identity

For too long, marketers have been stuck in a false dilemma: Do you want reach, or do you want relevance? Mass exposure, or accurate targeting?

The modern marketing landscape is being rewritten in near real time. While economic uncertainty may tempt brands to retreat into the comfort of walled gardens, the truth is more nuanced, especially regarding data and identity solutions.

Using lockrKeys, publishers can turn vendors on and off without a direct integration or the need to sign separate agreements with each of their data partners.

The concept of ID bridging has long been the foundation of programmatic advertising, writes LiveIntent CEO Matt Keiser. What is cookie matching but an early iteration of ID bridging? 

Publicis Groupe-owned Epsilon has been in the CRM business for 30 years, but the agency only launched a self-service digital CDP for enterprise clients late last month.

Can the digital ad industry’s signal-loss pain be Experian’s gain? Experian has two new identity-focused products that simplify its marketing offerings and aim to give digital marketers a more complete user ID graph.

Goodway Group has chosen Jay Friedman as CEO. Friedman assumes the chief executive position after more than 16 years at the company, most recently as president. Former CEO David Wolk moves into the role of executive chairman.

Change is coming to online identity, writes Anthony Katsur, CEO of the IAB Tech Lab. Resist the urge to plan based on hope or cynicism. Instead, focus on a defensible approach, whether you’re creating audiences as a publisher or connecting audiences between an advertiser and a publisher.

The direct-to-consumer cookware company Made In noticed its social media dashboards went a bit screwy after Apple tightened its privacy controls this year. Luckily, Made In uses all of its own dashboards – which didn’t go haywire – and tracks identity changes closely, CEO Chip Malt shares as special guest on this week’s The Big […]

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by JoAnne Monfradi Dunn, CEO, Alliant.  With so many privacy-first identity solutions, brands have two options: act now or procrastinate. Is it time to pick a lane, or is the ad […]

What your colleagues and competitors think of digital advertising’s cookieless future was revealed in AdExchanger’s latest research report on identity. On this week’s episode, we delve into the juiciest bits and key insights from the report, which is available in full to our paid members. For example: Even as the industry pins its hopes on […]

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is by Nate Woodman, founder of independent consulting firm Proof.   For anyone poring over articles in AdExchanger, the news cycle around identity attracts outsized attention and share of mind. One could be […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by  Sara Badler, SVP of advertising and partnerships at Dotdash. Digital identity has to remain key to any innovative publisher’s strategy. But as we approach the post-cookie era (even if it happens later than originally planned), […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Joanna Catalano, Chief Growth Officer of Piano. As Google closes the door on the era of the third-party cookie, the time is now for publishers and brands to prepare. So what exactly is the right […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Ian Trider, VP of RTB platform operations at Centro. If there are at least 80 companies purporting to offer identity solutions, surely the ad tech industry is set, right? Nope. I would argue that most […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Harmonization Chinese tech companies are looking to create their own alternatives to Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS operating systems, which dominate the mobile market. On Wednesday, Huawei launched its own self-developed operating system – HarmonyOS – across a slew of devices, including smartphones. The […]

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Andrew Bloom, Chief Commercial Officer of Data Axle. Our industry spends a lot of time talking about “walled gardens” and the hazards that their policies pose to the broader digital […]

Google gave its clearest guidance yet regarding how the company will treat shared advertising identifiers once third-party cookies are removed from Chrome. And it’s not good news for ad tech companies that have championed universal ID programs. In March, Google’s director of product management for ads privacy and trust, David Temkin, confirmed in a company […]

The founders of AdGear – a Canadian DSP and ad server acquired by Samsung Ads in 2016 – raised $3.6 million in seed funding to build a SaaS data connectivity platform called Optable. Optable uses specialized algorithms that ensure the secure transmission of encrypted audience data. The cryptographic technology allows for decentralized and secure data […]

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media.   Today’s column is written by Nancy Marzouk, CEO and founder of MediaWallah Here’s a quick survey for you marketers. As of today, are you up and running with a third-party cookie alternative? Are you […]

The third-party cookie may be going away, 80 identity solutions are vying to fill that void, according to analysis by marketing trade group MMA Global and Prohaska Consulting. Even the savviest CMOs have difficulty keeping up with the different identity reconstruction options, said CEO Greg Stuart. “We are at a neophyte level,” he said. Naming […]

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Marketers can build better customer experiences if they can find their customers as they pop up in different parts of their buying journey – visiting the website, buying a product in an Instagram story, viewing an ad or seeking customer support. To enable this visibility, LiveRamp built a native connection into Google Cloud Platform. Previously, […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Vista Acquires TripleLift Stop me if you heard this one: Vista Equity Partners has acquired a majority stake in an ad tech firm. This time, it’s TripleLift. Read the release. Ronan Shields of Adweek claims Vista invested $1.4 billion, and the deal is expected […]

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Jonathan Stringfield, VP and global head of business marketing, measurement and insights at Activision Blizzard Media and Esports. Since Apple’s announcement of iOS 14 dropping support for IDFA, there has […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. We’ll take that as a ‘yes’ The age of email-based identifiers is nigh. But are these cookie replacements actually as transparent about consent as promised? Digiday’s Kate Kaye says mebbe not. “Because many identity technologies, including Unified ID 2.0, use email addresses and other […]

Advertisers and publishers are bracing for upheaval as two major identifiers commonly used for audience-based targeting are set to go away. But are marketers really prepared for the change? Putting aside the China affair, Apple’s IDFA restrictions could be phased in as soon as this week, while third-party cookies in Chrome will be phased out […]

“Data-Driven Thinking” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Jeff Green, CEO at The Trade Desk. There is an index for the equities markets that tracks volatility called the VIX, used by many to gauge fear or stress in the […]

Online identity resolution solutions. Two years ago, they were all ambition – but today, they’re undergoing tests and people are starting to figure out how they work, where they work … and where they don’t. In other words, the ad industry is finally  discussing the practical challenges that these solutions must overcome. The biggest and most […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media.  Today’s column is written by Nicole Lesko, SVP of data, ad products and monetization for Meredith. As a publisher, I am exhausted being cornered by every vendor in a murky supply chain and listening to […]