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    How The Netflix Ad Biz Changes Things; Web 3 Attribution, Here We Go

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Netflix Gets Its Head In The Game Netflix’s ad business will reshape its priorities. For example, last year, Netflix started acquiring game studios and an explicit part of its pitch was that its ad-free model meant creators could focus on the gaming content, rather […]

  • Brendan Spain, VP of Advertising, Americas at the Financial Times.

    Why The FT Says Open Web Programmatic Isn't Worth Its Attention

    The Financial Times has long avoided chasing open web programmatic ad revenue. Now, with signal loss prompting a renaissance for contextual targeting and direct deals – and with momentum behind attention metrics, of which the FT was an early proponent going back to 2015 – the publisher’s longtime strategy seems prescient. Brendan Spain, the FT’s VP of advertising for the Americas, spoke with AdExchanger.

  • Goodbye Cookies, Hello “Identity Walled Garden”

    Cookie deprecation is hanging over the media and advertising industry like a storm cloud. New identity solutions built on first-party data are clearly one solution, but publishers and advertisers differ on whether they’re building their own proprietary solution or a shared shelter that will scale – and explained why at AdMonsters’ Ops conference in New York City.

  • A Subprime Content Crisis

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Brendan Spain, vice president of advertising for the Americas at the Financial Times. The subprime mortgage crisis of 2008 came to a head when mortgage-backed securities that had received AAA ratings were jammed with […]