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  • Is The News Business A Viable, Well, Business?; Farewell, Freevee (Maybe)

    In today’s newsletter: Dotdash Meredith CEO Neil Vogel dishes on the news biz; Freevee might soon exit stage left; Fubo sues Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery to block their planned sports streaming service.

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    Why Machine Learning Loves Metadata; Putting The Brakes On Data Brokers

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The New Creative Controls Does “alt_copy_copy2_brand_red_hold” mean anything to you? That’s the way most creative units and product ads are titled, and any associated metadata would likely be the brand’s name and the banner ad size. Meh. But a generative AI bot could […]

  • The Fate Of IMDb TV; And Maybe Let’s All Chill About The Supply-Chain Stuff?

    Whose Free Lunch? Amazon may rebrand IMDb TV, its free ad-supported streaming service, because employees fear the clunky name is a drag on sign-ups, The Information reports. The waffling between IMDb TV, Freedive or some variation of Free TV is amusing. But perhaps the most interesting morsel comes at the very end. “While the business […]

  • IMDb TV A Golden Goose For Amazon; Criteo Finds Google FLoC Lacks Scale

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. AVOD FTW When people think of Amazon video assets, it’s Amazon Prime, Twitch and Fire TV. But IMDb TV, formerly Freedive, has quietly become an important piece of Amazon’s video strategy, and may even be a golden goose of its own someday, VideoWeek reports. […]

  • Amazon Has A Data Advantage On CTV; US Ad Spend Set To Fall To 2018 Levels

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Amazon’s CTV Boom Amazon may be a little late to the CTV advertising game, but it’s catching up quick thanks to its troves of shopper data and the built-in base of brands already selling on its platform, The Drum reports. Most of Amazon’s CTV […]

  • Ad Tech Founders Set Sights On Other Industries; WaPo Has A New Ad Network

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Programmatic Everything Tapad co-founders Are Traasdahl and Dag Liodden are the latest ad tech entrepreneurs to bring programmatic principles to adjacent industries. The two have raised $14 million for their new startup Crisp, which will use big data to reduce food waste, VentureBeat reports. […]