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Podcast: Agencies In Flux

Subscribe to AdExchanger Talks on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud or wherever you listen to podcasts. It's been rough sledding for agencies since the 2008 recession. Client cost cutting, the rise of procurement, loss of trust and growing competition from platforms have led to a persistent, low-growth environment where it’s hard to innovate. This... Continue reading »
by Zach Rodgers // November 7th, 2019 //
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How Ad/Fin Got Caught In The Crossfire Of The Industry’s Transparency Crusade

Ad tech startup Ad/Fin saw an opportunity to build a business by partnering with the ANA and Ebiquity on a programmatic study. Here’s the story of how it made enemies of agency holding companies – and got caught up in the industry’s transparency reckoning. In early 2016, Ad/Fin met with leadership at Ebiquity and the... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // July 29th, 2019 //
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At 4A’s Decisions 2020, Agencies Struggle With Inertia

Big agencies’ inability to quickly change their legacy structures has eroded their value to clients. “We are too passive,” said Nick Brien, CEO of Dentsu Aegis Network in North America, on stage at the 4A’s Decisions 2020 conference in Washington, DC on Monday. “We are slow to change. We’re too incremental. We have legacy structures... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // March 26th, 2019 //
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Ad Trade Orgs Appeal To California AG: Clarify Your Privacy Law, Please

Attention: Attorney General, State of California Re: California Consumer Privacy Act You’re killing us here. Thanks, The advertising industry The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is set to take effect in 2020 and the advertising community is desperate for some clarification. On Tuesday, a coalition of ad trade orgs sent a joint letter to the... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // January 31st, 2019 //
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4A’s Marla Kaplowitz Gives Agencies Credit Where Credit Is Due

Agency cost-cutting and deteriorating trust with clients hasn’t deterred Marla Kaplowitz, CEO of the agency trade organization the 4A’s, from fighting. “[Taking] a business problem and coming up with an incredibly elegant and different creative solution is what the best agencies do,” she said. Agencies have been tarred by scandals around transparency, thanks to the... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // January 10th, 2019 //
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DOJ Charges Ahead With AT&T Appeal; Facebook Is The No. 3 Mobile Browser

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Back To The Bench The US Justice Department is appealing the decision by Senior US District Court Judge Richard Leon to allow AT&T to acquire Time Warner. “Most legal observers believe the government faces an uphill battle in overturning the ruling,” reports The Wall... Continue reading »
by AdExchanger // August 8th, 2018 //
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4As CEO Marla Kaplowitz On Repairing Agency-Client Trust And Getting Back To Growth

When Marla Kaplowitz took the helm of the 101-year-old American Association of Advertising Agencies (the 4As) just over a year ago, a scathing report about agency rebates had just dropped from the Association of National Advertisers (ANA). “There was an erosion of trust when that happened,” Kaplowitz said. “Everyone was guilty without any sort of... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // May 11th, 2018 //
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Ad Trade Groups Sound The Alarm As Apple Closes The First-Party Cookie Jar

Six ad industry trade groups have called for Apple to rethink an upcoming change to Safari that will unilaterally block some first-party cookies. Apple’s Safari browser started blocking third-party cookies by default earlier this summer with the release of its Intelligent Tracking Prevention, a machine learning-based feature that discourages cross-site user tracking. But an extension... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // September 14th, 2017 //
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DataXu Brings On 4As Vet To Strengthen Self-Serve Agency Relationships

Demand-side platform (DSP) DataXu hired former 4As exec Peter Kosmala as its VP of platform solutions, the company said Friday. With Kosmala, who started in late July and will report to chief revenue officer Ed Montes, DataXu hopes to grow its self-serve business with agencies. “This is about forging even stronger relationships with a channel... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // August 18th, 2017 //
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4A’s New Prez Marks Repairing ANA Relationship As Top Priority

Marla Kaplowitz, named president and CEO of the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4As) on Friday, has made mending fences with the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) a top priority. Addressing the rift between the two organizations – and, more broadly, between marketers and agencies themselves – over agency transparency has “got to happen this... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // February 27th, 2017 //
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