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Xandr, Formerly AppNexus, Is Now Formerly AT&T, After Its Acquisition By Microsoft

AT&T has sold its ad tech business Xandr to Microsoft. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition marks the end of a painful and unsuccessful run for the one-time leader of the programmatic industry, AppNexus, which was rebranded Xandr but never found a home within the AT&T organization. Former AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson... Continue reading »
by James Hercher // December 21st, 2021 //
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Lasso Teams With Xandr To Drive Healthcare and Pharma Digital Campaigns 

WarnerMedia’s advertising and analytics unit Xandr has partnered with healthcare marketing and analytics platform Lasso to deliver programmatic advertising to the pharma and healthcare industries across CTV, social and email.  Mike DiNorscio, Lasso co-founder and chief revenue officer, told AdExchanger that the partnership, formally announced on Monday, had been underway since Lasso launched in December... Continue reading »
by Tony Rifilato // March 2nd, 2021 //
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Firefox Cracks Down On Supercookies; Grindr Faces $11.7M Fine For Alleged GDPR Violation

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Supercookies Crumble The newest version of Mozilla’s browser, Firefox 85, includes protection against so called “supercookies.” What the heck are supercookies? According to Mozilla, they can be used in place of ordinary cookies to store user identifiers, but are much more difficult to delete... Continue reading »
by AdExchanger // January 27th, 2021 //
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Failure To Launch: Why Xandr’s ‘Community Garden’ Was Always A Long Shot

When Xandr launched in 2018, it had a grand vision to be the data-driven platform and ad marketplace for the TV industry. But from the start, industry insiders were skeptical that plan would ever come to fruition, and few were surprised when Xandr announced last week it would fold into WarnerMedia. “We kind of thought... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // May 6th, 2020 //
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Grindr’s Data Is Sensitive, But Its Data-Sharing Practices Are The Norm In The App World

Grindr and a handful of other dating apps are getting publicly pummeled for sharing personal user data, including location data and sexual preferences, with third-party companies. But Grindr, OKCupid, Tinder and others are not alone. The practice is pervasive among every type of app. A report released Tuesday by the Norwegian Consumer Council, an Oslo-based... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // January 15th, 2020 //
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The 10 Game-Changing Ad Tech Exits Of The Decade

The advertising industry today is largely the product of tremendous M&A activity. AdExchanger looked at the acquisitions that made the biggest impact in the past decade. Impact can mean many things. Some of these startups flourished under their new owners, showing worth far more than their deal price. Others, purchased during their downfall, reflect the... Continue reading »
by Sarah Sluis // December 30th, 2019 //
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AppNexus President Michael Rubenstein To Step Down

Longtime AppNexus President Michael Rubenstein will leave the business at the end of the year. Rubenstein is the latest top executive at AppNexus to leave since the company was acquired by AT&T under its Xandr unit for $2 billion in June 2018. Founder and CEO Brian O’Kelley left the company in October 2018. Rubenstein joined... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // September 12th, 2019 //
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Xandr Monetize Replaces The AppNexus SSP And Adds OTT Header Bidding

Goodbye AppNexus SSP, hello Xandr Monetize. One year after its acquisition by AT&T, AppNexus is rebranding its exchange to Xandr Monetize. It’s also adding a slew of new features to support its vision of offering a full programmatic stack for video-heavy publishers. Xandr Monetize is the third Xandr-branded product to launch, after Xandr Community and... Continue reading »
by Sarah Sluis // September 5th, 2019 //
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FTC Zeroes In On AppNexus, Oath As Part Of Its Broadband Privacy Inquiry

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is researching the privacy practices of AppNexus, Oath and other advertising subsidiaries owned by broadband companies. The agency is in the midst of examining the privacy policies, procedures and practices of broadband providers as part of an overarching study into how telecom companies are morphing into vertically integrated behemoths that... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // August 30th, 2019 //
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Podcast: What Innovation Means Now

This week on AdExchanger Talks, 614 Group CEO and Founder Rob Rasko graces the studio for a discussion of the changing nature of programmatic and entrepreneurship. 2018 was a year of change in programmatic, exemplified by Xandr’s acquisition of AppNexus. The deal has created uncertainty: Where will networks that used to transact on the AppNexus... Continue reading »
by Zach Rodgers // April 10th, 2019 //
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