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  • The ID Wars Have Trained Ad Buyers To Expect Deception. There’s Another Way

    “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 […]

  • Black Holes In Our Data Models Are Quietly Getting Bigger

    “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 Nathan Woodman, an independent consultant and former chief data officer at Havas Media Group. We don’t talk about it much, but there is a growing bias in the data that […]

  • Agency Demands For Transparency Have Lasting Ramifications For Sell-Side Tech

    Late last year, Havas Media began formalizing rules for how it works with SSPs and exchanges. The rules required them to shed light on previously non-transparent practices, like publisher fees, supply quality, access to log-level reporting and auction dynamics. Havas wasn’t an outlier. Hearts & Science also runs a 50-point certification process with SSPs and […]