Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Unboxed The Chrome Privacy Sandbox is sorta-kinda-finally ramping up to testable scale. And Google is signaling more clearly that the training wheels are almost ready to come off. Chrome 115 went live for Android on Wednesday and will be available to all users […]
Bank-Erupted The private equity firm and empty LLCs schlepping MediaMath through its bankruptcy process face a new class-action suit brought by former employees over alleged labor violations. Justin Adler-Swanberg, until recently MediaMath’s director of product strategy in charge of marketplace quality and compliance, is the named plaintiff. The filing says roughly 200 MediaMath employees who […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The AdExchanger team is celebrating our independence with a long weekend off! The daily news roundup will return on Wednesday, July 5. Maxxed Mike Ryan, head of ecommerce insights at Smarter Ecommerce, posted a Twitter thread about the relative performance of Performance Max, […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Seeing Reddit The mass desertion of Twitter users and advertisers should be a bonanza for Reddit. Unlike Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube, Reddit is text-based, like LinkedIn or Twitter. But LinkedIn’s over earnest, your-bosses-are-watching vibe is a poor fit for Twitter types. Reddit […]
History proved that black-box algorithms aimed to optimize business metrics will have severe, harmful consequences that are often not predicted.
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Searching Elsewhere “Google” has become a verb that’s synonymous with “search.” But Google isn’t the only place to go to find content and products. Google’s own internal research shows that 40% of young people use platforms like Instagram and TikTok as a de […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. No Alternative Third-party cookies are not the future of digital advertising in the EU (or anywhere for that matter). But it looks like alternative IDs may not be either. European publishers are pushing back against alternative IDs that use publisher data to build […]
Andrew Mok, CMO of car-sharing company Turo, explains how Turo taps into data to create a “specific, one-to-one experience” for each customer.
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. NBCU Later Linda Yaccarino, NBCU’s (now former) chair of global advertising, is leaving the broadcasting giant to become Twitter’s new CEO. The news was confirmed in a tweet by Elon Musk, who will be stepping down as CEO within the next six weeks. […]
Zitron argues that the internet is being ruined by the Big Tech players that control it and that advertising needs to lose its sense of entitlement over everyone’s data.
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With a mostly silent response to marketer outrage after an outage, Meta has lost the pulse of its customer base. Plus: the tricky yet worthwhile challenge of targeted health care marketing.
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Black And Blue Twitter has removed blue checkmarks from legacy verified accounts as promised, as in accounts that don’t subscribe to the new $8-per-month Twitter Blue program. The rollout has, of course, been a botched job. Some celeb accounts, including Lebron James, Stephen […]
Mail Metro Media partnered with Firework to integrate a new vertical video player across dmg’s sites that features interstitial ads and TikTok-esque clickable overlays.
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Aim At The Heart, Hit The Stomach When New York added digital screens to subway cars, Seamless and other food delivery services were natural advertisers, often showcasing food-related content or recipes. But those were actual recipes. The new digital out-of-home subway trend is […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Better Safe Than Sorry Brands are nervous about misinformation, especially as generative AI tools make it relatively easy to create convincing fake images, audio files and videos. General Mills is teaming up with verification company Zefr to measure misinformation around its social media […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Go Big Or Go Home Apple, Amazon and Google (via YouTube) are now presumptive leaders for major sports broadcast deals. Apple snapped up Major League Soccer and Major League Baseball rights last year, while Amazon and Google had National Football League coups. These […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. General Admission Dollar General is one of many retail chains to launch an ad platform business. And the Dollar General Media Network (DGMN), as it’s known, just added a new partner last week: Meta. The Meta ad platform can now attribute sales to […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Rules Of The Game In September 2021, Google Ads switched from last-click attribution as its default measurement mode to “data-driven attribution.” The latter is Google’s term for modeled attribution without preset rules, like that a brand’s first ad exposure or the last click […]
ATT’s impact has been especially hard on game app developers, with the average cost per install on iOS up 88% from Q1 2021, the last quarter before the rollout of ATT. To adapt, app marketers have been using probabilistic data and methods to reach opted-out users.
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Opt Out Or Copped Out? Facebook and Instagram users in the EU will be able to opt out of personalized advertising, except for broad segmentation for gender and country, The Wall Street Journal reports. Ireland’s data protection regulator fined Meta roughly $423 million […]
After more than two years of building and testing, Meta is releasing brand suitability controls and third-party verification for its feed environments.
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Dissing And Dismissing Quelle surprise. On Monday, Google filed a motion to dismiss the Justice Department’s antitrust case over Google’s dominance over the online advertising market. The DOJ sued Google in January alleging that the behemoth – sorry, the company – not only […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Snapped For Cash Snap is beta testing an ad revenue-sharing program with creators, Insider reports. Since competing creator programs on social media platforms have been falling flat, Snap’s got a fresh influx of influencer demand on its hands. For example, creators complain that […]
As Mark Zuckerberg has said, the metaverse is still years away. So, for the near term, Meta’s opportunity is in messaging.
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. No Fund At All After luring influencers with massive creator funds, social media companies are reverting back to an advertising revenue-share model to compensate creators. Meta will put its Reels Play bonus program for US Instagram users on hold, and Facebook is dropping […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Pass The DOJ Google faces a DOJ lawsuit that could compel the company to spin out its sell-side ad tech business. But the company isn’t overly concerned about this development, per a conversation between Marketing Brew and Google VP of Global Ads Dan […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. BetterWatch Out The Federal Trade Commission has no patience for companies that misuse sensitive data. The agency issued a proposed order last week against online therapy service BetterHelp, which allegedly shared consumer health data with Facebook and others for targeted advertising, including prescription […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Switching Gears Peloton stock has plummeted more than 90% in two years. Steep job cuts and revenue declines have customers worried whether their high-end bikes and memberships might become worthless. Which makes Peloton a prime candidate to launch an ad revenue business! It’s […]
It’s not hard to understand why Meta is prioritizing ecommerce advertising with Advantage+ Shopping campaigns, Shops and Checkout on Facebook and Instagram. Meta must reignite its overall advertising business.
