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  • Taboola Goes Public; Budweiser's Big First-Party Data Push

    Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Taboola Roll Call Taboola began trading on the Nasdaq on Wednesday. It raised more than $500 million with the IPO, and reported a net income of $18 million on total revenue of $303 million in Q1, CNBC reports. “I think of Taboola as a […]

  • Are Google’s recent statements about email-based IDs a net positive, negative or neutral for email-based online identity going forward?

    Is The Writing On The Wall For Email-Based IDs? (Yes, No And Maybe)

    Google isn’t a fan of using email-based identifiers as a replacement for third-party cookies. “We don’t believe these solutions will meet rising consumer expectations for privacy, nor will they stand up to rapidly evolving regulatory restrictions, and therefore aren’t a sustainable long-term investment,” Google’s director of product management for ads privacy and trust, David Temkin, […]

  • The Impression Token: A Cure For Ad Fraud?

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Romain Job, US general manager at Smart AdServer.  Every day brings new stories of ad fraud. In a market that is increasingly programmatic, it has become very easy and profitable to build machines to […]

  • Rue Du Commerce Lets Direct And Programmatic Compete

    If publishers allow programmatic to compete with direct-sold impressions within their ad server, they needn’t bother with header bidding. French ecommerce site Rue du Commerce saw a sizable boost in yield when it did just that. It belongs to a family of ecommerce sites, Régie E-Commerce (REC), which together attract 14 million uniques a month. […]

  • What Can American Publishers Learn From Europe?

    “The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Romain Job, US general manager at Smart AdServer.  Many digital publishers in Europe are thriving in an advertising market very different from that in the US. Those distinctions offer important insights for US publishers, […]

  • The EU Commission Takes A Shot At Google, Google Fires Back

    The European Commission hit Google with a Statement of Objections on Wednesday, claiming the tech giant prioritizes its shopping comparison service in search results, featuring Google Shopping results more prominently on screens, thereby abusing its dominance. The Commission claims this policy artificially diverts traffic, hinders market competition and violates EU antitrust rules, which ultimately harms […]

  • Smart AdServer Goes Independent Via Private Equity Firm

    Paris-based direct and programmatic ad platform Smart AdServer will break away from its parent company, the Internet portal AuFeminin, through a buyout by private equity firm Cathay Capital for $42.1 million, the companies said Thursday. “Smart AdServer is entering a new phase and the market is evolving very fast,” said Smart AdServer US General Manager […]