurement back in style. Google just started recruiting for a panel this week. Plus: the future of attention metrics.

  • Comic: "How do you do fellow kids?"

    Tips From Gen Z On How To Stop Being Cheugy

    Marketers spent the past decade and a half obsessing over how to reach millennials (many of whom are in their late thirties by this point, god help us). Now, brands are turning their attention to Generation Z … and some are a little flummoxed about how to relate.

  • CTV Ad Buying Is About More Than Just Premium Versus Programmatic

    “On TV & Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video.  Today’s column is by Matt Sattel, VP of global brand partnerships at OpenX. Brands today often look at CTV inventory through two different lenses. Either it’s premium, walled-garden inventory that’s negotiated and purchased via upfronts and NewFronts – or […]

  • Mediaocean Swims To CTV; Shopping Ad Product News Spans Social

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. A Vast Ocean Mediaocean is planning to acquire video ad rendering company Imposium to boost its CTV ad product. Although Mediaocean has deep roots in software for TV ad management and analytics, it’s evolved to embrace CTV and digital over the past year. (The […]

  • Just Say No To Calling Yourself Crypto And Other Lessons From The Inc. 5000 List

    The 2022 Inc. 5000 list was published on Tuesday, and although its purpose is mostly for marketing (companies pay for inclusion, after all), it is a useful benchmark for tracking the startup ecosystem.

  • eyes on stalks

    AdExplainer: How To Use Attention Metrics

    Rather than looking at one particular data signal, attention metrics include a variety of data points, which are fed into a machine-learning model to predict the likelihood that a given media environment and ad creative will draw attention from a hypothetical audience member.

  • State Privacy Laws Will Spur Action Against Dark Patterns

    We’re about to see a lot more enforcement against dark patterns from the Federal Trade Commission and on a state level. Holding companies to account for using deceptive language that pushes people into sharing their data has largely fallen to the FTC, but now, US privacy laws are starting to mention dark patterns too.

  • Will Misselbrook, chief creative & digital officer, Washington Commanders

    Why The Washington Commanders Don’t Have A CMO

    The newly renamed Washington Commanders are the only team in the NFL with a chief creative and digital officer rather than a marketing chief. Will Misselbrook took the job last year in the interim between the temporary name change from the Washington Redskins to “Washington Football Team.”

  • Nielsen

    Panels And Publishers Have A Love-Hate Relationship; Google’s Sleeping On Its Scam Problem

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Back To The Scoreboard Ad tech is revisiting panels. In some cases, that also means revisiting Nielsen. Amazon Prime, which has exclusive airing rights to the NFL’s “Thursday Night Football,” signed a three-year deal with Nielsen on Tuesday to do audience measurement for […]

  • Walmart’s Advertising Revenue Is Small But Soaring

    Advertising may be just a fraction of Walmart’s overall revenue – but it’s a nerve center for growth. One might wonder why advertising and other businesses that appear marginal to Walmart’s current revenue makeup, such as third-party online marketplace sellers and subscription memberships, are front and center for the company right now.

  • Comic: The power of data-driven attribution compels you."

    Google Is Creating A Panel To Feed Its Conversion Models

    Everything old is new again. Surveys are on the rise, marketers are turning their attention to MMM – and Google is recruiting participants for an online panel through a partnership with Gallup.

  • Nabiha Syed, CEO, The Markup

    Speaking Truth To Power, With The Markup's CEO Nabiha Syed

    Nabiha Syed is CEO of The Markup, a non-profit newsroom that runs in-depth investigations into how companies large and small (but mostly large), use technology to reshape society – and it’s having an impact. The new lawsuit facing Meta and several hospitals over data sharing used to target ads on Facebook? Yep, that’s thanks to The Markup.

  • Lauren Littlejohn, Director of Data Science and Research, 84.51

    DTC Data Isn’t Enough To Fully Inform Retail Advertising – That’s Where Loyalty Programs Come In

    Many brands, startups and well-known CPGs are missing the more effective retailer data sets at their disposal: loyalty programs, writes Lauren Littlejohn, director of data science and research at 84.51°.

  • Comic: In-game advertising

    Before ATT, Apple Tried – And Failed – To Change Facebook; Good Times For Ecommerce Tech

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Fair Share In the years before Apple dropped its AppTrackingTransparency (ATT) framework on the industry’s head like a ton of bricks, the company discussed a possible special arrangement with Facebook to cut Apple in on a slice of Facebook’s revenue, The Wall Street […]

  • Three Ways Advertisers And Publishers Can Improve Payments

    Ad tech and media companies know the importance of differentiating themselves in a highly competitive market. Partnerships across networks help them stand out.

  • Looks like AppLovin’s attempt to wedding crash Unity’s planned merger with ironSource isn’t going to work.

    Unity Rejects AppLovin’s Bid And Sticks With IronSource

    Looks like AppLovin’s attempt to wedding crash Unity’s planned merger with ironSource isn’t going to work. On Monday, Unity’s board of directors rejected AppLovin’s bid to buy the company and reaffirmed its commitment to merge with ironSource.

  • Waze On Why Location-Based Ads Don’t Have To Be Creepy

    Waze, which was acquired by Google in 2013, now has 140 million monthly active users across the globe. Waze does serve ads based on real-time location, but the company refers to this as contextual because the ads are based on wherever a given device is in the moment, rather than any meaningful connections or patterns about a particular user.

  • Ashley Tsai, head of analytics at mSix

    Advertisers Need More Than AI. They Need Diverse Human Talent

    To make the most of AI, advertisers must diversify data analytics teams to bring varied perspectives and talents to data collection and decision-making, writes Ashley Tsai, head of analytics at mSix&Partners.

  • The Key To CTV Success Is Putting Your Audience First

    Advertisers new to CTV often approach streaming buys the same way they approach linear: By focusing on large-scale inventory from only the biggest providers instead of focusing on their audience. This strategy tends to overlook the unique advantages CTV offers, writes Marrika Zapiler, director of advanced TV at Marketing Architects.

  • TikTok is a dancing fly in the FTC’s argument ointment.

    Google Wrestles With Political Email Filters; New FTC Commissioner Takes A Stance On Location Data

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Spam And Regs Google submitted a proposal to the Federal Election Commission earlier this month for an idea to allow authorized political emails to go directly to Gmail inboxes without the risk of its filters putting the message into spam. Google’s attorney said in […]

  • Comic: Updating The Platform

    Umami Offers A New Flavor Of Non-Google Analytics

    If you’re a site analytics tools and your name isn’t “Google” or “Adobe,” there hasn’t been much room to grow. Launching a startup to compete against Google’s army of engineers was considered impossible. But that’s starting to change, in part because of an upcoming forced migration to GA4, a new version of Google Analytics, and also because of privacy pressures on GA in Europe.

  • Why ACR Data Could Be A Smart TV Move

    Regardless of the ongoing debate as to the viability of panels, the TV measurement industry is starting to increasingly rely on automatic content recognition (ACR) data, especially as set-top box data becomes less available. But like any other form of data collection, it’s nicer if you ask first.

  • Jeff White, CEO, Gravy Analytics

    Is Your Data Usable?

    Marketers today have many data sources available to them, giving them the option to tailor data sets based on their specific needs. Whether it’s for audience segmentation or business operations, it can be tempting to buy the biggest data set available. However, it’s important that marketers think twice before diving in, especially when it comes to location data, writes Jeff White, CEO of Gravy Analytics.

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  • Comic: Room For More?

    Chicken Soup Shoulders Into Streaming; Google Spreads The Sand(box)

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Soup To Box Did you know Chicken Soup for the Soul has a streaming service? Well, it does, and now it also owns Redbox – it paid $375 million for the 20-year-old movie rental kiosk and closed the deal Thursday, the same day it […]

  • AppLovin wants to marry Unity. Unity just got engaged to ironSource. IronSource is still waiting at the restaurant with flowers. But Unity hasn’t quite made up its mind yet.

    AppLovin Reveals Why It's Lovin’ Unity

    What’s the rationale behind AppLovin’s bid to merge with Unity (kicking ironSource to the curb in the process)? Adam Foroughi, AppLovin’s CEO, got into the details on the company’s Q2 earnings call.

  • Vizio’s Bet On Advertising And Data Is Paying Off At Last

    Vizio has walked a tricky tightrope since launching its advertising business in late 2019. But after a tough first year on the market, with Vizio down by more than half over the past 12 months, the company is seeing the improvement it needs from the platform side of its house.