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Brand Safe (At Any Cost?); New CEO For WarnerMedia (And Xandr?)

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Pretty Good, Eh? File this one under, “Not an April Fools’ joke.” Postmedia, one of the largest Canadian news media conglomerates, is making all of its online content free this month, thanks to a partnership with Mary Brown’s, a fried chicken chain based in... Continue reading »
by AdExchanger // April 2nd, 2020 //
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Newsweek: ‘The Cannabis Business Is Here To Stay, And We Want To Help It Grow’

Shaun Hekking, SVP of national sales at Newsweek, has blunt words for publishers that don’t accept cannabis advertising: “There’s no reason we can see not to work with cannabis advertisers.” “We’ve been covering cannabis editorially since before Woodstock and writing about the business side since the early 2000s,” said Hekking, who joined Newsweek early last... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // March 4th, 2020 //
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OpenSlate Overhauls Its Content Rating Tool And Expands From YouTube To Facebook

TV’s got Nielsen (sort of), but there’s no universal metric for video content quality across platforms and the open web. OpenSlate wants to fill that gap with a revamped SlateScore, its rating tool that grades video content quality for engagement, consistency, momentum, reach and brand safety. Starting Thursday, SlateScore will extend from YouTube to in-stream... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // February 6th, 2020 //
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Facebook Adds Whitelisting As It Bolsters Video Brand Safety

Facebook is allowing advertisers to whitelist content as part of an overall improvement to the brand-safety controls on the platform. Brands can use the controls, still in alpha, to create whitelists of publishers for in-stream video and Facebook Audience Network. “Whitelists have been a request for advertisers for some time,” said Carolyn Everson, Facebook’s VP... Continue reading »
by Sarah Sluis // November 20th, 2019 //
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Facebook Has Fewer Brand Safety Controls For News Feed Ads – On Purpose

There’s a reason Facebook doesn’t provide granular brand safety controls for news feed – it doesn’t think they’re necessary. “We don’t believe ad adjacency matters in certain environments … and we designed the platform with that in mind,” said Erik Geisler, Facebook’s director of North American agency partnerships, speaking Thursday at 614 Group’s Brand Safety Summit... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // November 15th, 2019 //
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Mondelēz Refines Its Brand Safety Strategy With Prebid And A Dose Of Due Process

Mondelēz takes a better-safe-than-sorry approach to programmatic. Sex, drugs, news, violence – any content that could lead to a negative association with one of its brands goes on the block list, said Jennifer Mennes, North America media director for Mondelēz International. But the initiative wasn’t always efficient. Mondelēz was running post-bid measurement and paying for blocked... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // October 28th, 2019 //
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Oracle's Mark Hurd Dies At 62; AT&T Receptive To Investor Concerns

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. RIP Mark Hurd Mark Hurd, former co-chief of Oracle and CEO of Hewlett Packard, died Friday at age 62. Hurd and co-CEO Safra Catz were put in charge of Oracle about five years ago, during which time the company’s stock grew 37%, CNBC reports.... Continue reading »
by AdExchanger // October 21st, 2019 //
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Brands Like P&G And Diageo Are Actually Doing Something About Media Quality (Or The Lack Thereof)

Diageo has an internal mantra: “Responsible media performs.” “When was the last time irresponsibly sourced media was good for anybody?” said Joshua Nafman, head of global media buying and operations at Diageo, on stage at AdExchanger’s Programmatic I/O conference in New York on Wednesday. Yet, ad buyers hunting for scale have spent years avoiding the... Continue reading »
by Allison Schiff // October 17th, 2019 //
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If You’re Using A Blacklist, It’s ‘Dead’ Certain You Blocked This Article

This article is sponsored by Oracle Data Cloud. The digital world can be a scary place, so it’s no wonder that brands and agencies are clamoring to find solutions that protect brand equity without sacrificing the scale advertisers need to stay top of mind for consumers. In doing so, many are relying on stringent keyword... Continue reading »
by AdExchanger Content Studio // October 15th, 2019 //
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Diageo’s In-House Ad Buying Boosts Productivity And Brand Safety

As a CPG, Diageo is always looking for efficiencies. And as a spirits’ brand, it's especially vulnerable to brand safety issues. That’s why the beverage giant brought programmatic and social buying in house in North America, a decision that has driven both more control and “a lot of productivity and return,” said Jason Acker, Diageo’s... Continue reading »
by Alison Weissbrot // August 28th, 2019 //
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