After a disappointing debut in June, Google released an updated version of its sellers.json file Thursday afternoon. Sellers.json is a mechanism developed by the IAB Tech Lab that buyers can use to verify which exchanges and SSPs are authorized to sell a publisher’s inventory. Google’s expanded file now includes information for 1.2 million publishers, and […]
Day Four of AdExchanger’s Programmatic.IO Digital conference brought the goods with perspectives from up and down the supply chain. There was insight into P&G’s media spending strategy, a deep dive on how The New York Times reconciles ad sales with the buildout of a team, a knowledge drop on how identity infrastructure works – and […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Sara Badler, senior vice president of programmatic revenue and strategy at Dotdash. If ad-tech acronym overload was not seriously impacting your mental health two years ago, it certainly may be now. Geopolitical and big tech-led privacy […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. DAR She Blows Nielsen’s Digital Ad Ratings and Total Ad Ratings products can now measure YouTube and YouTube TV inventory when streamed through connected TV platforms. As MediaPost points out, Nielsen’s two ad ratings solutions can already measure YouTube and YouTube TV inventory on PCs, laptops […]
Creative ad tech is maturing beyond DCO. Dynamic creative optimization is only one of many challenges facing brands in the quest to serve relevant, efficient and optimized creative, said Joanna O’Connell, a VP and principal analyst at Forrester. And that’s why creative ad tech providers that go beyond the basics were crowned the leaders of […]
It’s time for an exciting new acronym: CDP. But what makes it exciting? Is it the promise – delivered for only the thousandth time this decade – that marketers can finally unify their customer data? No, what makes it exciting is $3.2 billion (in stock). That’s how much Twilio paid to grab the CDP Segment […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column by Steven Golus, founder at Steven Golus Consulting, is the fourth and last in a series that presents the fundamentals of how TV advertising works and how it is changing. In our previous article, we unpacked the […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Brand Safety Dance Brand safety is proving a significant hurdle to TikTok’s growth as the company seeks to calm the nerves of advertisers who are drawn to its massive audience of young people, but fretful about objectionable content. “This is the number one conversation we have […]
When it rains, it pours … CDP news. On Wednesday, two days after Twilio said it would pay $3.2 billion to acquire CDP Segment, SAP said it will release its enterprise customer data platform globally next month. SAP first teased its plan to roll out a CDP in May of last year. Like its cohorts […]
Google is revamping Google Analytics for a world in which privacy plays center stage and identifiers are exiting stage left. The new version of Google Analytics, released on Wednesday, was in beta for more than a year, and will now be the default experience for all users. The updated product includes privacy controls to help […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Ido Zehori, data science team leader at BigaBid. One in five users forget about an app after using it for the first time. They’re originally drawn to the app from an offer […]
Bud Light first contacted Doing Things Media through a DM on Instagram – a fitting introduction for a partnership that revolves around creating and distributing memes on social media. Doing Things Media owns and operates 20 popular meme and viral video accounts across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, including @AnimalsDoingThings, @NoChaser, @AllGasNoBrakesShow and @neatdad. It […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Anti Anti-Vaxxers Today in Facebook ad ban news: Facebook will bar ads that discourage users from getting vaccinated, the company said Tuesday. The move is part of a larger new flu vaccine information campaign launching on Facebook. The social media giant will still allow ads that […]
CDP acquisitions are a bit like snowflakes, no two have been quite alike, at least not so far. Cloud communications platform Twilio’s $3.2 billion all-stock purchase of Segment, confirmed on Monday, is the latest example. Notable acquirers in the space have included a British multibillion-dollar semiconductor firm, an American multinational financial services brand and the […]
Subscribe to AdExchanger Talks on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud or wherever you listen to podcasts. Greg Raifman has had a long career in digital advertising. He started out at ad server Mediaplex in the late ’90s, helped take Rubicon Project public in 2014 and is now running the digital subsidiary of Nexstar Media […]
While it’s unclear when physical shopping will snap back to pre-pandemic levels, retailers such as Foot Locker subsidiary Champs Sports, are experimenting with replacement technologies, including augmented reality. In September, Champs became the first sports brand to test a new AR shoppable lens on Snapchat. The format allows users to virtually try on different sneaker […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. What We Talk About When We Talk About Breakups We’ve all speculated about what a Google breakup might look like. A divestment of its display ads business? Shearing off YouTube? Maybe – or it could be farewell for Google’s browser. According to three anonymous sources who spoke […]
The House’s antitrust report on big tech, released last week, described the lopsided power dynamic at the W3C, where several “market participants” interviewed by the subcommittee said that they felt “bullied” by Google. The report claims that Google uses Chrome’s dominance in the browser market to “effectively set standards for the industry.” First, Chrome has […]
Did the CDP category just have its DoubleClick moment? Twilio will acquire customer data platform Segment for a $3.2 billion in stock, the companies said Monday. Forbes first reported the deal on Friday. Twilio powers automated mobile communications for clients such as Airbnb, Lyft, Blue Apron, Netflix, Hulu and Salesforce. Its Flex platform supports billions […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Leigh Freund, president and CEO at the Network Advertising Initiative. Uncertainty has clouded preparations for compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ever since the law passed in 2018. Even […]
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Samantha Stockman, group director at The Media Kitchen. This year’s virtual Newfronts made it clear: The connected TV (CTV) industry has heard advertisers’ pleas for better, more universal measurement. Whether it’s increased direct integration with […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Show Me The Money The good news is that advertising is picking back up. The bad news (or good, depending on who you are) is that so are agency reviews. Mitchell Caplan of the consulting firm Flock Associates told Business Insider that he anticipates more agency […]
Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang has some feisty opinions about data privacy, Section 230 and social media platforms. “They’re just trying to maximize their ad revenue,” Yang said at a virtual summit hosted by NYC Media Lab on Thursday. Yang, who hasn’t ruled out a potential bid for NYC major, supports the idea that […]
2020: The ongoing pandemic is accelerating the growth of ecommerce. Amazon: Hold my beer. EMarketer forecast that worldwide sales on Amazon Prime Day, which kicks off on Oct. 13, will surge 43% year over year to hit $9.91 billion. Last year’s Prime Day sales totaled $6.93 billion. Nearly $10 billion worth of sales in a […]
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Andy Monfried, founder and CEO at Lotame. Standing for something is much harder and braver than being against it. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately as it pertains to many aspects of […]
“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Christophe Collet, CEO at S4M. When was the last time you heard A/B testing and IDFA in the same sentence? The former is traditional ad campaign testing methodology going back […]
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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Data Do It Or Data Don’t? Smart TV manufacturer Vizio is suing MediaMath for no less than $900,000 in unpaid bills, Digiday reports. Vizio wants an audit of MediaMath’s gross revenue to figure out how much the specific sum actually is. The suit claims that MediaMath […]
This week on the Big Story, we look at trust in the market as cataloged by LUMA Partners, and the antitrust case against Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon, as cataloged by a House Judiciary subcommittee. LUMA VP Conor McKenna swings by to lead us through Q3 M&A activity in a wide-ranging conversation that looks at […]
