Punching Among Sandboxers; Why The Nielsen Inertia Wins
The Chrome Privacy Sandbox team is stuck within a Catch-22. Plus, why haven’t media buyers bought more into alternative currencies?
The Chrome Privacy Sandbox team is stuck within a Catch-22. Plus, why haven’t media buyers bought more into alternative currencies?
Paramount Global finally agreed to merge with Skydance Media, but it’s not out of the woods yet. Plus, is YouTube really worth $455 billion?
The average CTV platform now authorizes 30 SSPs to sell its inventory. And one of the most noticeable effects of increased SSP saturation in CTV has been higher costs due to SSP reselling.
What if the new storefront is a person sitting on their couch and scrolling their phone?
In today’s newsletter: The quantum entanglements of Google’s and Reddit’s contracts could come under scrutiny; Meta’s ad revenue growth is healthy, though its ad platform’s a mess; and TikTok’s developing AI-generated creators for advertising.
In today’s newsletter: Shoppable TV needs a better reason to exist; Disney+ will roll out password-sharing bans worldwide this summer; and “Bluey” is a huge hit, but Disney doesn’t make much from it.
The broadcaster-backed joint industry committee announced it will certify Comscore and VideoAmp as national TV currencies ahead of May’s upfront negotiations.
In today’s newsletter: Performance Max has many imitators, but Google’s still ahead of the pack; France’s competition authority fines Google for using news content to train its Bard AI model without their knowledge of consent; and Apollo Global Management offers to acquire Paramount Global for $11 billion.
In today’s newsletter: Viant sees double-digit CTV growth powered largely by direct deals; Target launches a new paid membership program; YouTube makes a bid to compete with TikTok on video editing.
Total ad spend from deals transacted through Magnite’s platform topped $5 billion for the full year, representing nearly 20% YOY growth, while full-year CTV ad spend was also up 20%.