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Blind emphasis on brand safety drives a blunt approach to blocking, creating an immense waste of quality impressions and lost opportunities.

The phrase “subscription fatigue” typically applies to consumers tiring of the ever-growing number of media and entertainment packages. But subscription fatigue could also describe how DTC and ecommerce brands feel about their SaaS costs and vendor rosters.

Health data and race are sensitive topics on their own. Put them together, and it’s easy to see why people struggle to thoughtfully tailor their marketing efforts to different audiences. Still, many health care marketers are opting in to race-based targeting to stay relevant and reach underserved populations.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Still Searching TikTok and Instagram want search marketing budgets. But even those megaplatforms face a long road before they can catch up to true search players Google and Amazon, Ad Age reports. Search advertising typically identifies people who are about ready to buy. […]

Mondelēz-owned Chips Ahoy! wants to be Gen Z’s cookie of choice, not a nostalgic snack pick. To this end, the brand is refining its targeting strategy to focus on behaviors, not demographics.

After more than two years of building and testing, Meta is releasing brand suitability controls and third-party verification for its feed environments.

Despite a sluggish macroeconomic environment and jittery consumers and businesses, US media ad spend is expected to increase by 3.4% in 2023, according to a Magna forecast released Monday.

Ecommerce-based brands have serious advantages with online marketing, but big CPGs aren’t contesting the DTC business. They’re buckling down on brick-and-mortar.

This cough and cold season, Ricola ran shoppable influencer marketing campaigns across Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat to better attract and reach younger generations of customers.

Consumer expectations have changed, as have the best strategies for reaching them. Across social, search and display, many old tactics no longer fit the bill, writes Steve Wendling, VP of media at MMI.

Spreaker is returning to its roots by allowing small independent creators to sign up for free, the podcast platform announced Friday. The move is part of Spreaker’s strategy to become the Google AdSense of the podcasting world.

DoubleVerify reaped the benefits of a cautious Q4 for ad spending – and it will continue to benefit as measuring performance remains a priority for advertisers. The measurement company reported a 27% growth rate in Q4.

Publishers, such as The Arena Group, are now partnering directly with brand safety solution providers to lower their block rates for direct-sold inventory.

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The TV term du jour is supply-path optimization. And SSPs in particular are under intense pressure to carve out competitive edges.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Artificial Ads Advertisers can use AI to generate entire TV commercials. Wait, what? Spectrum Reach launched an AI tool on Wednesday that clients can use to input basic company information (name and location), select the desired tone for the commercial and choose one […]

The ad agency holding company WPP is on the up and up and remains confident in its clients’ continued investment in marketing projects despite a challenging macroeconomic environment. WPP is “well positioned to deliver sustainable, long-term growth” after seeing broad-based growth in 2022, said CEO Mark Read during the company’s earnings report on Thursday.

The supply-path optimization trend is catching on with video publishers, including the AVOD platform Future Today.

Supply-side platforms are under intense pressure to prove unique value or hit the chopping block. And Magnite is using connected TV as its competitive edge.

Buyers already have access to the same information from the same trusted third-parties that publishers use to define Contextual Categories. So why bother?

TV fragmentation is only getting worse. And, according to FreeWheel’s newly promoted chief product officer, troubleshooting means simplification.

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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The round-up will return Tuesday, February 21, in observance of the Presidents’ Day holiday. Thanks, George and Abe, for the long weekend! The Clone Wars Every few months, social platforms align on a shiny new object … that’s really just another version of […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. AppLovin You … Next Quarter  AppLovin didn’t have a very good Q4 by the numbers, but shares leaped by 30% after the company reported earnings on Wednesday. What gives? Although revenue declined 11% year over year to $702 million, AppLovin still beat analyst […]

Retail media networks overall still have a ways to go before they’re able to satisfy several basic buy-side demands, including better measurement, more transparency and some form of standardization.

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How should the ad industry treat consumers’ call for data privacy? The IAB, ANA and 4A’s are at odds on how to tackle a thorny issue.

Growth marketing firm Power Digital has acquired marketing consultancy Sproutward to strengthen its data and analytics chops. The acquisition is Power Digital’s fifth in the last four years.

Havas Media named FreeWheel a preferred SSP partner for premium video for two reasons: transparency and supply path optimization.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Lost And Found If you’re wondering what happened to all the titles HBO Max just cut, they were rehomed across two other streaming platforms. On Tuesday, Warner Bros. Discovery announced that it’s making more than 220 canceled titles available on Roku and Tubi […]