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Transparency. Privacy. Signal Loss. Coming out of Programmatic IO New York, the full editorial team debriefs on the hottest topics driving ad tech conversations in 2022.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Unbeatable You The podcasting business is colliding with vlogging, as popular YouTube accounts and podcast hosts branch out into a hybrid video podcast format. The big winner, of course, is YouTube.  One recent report found that YouTube is actually the biggest podcasting […]

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the ad tech industry took steps to freeze Russian-owned media companies out of the advertising ecosystem. But programmatic technology continues to be used by parties on both sides of the conflict as a platform to conduct psychological warfare.

Google Analytics is removing the IP address from its global product. We get into the data privacy whys, as well as what Google Analytics is building in its place, in this week’s episode. Also: The EARN IT act and how American Express overhauled its attribution model in anticipation of loss of signal.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Playing It Safe Who needs the razzle dazzle? There’s nothing sexier than safety and incremental reach, and Twitter touted both during its NewFronts presentation on Wednesday. “The TV-like quality of the content is clear,” said JP Maheu, Twitter’s VP of US client services. To […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Investment Boost After hitting the pause button in 2020 in the midst of the pandemic, marketers appear ready to increase their investments in 2021 – as long as a vaccine rollout goes well. A CMO Council survey of 200 global marketers reveals that 65% […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. QAnon Booted Just days after permanently banning President Trump’s account, Twitter started cracking down on conspiracy theorists spreading disinformation on the platform, The New York Times reports. Twitter removed more than 70,000 accounts on Monday that promoted the QAnon conspiracy theory. The suspensions were […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. State Of The TransUnion Credit bureau and consumer data provider TransUnion acquired cross-channel marketing company Signal on Monday (not to be confused with TruSignal, the predictive analytics and data firm TransUnion acquired in May of last year). TransUnion didn’t share a deal price. The […]

The onboarding and identity data startup Signal said Thursday it has hired Lisa Weinstein, previously the CEO of Curiosity.com, as its new president and CEO. Weinstein is succeeding Mike Sands, a co-founder of the company, who will remain on the board as executive chairman. Signal has raised more than $80 million since it was founded […]

When Publicis acquired Epsilon for $4.4 billion on Sunday, it put a big emphasis on the value the company brings to the group around first-party data. But while Epsilon has deep experience working with its clients’ first-party data and managing their CRM databases and loyalty programs, it doesn’t actually own first-party data – depending 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 written by Marc Kiven, founder and chief strategy officer of Signal. CEOs know that the most valuable customers are those they already have. Unfortunately, most marketing campaigns are still oriented toward acquiring new customers […]

Cross-channel marketing company Signal announced $30 million in fresh funding on Tuesday – seeming evidence that ad tech funding isn’t drying up for everyone. That brings Signal’s total funding to around $70 million since it was founded in 2009, including a $13.3 million round of venture capital in March. Raising funds hasn’t been a problem, […]

The number one thing you should know about Yahoo Japan’s DMP: It’s not a walled garden. “Our data strategy is open, that’s the key word here,” said Toru Takata, SVP and chief product officer for marketing solutions at Yahoo Japan. “Our policy is about being completely open about our data.” Yahoo Japan, founded in 1996 […]

“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 Mike Sands, CEO at Signal. For two decades, ad tech has heavily depended on third-party data, collected and aggregated by vendors across multiple websites or offline sources. It’s plentiful, but […]

Now with 14 million members and more than 50% of traffic and sales coming from mobile, Rue La La is finding more ways to understand customer acquisition paths, said the brand’s senior digital marketing manager, Feng Chang. “How you access us – device and source such as search, social or display – will help us […]

You don’t need a physical store location to try beacons on for size – but not everyone thinks that’s such a great idea. In December, fashion e-retailer Dafiti – Latin America’s answer to Zappos – started placing little Bluetooth-enabled devices in public places around São Paulo, Brazil, as part of an experiment in location-based contextual targeting. Think […]

Tag management technology company BrightTag changed its name to Signal on Tuesday and rolled out an “Open Data Platform” for marketers to link disparate data collection sources such as CRM, email, DSPs and DMPs. This comes on the heels of a small acquisition the company made just days ago of Signal, an email and SMS marketing […]