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  • Everything Is PII

    “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 Jim Kaskade, CEO at Janrain. When the EU’s landmark General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect last year, it, among other things, expanded the definition of personally identifiable information […]

  • Apple’s ITP2 Has Arrived. Here’s What You Can Do About It.

    “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 Andrew Sandoval, director of biddable media at The Media Kitchen. The reviews are in, and ITP2 is the sequel that marketers hoped would never come. Intelligent Tracking Prevention 2.0 is […]

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  • Ad Loads Are Actually Increasing, But That Won’t Offset TV’s Long-Term Negative Trends

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video.  Today’s column is written by Eric Berry, CEO at TripleLift. TV is a fundamental part of any marketer’s mixed media model. For many brands, TV is the highest performing inventory source. Yet the trends are unquestionably negative for TV […]

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    The Next Evolution Of Programmatic: The Publisher Exchange

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is by Paul Bannister, co-founder and executive vice president at CafeMedia. 2019 promises to be the beginning of the next transformation in digital ad buying. RTB-driven programmatic advertising started in the late 2000s (2007-2009) and drove the initial burst in data-driven buying, […]

  • Product Teams Are The Mobile Marketers Of Tomorrow

    “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 Maor Sadra, managing director and CEO at Applift. The volume of data handled by mobile marketers is tremendous, and because of the fundamental role automated technologies play in this process, […]

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  • How AT&T Completes Cheddar’s ‘Journey’ Into Every OTT Skinny Bundle In The Country

    Cheddar CEO Jon Steinberg will speak at AdExchanger’s upcoming Industry Preview conference on Jan. 23-24. AT&T began rolling out Cheddar across its video platforms DirecTV, DirecTV Now and U-verse TV last month. Cheddar has also broadened its reach on other media over the last few months. AT&T announced the Cheddar deal just days after Axios reported that […]

  • AI Is Eating Advertising – And 2019 Will Be Critical For Getting It Right

    “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 Orchid Richardson, vice president and managing director of the Data Center of Excellence at the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB).  Lexus recently released the first ad written by AI – and […]

  • Move Over, Banner Ads

    “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 Justin Scarborough, programmatic media director at PMG. Banner ads have reigned over programmatic for years. Although demand-side platforms have been furiously expanding into emerging formats such as connected TV (CTV), digital out […]

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    The State Of Ad Tech Heading Into 2019 (In GIFs)

    “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 Jay Friedman, president and partner at Goodway Group. As 2018 comes to a close, we’ve seen a number of positive trends giving ad tech more hope than ever moving into 2019, including […]

  • He Said What? AdExchanger’s Most Popular Opinions Of 2018

    AdExchanger’s opinion columns present sharp arguments that illuminate specific industry challenges and provide critical insight that can help readers do their jobs better. The very best columns are engaging, on-point and fun to read. Our 10 most popular op-eds of 2018 below delivered on each count. We have to give a gold star to Martin […]

  • O Consolidation, Consolidation, Wherefore Art Thou Mar Tech Consolidation?

    “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 Elgin Thompson, managing director at Digital Capital Advisors. For brands, vendor consolidation will come into sharper focus in 2019. Sixty-four percent of respondents in a Sizmek survey of 522 marketing […]

  • A Programmatic Trader’s Christmas Wish List

    “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 Simon Harris, head of programmatic activation at Dentsu Aegis Network. It is usually this time of year when industry experts get nostalgic and look back or look forward and make bold […]

  • Improving The Mobile Ad Experience Will Create More Value For Everyone In The Open Ad Ecosystem

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Jeremy Steinberg, chief revenue officer at Yieldmo. The race for automation and data targeting has done wonders to help marketers better refine customer segmentation and more quickly optimize media for performance. I think the […]

  • Programmatic’s Annual Review: Is It Up Or Out?

    “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 Tom Triscari, co-founder and managing partner at Labmatik. It’s that time of year for annual reviews, praises, raises, reprimands and firings. Since marketers don’t actually buy ad tech – they hire […]

  • Bid Shading Is A Bad Thing, Especially For Transparency

    “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 Adam Mor, director of engineering, Core Exchange, at Dailymotion. Bid shading was created as a way to bid effectively in first-price auctions. But not only is bid shading making programmatic bidding […]

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  • Publishers Don’t Have An Ad Problem. They Have A Product Problem.

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Justin Choi, founder and CEO at Nativo. Today’s publishers are under pressure from seemingly countless external forces. They face downward pressure on ad prices, consolidation of spend within the duopoly (and now, the triopoly), […]

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  • Creative Is The Next Frontier For Data-Driven Marketing

    “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 Andrew Frank, research vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. Ever since the ad industry made “creative” a noun, agencies and creatives have defended its mystique against an onslaught of data-driven […]

  • Moving Beyond UA Requires A User-Centric Approach To Data Management

    “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 Ravi Krishnaswamy, chief technology officer and head of engineering at InMobi. Mobile penetration is reaching saturation in many markets, while growth in new users is declining. As a result, it’s […]

  • 2018: The Year AT&T Packed Its War Chest

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video.  Today’s column is written by Lindsey Harju, co-founder at Blinc Digital Group. 2018 may look similar to years past, with cross-channel acquisitions a seemingly regular occurrence. But for me, 2018 will stand out in the history of advanced TV […]

  • Linear TV Audience Standards For Supply And Demand Are The Wrong Solution

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community.  Today’s column is written by Amihai Ulman, founder and chief operating officer at MASS Exchange. Unlike addressable media, linear TV publishers cannot sell single impressions or single units of attention. Due to its linear nature, TV publishers must sell mixed […]

  • Ad Fraud And Systematic Ad Tech Flaws: The Battle Is Not Over Yet

    “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 Nico Neumann, assistant professor and fellow, Centre for Business Analytics at Melbourne Business School. Two weeks ago, a multimillion dollar ad fraud scheme was publicly revealed and eight people were […]

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  • Why Ad Tech Exits Fail

    “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 Corey Ferengul, board member at Hyde Park Angels. Welcome to 2019. Every ad tech company seems to be for sale and, unfortunately, most efforts will fail. While ad tech has gotten […]

  • TV: The Biggest Opportunity For DTC Brands’ Continued Growth

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video.  Today’s column is written by Terence Kawaja, founder and CEO at LUMA Partners. Allbirds. Warby Parker. Brandless. Peloton. Dollar Shave Club. Over the past several years, an explosion of relatively young startups has garnered significant market share from major […]

  • The Real Impact Of Data Breaches

    “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 Maja Milicevic, co-founder and principal at Sparrow Advisers. Seemingly every few weeks news breaks of a new hacking scandal or high profile data breach. No industry is immune: Among the […]

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  • NFL Rights Help The Yahoo Sports App Score Millions Of Users

    In February, you can watch the Super Bowl on your phone with the Yahoo Sports app. Last year, Verizon purchased the mobile and tablet rights to NFL games for Yahoo Sports. Live NFL coverage attracted 4.3 million people to download the Yahoo Sports app this season, in addition to 1.1 million people who downloaded the […]

  • Incrementality: Why Pay For What’s Already Yours?

    “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 Michael Paxman, product research manager at Adjust. Mobile marketing is firing on all cylinders, with mobile ad spend pegged to hit $232.34 billion in 2019. This marks the first time that […]

  • The Pain And Promise Of Identity In Addressable TV

    “On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Matt Prohaska, principal and CEO at Prohaska Consulting. When I was 24, I resigned from a great job at BBDO to become the first New York salesperson at upstart media company CNET. When people asked […]

  • What Went Wrong For Mic

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Rob Gabel, founder and CEO at Tubular Labs. Digital-native publishers sailed against strong headwinds in 2018, as continual shifts in the business model forced budget cuts, downsizing, “pivots to video” and more hurdles to […]

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    Why The Digital Advertising Industry Needs An Ethics-By-Design Framework

    “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 Alessandro De Zanche, an audience and data strategy consultant. After AdExchanger reported how Rocket Fuel questionably used client data for its user profiling and segmentation tools, I was struck by […]

  • Marketers Need Outcomes, Not More Tools

    “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 Ric Elert, president at Conversant.  A problem that haunts the industry is too much of an emphasis is still being placed on technology and not enough focus is placed on […]

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