Ready, set … sue. On Tuesday, the antitrust division of the Department of Justice formally sued Google over its alleged (ahem) monopolization of the digital advertising market.
Independent performance agency Tinuiti is making a bigger push into social with the acquisition of growth marketing shop Ampush on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, Boathouse launched a product called Narrative Transformation through partnerships with consumer and market intelligence platforms Signal AI and NetBase Quid. The tool helps brands “cut through the clutter, get to the 10 or 15 most important conversations and give actionable insights,” said Boathouse President Peter Prodromou.
The digital commerce agency Blue Wheel and ecommerce marketplace agency Retail Bloom announced their merger on Tuesday. Founded in the metro Detroit area in 2011 and 2015, respectively, Blue Wheel and Retail Bloom will unite under the Blue Wheel banner going forward.
Are retail media networks overhyped? “It’s a very fair question,” says Ali Miller, Instacart’s VP of product management for ads. The answer is yes and no. Yes, companies are jumping on the RMN bandwagon – but it’s not hype, as long as retail media can prove its value.
Disney will expand Hulu’s ad targeting capabilities to the Disney+ ad-supported tier. And speaking of ads, Disney is prioritizing its programmatic tech stack to stay ahead of competition for streaming ad dollars during this year’s upfronts.
Whereas brands and DSPs are whittling down the number of supply paths they use to purchase ad inventory, publishers are financially incentivized to work with as many partners as possible. But there are changes afoot that could alter the economics for publishers.
Tired in 2022: Growth at all costs. Wired in 2023: Realistic ad tech valuations. A return to Earth for ad tech and martech valuations is a good thing, says Conor McKenna, a partner at LUMA.
Ad security company Confiant claims it has identified an ongoing cookie-stuffing scheme allegedly perpetrated by Dataly Media, an affiliate marketing platform based in Ecuador. The purported cookie-stuffing practices date back to at least 2015 and underpin a large part of the company’s affiliate marketing business conducted since that time, according to Confiant.
Netflix reported its first earnings on Thursday since launching ads late last year. The results? AVOD seems to have helped grow Netflix’s profitability in the short term. The streamer reported 7.7 million net new subscribers in Q4, a 4% year-over-year increase in paid memberships, which boosted quarterly revenue by 2%. But it was a good […]
