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  • COVID-19 Will Forever Reshape The Upfront

      Is COVID-19 the beginning of the end for upfronts? Buyers and sellers have long questioned the necessity of flashy presentations, especially as the broadcast TV business declines. Disney chairman Bob Iger recently predicted an end to the antiquated upfront process altogether as a result of the economic crisis. Ad buyers have been pushing to […]

  • Social Distancing With Friends: Upstream Group Founder Doug Weaver

    For ad sellers dealing with pandemic’s economic effect, the battle is over. The siege has now begun. “The novelty of us not being together, not being able to be with our customers or go to events, is wearing off,” says Doug Weaver, founder of sales training consultancy The Upstream Group. Instead of face-to-face trainings and […]

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    In-App Advertising: The Land That Programmatic Forgot?

    “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 David Simon, chief revenue officer at Fyber Now that we’re facing the death of the cookie and staring into an assumed ad-spend apocalypse, it might be a fun escape to […]

  • Hospitality Vertical Pivots To ‘Clean’; New Snap Ad Unit

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Here To Stay Hotel and hospitality companies are well known for their marketing partnerships with food, cosmetics and retail brands. But a recent tie-up between Hilton and Lysol, the cleaning product brand owned by Reckitt Benckiser, on new cleaning protocols across all Hilton hotels […]

  • Merkle’s Craig Dempster On Becoming Global CEO Amid A Global Crisis

    Despite COVID-19, Merkle didn’t think twice about promoting longtime executive Craig Dempster to global CEO last week, sticking to a succession plan two years in the making. “We built a strategy and worked to execute against it,” Dempster said. “We didn’t spend a lot of time debating it.” Dempster, previously president of Merkle in the […]

  • Social Distancing With Friends: Dentsu Aegis Network’s Mike Law

    Mike Law, president of Dentsu Aegis Network’s Amplifi, is thinking hard about what entertainment advertising this year might look like, with production and live events on hold. “You want to have some understanding of what that supply actually is,” he says. “We don’t want to commoditize this to just being about, we’re buying something and […]

  • Demand-Side Platforms In 2020: Network Effects And Risk Of A Winner-Take-All Market

    “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 Danilo Tauro, global media manager at Procter & Gamble. The top demand-side platforms (DSPs) have grown substantially in the last few years, boosted in part by the growing integration of […]

  • KERV Is Betting On Interactive, Shoppable Video As More Than Just A Novelty

    The technology that underpins interactive video platform KERV Interactive has a colorful origin story. It was created by an inventor named Andrew Welch, who previously devised the functionality that allows TV meteorologists to move weather and storm graphics around on green screens. Welch licensed the patent to ABC, NBC and CBS for their news broadcasts. […]

  • App Stores Have Unshakeable Clout; Is Apple Reconsidering Ads?

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Google Play Wins Apple and Google have taken heavy flak for their 30% revenue cut for apps downloaded from their respective app stores. But the two powerhouse mobile operators may have won the war last week, when Epic, the game developer behind the megahit […]

  • Mobile Apps Ally To Fight COVID-19 Misinfo In Developing Countries

    Misinformation can spread as quickly as disease. But accurate information is power during a health crisis, said Tim Koschella, CEO and founder of Kayzen, an in-app in-housing startup based in Berlin. Koschella and his team are spearheading an initiative to circulate reliable health info through in-app ads on Android devices in developing countries, including across […]

  • Podcasts In A Pandemic: Listenership Stabilizes But Ad Budgets And Indie Shows Are Under Pressure

    The podcast industry has been on a crazy ride for the past month and a half. As people spend more time at home, listeners are still gravitating toward their favorite programs, but they’re engaging at different times of day and through home devices such as smart speakers. In the initial days of the pandemic, podcast […]

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    Rethinking Sports Through The Lens Of Media, Data And Fans

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Alessandro De Zanche, an audience and data strategy consultant. Sports federations, leagues, clubs and athletes are fighting for their future. In a matter of weeks live sport evaporated due to COVID-19, with some events […]

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  • Google Slashes Marketing Spend; CVS Readies Ad Net

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Google Cuts Google plans to reduce marketing investments for the second half of 2020 by up to half, CNBC reported. A selective hiring freeze has also been imposed for both full-time and contractual employees. “We are reevaluating the pace of our investment plans for […]

  • Social Distancing With Friends: Innvoid CTO And Co-Founder Tal Chalozin

    Innovid CTO and co-founder Tal Chalozin checks in from his studio loft in New York’s Soho area, where he lives with his wife, his 3-year-old, his 1-year-old and a table saw he uses when he wants to zone out by building furniture. In today’s episode of Social Distancing With Friends, Tal and AdExchanger managing editor […]

  • The NFL Draft Sees Record Interest During Live Sports Drought

    So much chips and salsa is slowly growing stale, beer and soda going flat. If you think the average American TV viewer misses live sports, consider the desperation for brands that target sports advertising. The NFL Draft is seeing clearly enough, with a surge of demand from advertisers that are itching for the return of […]

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    The Big Story: Begun, The Clone War Has

    The Trade Desk is cracking down on bid duplication – a byproduct of header bidding in which wrappers such as Google Open Bidding, Amazon TAM or Prebid, as well as the exchanges, all send the same impression. As a result, DSPs such as The Trade Desk might see up to 18 bids for one impression. […]

  • Google To Make All Advertisers Submit Personal IDs, Business Verification Docs

    Google will require advertisers to submit personal identification or business documents that prove who they are and what country they operate in, the company announced on Thursday. The process will start in the United States and then expand globally, but it will take a few years before the new business verification program is complete, according […]

  • Bloomberg Media Adds ‘Boost’ Social Media Ad Formats To Its Toolbox

    If brand dollars are increasingly flowing to native social media ads on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, why not bring those ad formats to digital media companies? Bloomberg Media just launched Boost, a self-serve tool that allows brands to repurpose existing social media ads for mobile ad slots on Bloomberg. “For a small amount of […]

  • Meet The Training Consultant Helping TV Buyers And Sellers Decipher Programmatic

    Intellectual curiosity and a well-tuned BS detector. If the students in his digital marketing seminars come away with both, independent training consultant Steven Golus says he’s done his job. “You’ve got to have people who can do sniff tests in this industry, and to do that, you need a really good sense of the mechanics,” […]

  • Brands Get In On Animal Crossing; Google-Apple Contact Tracing Sparks Backlash

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Branding The Game Brands are jumping into Nintendo’s newest Animal Crossing game. Highsnobiety and 100 Thieves are recreating their clothing collections so people can dress up avatars, and even non-apparel brands such as Twitter and Xbox have branded in-game clothing. Getty images lets players […]

  • With Live Sports Canceled, AT&T Loses Nearly 900,000 Paid TV Subs In Q1

    With no live sports on the schedule, AT&T lost nearly 900,000 paid subscribers across its premium TV business, which includes DirecTV, U-verse and AT&T TV. That’s nearly double the number of Q1 2019 paid subscriber losses, which were around 544,000. Total pay TV revenue was $10.5 billion, down 7.2%. Sports have long been considered paid […]

  • IPG’s Roth: ‘The Second Quarter Is Not Going To Be Pretty’

    Holding companies are being hit hard by the pandemic, and IPG is no exception. The company reported Wednesday that Q1 2020 net organic growth was 0.3% YoY to $1.97 billion, compared to 6.4% growth during the same period a year ago. Revenue was negatively impacted by account losses and the coronavirus pandemic in certain regions, […]

  • New Adform CEO Troels Jensen Enters Ad Tech In The COVID-19 Era

    Welcome to ad tech. Everything’s a disaster. But Troels Jensen, former CEO of the Danish fin tech company Itiviti AB, who was brought on as Adform’s chief in April, is sticking to the plan. “The long game hasn’t changed,” Jensen said. “But we do have time now to think about how we’re hitting the ground […]

  • Why Zillow’s CMO Is Leaning Into Advertising, Even As The Real Estate Market Dries Up

    It’s difficult to buy or sell homes when everyone is stuck inside. But instead of staying quiet during the coronavirus pandemic, the online real estate resource Zillow wanted its brand to show up. In a situation “where the market is not moving,” at least at the outset of shelter-in-place orders, Zillow’s CMO Aimee Johnson wanted […]

  • AB InBev Crafts Its Data Management Strategy With Help From ARM Treasure Data

    AB InBev – parent to more than 500 brands, including Budweiser, Bud Light, Stella Artois and, of course, Corona – is the largest global beer company in the world, and it’s got sizable data silos to match. But until recently it had no way to connect them, said Lucas Borges, senior global mar tech manager […]

  • What Does The Future Hold For First-Party Data Activation?

    This article is sponsored by Verizon Media. Up until recently, brands looking to break through the heavily saturated digital advertising ecosystem adopted third-party cookies as the anchor for behavioral and interest-based targeting. Even two years ago, spend on third-party data was still rapidly increasing – by 17.5% to $19.2 billion, according to a 2018 study […]

  • Are You A Shark Or A Minnow? Publishers Must Keep Moving Through The Pandemic And Beyond

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Scott Bender, partner and global head of client strategy at Prohaska Consulting. No question, it’s going to be a rough second (and likely third) quarter for the digital publisher community. Some estimates suggest Q2 […]

  • Key Hires At Commerce Startup Profitero; WPP To Shutter Triad

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Third Time’s A Charm Bryan Wiener and Sarah Hofstetter joined the ecommerce software company Profitero as CEO and president, respectively. This is the third business Wiener and Hofstetter have jointly led, following their long tenure at 360i before it was acquired by Dentsu and […]

  • Snap’s Usage Is Up But Ad Spend Growth Declines Amid Pandemic

    Snap is seeing a boost in user activity but a dip in advertiser spend in the wake of COVID-19. Daily active users reached 229 million in the first quarter, growing across all regions and on Android and iOS, the company announced Tuesday in its Q1 2020 earnings report. That represents a 20% increase from the […]