Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Seriously Looking Although MediaMath has been avidly pursuing strategic options for a year, including a potential sale, it hasn’t worked out. But now the company has hired a team of bankers to get the ball rolling again while ad tech M&A and IPOs are […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. CTV On Top People love to talk about streaming surpassing linear TV viewership, and that trend shows no sign of slowing down. Digital video advertising is on track to account for more than half of total video ad spend and to outpace traditional TV […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. New Specifications The IAB Tech Lab is rolling out new specs, this time for the buy-side, around transparency and brand safety: big topics of conversation these days. IAB has released two new technology standards — buyers.json and DemandChain Object — that are open for […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Stating The Obvious Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey publicly acknowledged for the first time that the platform did play a role in the riot at the US Capitol on Jan. 6 that left five people dead. The admission came during last week’s Senate Judiciary hearing […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Big Grilling Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey and Sundar Pichai were back for more on Thursday during another Senate Judiciary hearing at which their respective platforms – Facebook, Twitter and Google — were again criticized for anticompetitive practices, misinformation and an array of social problems. […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Group Think New rule! Facebook will begin telling users who are about to join a group whether said group has ever violated its Community Standards. Facebook is trying to get its act together when it comes to flagging hate speech and misinformation, especially after […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Guns And Misinformation Facebook is in the line of fire, with House Democrats demanding answers over how the company targeted gun accessory ads next to misinformation about the election as well as news about the Jan. 6 US Capitol riot. CNBC reports that 23 […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Now What? With Trump out of office, media companies will have to figure out how news fits into a streaming future. CNBC reports that the news frenzy around Donald Trump’s presidency allowed news companies to delay any dramatic shifts to their business models for […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Time To Reassess Marketers were hawkeyed in the lead-up to Inauguration Day on Wednesday, ready to pause, tweak or block ads from appearing against problematic content should things have gone sideways, Digiday reports. While some marketers said they planned to stick to blunt tactics, […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Stop The Spread Misinformation isn’t a virus – but it can spread like one. Election fraud paranoia, hate speech and online conspiracy theories were all roiling in the overheated atmosphere that contributed to the Jan. 6 siege of the US Capitol. And advertisers don’t want […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Oh Snap! As crazy as it might be to imagine President Trump on Snapchat (although has anything about his four years in office made sense?) Donald does indeed have an account – with about 1.9 million subscribers – but not for long. Business Insider […]
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Canceling The Don The bans and account suspensions just keep on coming for President Trump. On Tuesday, YouTube said that it has suspended his channel for at least a week, The New York Times reports. YouTube, which has typically been fairly slow to crack […]
