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For Publishers, AI Gives Monetizable Data Insight But Takes Away Traffic
Traffic-starved publishers are hopeful that their long-undervalued audience data will fuel advertising’s automated future – if only they can finally wrest control of the industry narrative away from ad tech middlemen.
Q3: The Trade Desk Delivers On Financials, But Is Its Vision Fact Or Fantasy?
The Trade Desk posted solid Q3 results on Thursday, with $739 million in revenue, up 18% year over year. But the main narrative for TTD this year is less about the numbers and more about optics and competitive dynamics.
IP Address Match Rates Are a Joke – And It’s No Laughing Matter
According to a new report, IP-to-email matches are accurate just 16% of the time on average, while IP-to-postal matches are accurate only 13% of the time. (Oof.)
The DOJ And Google Sharpen Their Remedy Proposals As The Two Sides Prepare For Closing Arguments
The phrase “caution is key” has become a totem of the new age in US antitrust regulation. It was cited this week by both the DOJ and Google in support of opposing views on a possible divestiture of Google’s sell-side ad exchange.
Alt Identity Provider ID5 Buys TrueData, Marking Its First-Ever Acquisition
ID5 bought TrueData mainly to tackle what ID5 CEO Mathieu Roche calls the “massive fragmentation” of digital identity, which is a problem on the user side and the provider side.
CTV Manufacturers Have A New Tool For Catching Spoofed Devices
The IAB Tech Lab’s new device attestation feature for its Open Measurement SDK provides a scaled way for original device manufacturers to confirm that ad impressions are associated with real devices.