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  • GroupM North America Says Goodbye To Kirk McDonald; Meta’s Gambit Pays Off

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Heads Will Roll CEO Kirk McDonald is out at GroupM North America, Insider reports. WPP’s revenue growth tumbled in the US this year, which the company blamed on tech clients curtailing their ad spend. GroupM North America has fared particularly poorly, putting GroupM, […]

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    Google Says It Can Self-Evaluate; MFAs Begone

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Results Are In YouTube told clients earlier this month about plans to start billing some of its video inventory based on its own co-viewing numbers starting in January. Now the buy-side backlash is rolling in, Ad Age reports. This plan “contradicts the […]

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    CNET Backpedals On AI-Generated Content; FTC Fines Microsoft $20M For Collecting Kids' Data

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Rise (And Fall) Of The Machines CNET made waves in January when it started publishing articles that were completely generated by AI.  But the publisher is already rethinking how it’s using AI to write content after some early missteps, The Verge reports. Half […]

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    Living With Ad Fraud; Are You Seeing Red Or Green?

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. In Residence Residential IP networks (Honeygain, EarnApp and Pawns.app, to name a few) are services that pay people for access to their IP, usually something like $25 to $75 per month, depending on how much data they share. It’s a useful service for […]

  • Putting The ‘Intern’ In Internet; Will Google Play ChatGPT Whac-A-Mole?

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. AdExchanger’s daily news round-up will return on Tuesday, January 17. We will not be publishing any content on Monday, January 16, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Nonhuman Capital Is AI the new intern? For one agency, the answer is “yes.” […]

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    For CNET’s EVP Of Data, Protecting Privacy Is More Important Than Monetization

    First-party data will be indispensable in a world without third-party-cookies. But before publishers can monetize that data, they need to respect it, said Karthic Bala, executive vice president of data, product and technology at CNET, a Red Ventures-owned publisher that covers tech and consumer electronics.

  • The Trade Desk Expands Its Direct Publisher Roster; Password-Free Makes Strange Bedfellows

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Path Less Traveled More publishers have signed up for OpenPath, The Trade Desk’s direct buy-to-sell-side integration. Since launching in February, TTD says it’s “registered interest” (interesting turn of phrase) in OpenPath from more than 100 publishers.  The latest crop to, uh, register […]

  • Parag, Meet Wall Street; Google Analytics Is On The Ropes In The EU

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Parag’s First CEO Rodeo Performance ad revenue is outgrowing brand revenue for Twitter – and there’s an interesting dynamic at play to explain that growth. Total ad engagement decreased 12% in the past year. With fewer engagements, prices should go up, but cost per […]

  • AVOD Picks Up Steam; Oracle Kicks the Tires On TikTok

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. AVOD FTW? Subscription video-on-demand services dominate the headlines, but time spent with ad-supported video is responsible for a significant slice of viewing. Year-over-year growth in minutes watched in Q2 among players aside from Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video and Disney Plus was more […]

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    How Google Bundles Cloud With Ads And Media; ViacomCBS Plans New Streaming Service

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Us Too Newly merged ViacomCBS will throw its hat into a crowded ring of streaming services with a new service that spans its whole content portfolio, joining its current OTT vehicle CBS All Access. Nothing is set in stone, but executives are considering an […]

  • CNET Pairs With Motorola For Branded Videos

    CBS Interactive-owned CNET has long relied on data to make editorial decisions. But its branded content program, Studio 61, also applies editorial insights to branded content. When Motorola wanted branded content to support its Moto Z phone launch, CNET analyzed which content performed best against Motorola’s target segment: Verizon and Android users aged 18 to […]