Amazon Expands Its Programmatic Integration With SiriusXM
On Tuesday, Amazon DSP announced an expanded integration with satellite radio company SiriusXM.
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The Penske And the Sword; Agents Of Chaos
Another day, another Google lawsuit; AI can’t be held accountable for its crimes; and the US and China have (maybe) reached a TikTok deal.
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Meta Has New Tools For Brand And Performance Goals, With A Focus On AI (Of Course)
Meta is rolling out Reels trending ads, value rules beyond just conversions, upgrades to Threads and pixel-free landing page optimization.
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OPINION: The Sell SiderTransaction IDs Can Reduce Auction Duplication, But A Fair Market Requires Some Duplication
Transaction IDs can benefit the ecosystem, but not if they result in information asymmetry. Solutions need to be found that reduce bad duplication but do not reduce bid density.
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The Reasoning Behind The Remedies; The Demise Of De Minimis
Judge Mehta defends his light touch in addressing Google’s search monopoly; the de minimis exemption for imports is over, and it could ding Q4 ad spend; and a whistleblower says Meta ignored WhatsApp’s privacy lapses.
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Pixability Introduces Agentic AI Audience Tools To Its YouTube Contextual Segments
On Tuesday, video advertising platform Pixability launched its own agentic product, which will help marketers more quickly identify and target scalable audience segments on YouTube.
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Minute Media’s Latest Acquisition Brings Automated Content Creation To Its Online Sports Video Network
As display falters, Minute Media is acquiring AI tech that cuts longer-form video content and full-length games into bite-size clips.
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With GAM Going Direct To Buyers, SPO Is The New Normal
GAM’s dinner with ad agencies sparked speculation that Google is preparing to spin off its bundled SSP and ad server as a remedy to its ad tech monopoly. But Google says it’s just part of the trend of SSPs going direct to buyers.
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PubMatic Is Suing Google For Monopolistic Behavior, The Second Such SSP Case
On Monday, PubMatic became the second sell-side platform to file a follow-on antitrust lawsuit against Google.
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Google’s Proposed Fix To Its Ad Tech Monopoly Is At Odds With The DOJ’s Remedies
Late Friday evening, Google filed its proposed remedies to its ad tech monopoly to District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema, and unsurprisingly, they’re rather mild – and very different from what the Department of Justice is looking for.
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Rest In Privacy, Sandbox
Last week, after nearly six years of development and delays, Google officially retired its Privacy Sandbox.
Which means it’s time for a memorial service.
AWS Launches A Cloud Infrastructure Service For Ad Tech
AWS RTB Fabric offers ad tech platforms more streamlined integrations with ecosystem and infrastructure partners, allegedly lower latency compared to the public internet and discounts on data transfers.
Netflix Boasts Its Best Ad Sales Quarter Ever (Again)
In a livestreamed presentation to investors on Tuesday, co-CEO Greg Peters shared that Netflix had its “best ad sales quarter ever” in Q3, and more than doubled its upfront commitments for this year.
Google Pulls The Plug On Topics, PAAPI And Other Major Privacy Sandbox APIs (As The CMA Says ‘Cheerio’)
Google’s aborted cookie crackdown ends with a quiet CMA sign-off and a sweeping phaseout of Privacy Sandbox technologies, from the Topics API to PAAPI.
The Trade Desk’s Auction Evolutions Bring High Drama To The Prebid Summit
TTD shared new details about OpenAds features that let publishers see for themselves whether it’s running a fair auction. But tension between TTD and Prebid hung over the event.
How Google Stands In The DOJ’s Ad Tech Antitrust Suit, According To Those Who Tracked The Trial
The remedies phase of the Google antitrust trial concluded last week. And after 11 days in the courtroom, there is a clearer sense of where Judge Leonie Brinkema is focused on, and how that might influence what remedies she put in place.