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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Avengers Assemble (Please!) Google and the IAB are once again under the EU’s gimlet eye. A group of human rights orgs sent coordinated privacy complaints to regulators on Thursday in six European countries. At issue is whether the practice of real-time bidding is a […]

Google is planning to give people the ability to limit the number of personalized alcohol and gambling ads they see. The feature, teased on Thursday, layers in additional controls within ad settings for sensitive ad topics. The controls will roll out on YouTube in the United States by the end of this year, and across […]

“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 Jory Des Jardins, CMO of The @ Company and co-founder of BlogHer. Nearly 10 years ago I heard about programmatic ad fraud for the first time. I had co-founded a media […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Apple Strikes Back “Dramatic,” “outlandish” and “false” – that’s how Apple SVP Craig Federighi described claims being made by the ad tech industry about Apple’s forthcoming IDFA changes in iOS 14. During a recorded speech at the European Data Protection & Privacy Conference on Tuesday, […]

Well, the other shoe dropped. Actually two shoes. On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission and, separately, 48 attorneys general, led by New York’s Letitia James and including AGs from the District of Columbia and Guam, sued Facebook for the same thing: alleged illegal monopolization of the social networking market. (Read the FTC’s full suit here […]

Ad verification company DoubleVerify has been busy. It followed up its $350 million investment deal last month with a new tool designed to help advertisers take a more nuanced approach to brand suitability. And last week, DoubleVerify – long associated with the buy side – launched the DV Publisher Suite, which aggregates data on one […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Give It The Ol’ Rip And Replace Nielsen recently updated its panel-based currency to include data from smart TVs and set-top boxes – but an even bigger change is on the horizon. According to The Wall Street Journal, Nielsen will completely replace its TV […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. From CCPA To The Cabinet President-Elect Joe Biden has selected Xavier Becerra to lead the Department of Health and Human Services – a name that should be familiar to privacy-heads the world over. Becerra is the attorney general of California, and it’s his office […]

GroupM, Magna and Zenith released global ad spend forecasts on Monday, and all agree that 2020 was not the catastrophe many had predicted. Disaster was averted in large part due to the accelerated shift to digital during the pandemic. Global advertising fell by 5.8% in 2020, according to GroupM, which “could have been worse” and […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Falling Short? Facebook updated its misinformation policy to include vaccine-related content, as the company continues fighting against claims that it isn’t doing enough to protect its billions of users. The Wall Street Journal reports that the social networking giant will over the coming weeks […]

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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Programmatic Merger Kepler Group has acquired UK-based Infectious Media for an undisclosed sum. Read the release. The combined global programmatic agency company has 400 professionals across London, Singapore, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco and Costa Rica. The firms’ combined client roster includes Hasbro, […]

“On TV & Video” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. After this exclusive first look for subscribers, the story by AdExchanger’s Allison Schiff will be published in full on AdExchanger.com. Jukin Media trawls the social universe for the most shareable video content from everyday people that it can […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. A Wondery To Behold Amazon is in talks to buy podcast production network Wondery, reports The Wall Street Journal, at a value of more than $300 million. According to WSJ sources, Wondery predicts its revenue will exceed $40 million in 2020, with 75% of […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Digital Wins, And So Does The Triopoly Digital is expected to account for the majority of US ad spending this year, an industry shift driven (or forced?) by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to WPP media buying unit GroupM. GroupM expects US ad spend to […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. All About Antitrust Facebook and Google’s legal woes are expected to get worse as federal and state antitrust authorities prepare to file new lawsuits against the tech giants. The Wall Street Journal reports that authorities are readying as many as four more cases targeting […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Snap Is Back It’s been a loooong, dark year for publishers, but there has been at least one bright spot: Snapchat. Digiday reports that publishers are netting higher revenue for their Discover content within Snapchat, both year over year as well as quarter over […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Jed Hartman, Chief Commercial Officer, Channel Factory The 30-second spot has been the undisputed ruler of advertising units since the birth of broadcast TV. The storytelling, the emotion, the impact and the ROI have all […]

Too bad there isn’t a Black Friday deal on Facebook inventory – because it’s getting pricey. Following a massive 38% spike in CPMs on Facebook between September and the week before the election, prices dipped back to more normal levels during the first week in November before climbing back up again, according to digital agency […]

Wyclef Jean has seen up close the devastation that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on Black-owned businesses. The three-time Grammy Award–winning musician and founding member of acclaimed hip-hop group the Fugees said that his friends, Medjine and John “Jube” Altino, struggled to keep their business, Vibez Juice & Vegan Cafe in Jersey City, NJ afloat. […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. A Line In The Sand An alliance of digital marketing companies filed a complaint with the UK’s competition authority on Monday calling for the regulator to block Google from implementing the technologies within the Chrome Privacy Sandbox. The sandbox houses Google’s proposals for third-party […]

“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Tim Jenkins, EVP and head of audience & identity solutions at Cadent. Apple’s planned restrictions on use of IDFA (Identifier for Advertisers), requiring publishers to obtain an express opt-in, is ringing throughout the advertising […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Apple Vs. Facebook Although maybe not as exciting as the upcoming Mike Tyson fight against Roy Jones Jr., Apple and Facebook have been trading blows this week over which one of them exploits their users more. Business Insider reports that Apple landed the first […]

Facebook rejected millions of ad submissions in the months leading up to Election Day for failing to complete its required authorization process. In a call with reporters on Thursday, Facebook outlined its recent efforts to protect the integrity of the 2020 election and shared a status update on its ongoing battle to stop the spread […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Let’s Make A Deal HuffPost finally has a home. After being on the market for quite some time, the Verizon-owned publisher was acquired by BuzzFeed on Thursday in an all-stock deal that unites two of the larger players in digital media, The Wall Street […]

Joe Biden won the presidential election, but it’s fair to say that voting in America has forever changed, from the massive uptick of mail-in ballots, to grassroots fundraising without the handshakes and the deluge of disinformation assailing the populace. The AdExchanger team welcomes guest Mike Schneider, a partner at Bully Pulpit Interactive, who helped with […]

Snap is embracing direct response advertising with both arms. It’s been launching performance-focused ad products for Snapchat at a regular clip over the past couple of years, and on Thursday it added a few key new features to its app ads toolkit. Performance advertisers on Snapchat can now optimize for installs directly from Lenses, implement […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Halves Not Apple is about to make a lot of smaller developers happy. Starting next year, Apple will lower its commission from 30% to 15% on sales for developers that generate less than $1 million in revenue through the App Store, including on […]

Ad verification company DoubleVerify said Tuesday it is launching a tool in January that will help advertisers take a more nuanced approach to their brand suitability needs. DoubleVerify said it is rolling out the “next evolution” of its brand safety and suitability solution, Brand Suitability Tiers, which will allow advertisers, publishers and platforms to speak […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Nielsen Gets The Nod Vizio is tapping Nielsen to measure its advanced TV campaigns as the CTV space heats up. Read the release. Vizio Ads, the company’s advertising business, will use Nielsen’s Digital Ad Ratings to help advertisers better measure and optimize digital audience […]