Technology

This week on the Big Story, we look at trust in the market as cataloged by LUMA Partners, and the antitrust case against Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon, as cataloged by a House Judiciary subcommittee. LUMA VP Conor McKenna swings by to lead us through Q3 M&A activity in a wide-ranging conversation that looks at […]

What do cats, dogs, BOPIS, contextual advertising, in-housing, open web standards, identity graphs and astrology have in common? All I can say is that we covered a lot of ground during Day Two of AdExchanger’s Programmatic.IO digital event on Wednesday. Read on for your recap. (And here’s what we got up to on Day One.) […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Hola, Jellyfish Indie agency Jellyfish expanded its tentacles in Latin America on Wednesday with the acquisitions of digital media companies Reamp and San Pancho. This marks the latest move by Jellyfish to grow into a global network. The price tags weren’t disclosed, but Jellyfish’s workforce grew […]

by Ryan Joe and Allison Schiff “To put it simply, companies that once were scrappy, underdog startups that challenged the status quo have become the kinds of monopolies we last saw in the era of oil barons and railroad tycoons.” In a 449-page report released Tuesday, the House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust criticized the business […]

When COVID-19 hit, the Google Ads team changed its product road map to meet evolving needs, particularly those of small businesses. And now some of those products are starting to hit the market, including a new trend discovery tool and new buying objectives. “We took a step back and asked ourselves how we could change […]

If you missed the first day of AdExchanger’s Programmatic.IO digital event, here’s a little taste of what happened. The COVID-afflicted investment environment, and why the big platforms are immune Group Nine CEO Ben Lerer – who’s also managing partner of early-stage VC firm Lerer Hippeau – kicked off the show by sharing his views on […]

Julia Beizer is the chief product officer and global head of digital at Bloomberg Media. She will appear on Day One of AdExchanger’s virtual Programmatic IO conference on Oct. 5. Register to experience her session, along with more than 40 others, at Programmatic.io. As the industry debates the future of digital identity and vendors begin […]

INCRMNTAL, a startup focused on incrementality testing and measurement, launched on Monday with $1.4 million in pre-seed funding. The round includes participation from a handful of angels, early stage venture firm toDay Ventures and the Mobile Dev Memo Investment Syndicate, an initiative that vets seed and pre-seed opportunities in the mobile space. Interest in incrementality, […]

The CVS Media Exchange (CMX), CVS Pharmacy’s new ad network, launched in August. But it was in the works before COVID-19 hit. The pandemic makes for interesting timing, though. “Ecommerce and omnichannel shopping were already on the rise,” said Erin Condon, VP of front store and omnichannel marketing at CVS Health. “But in a post-COVID […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Matt Prohaska, principal and CEO at Prohaska Consulting. Matt will present “5 Things You Should Do Now To Get Ready For Our Post-Cookie World” at AdExchanger’s upcoming Programmatic IO conference on Oct. 21. Register to […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. 1 Billion Sorries Google says it will start paying publishers for access to their content through a new licensing program. Google intends to shell out more than $1 billion to publishers over the next three years, and it already has licensing deals in place with around […]

Is Google finally listening to the ad tech industry? The introduction of the Dovekey spec last week – which embraced one of the key concepts laid out in Criteo’s SPARROW proposal – indicates that maybe, finally, the W3C’s Improving Web Advertising Business Group is making some headway. But, as always, we need to take these […]

There’s no other way to say it, tag wrapping is a pain in the butt. But it’s a necessary evil of ad ops. On Thursday, Integral Ad Science introduced a tag wrapper that automates the process of wrapping campaigns with ad server and third-party verification tags for Google Campaign Manager. The feature, in beta with […]

TransUnion has its eye on the cookieless future with its acquisition of Tru Optik, announced on Thursday. This is the credit bureau’s third ad tech acquisition over the past year and a half. TransUnion acquired marketing tech platform TruSignal in May 2019 and cross-channel marketing company Signal in August. TransUnion declined to share the Tru […]

It’s not the biggest surprise that Google, The Trade Desk and MediaMath were pegged as “leaders” in Gartner’s third Magic Quadrant for ad tech. Google is Google, while The Trade Desk and MediaMath have both been in the DSP space for a long time. But there are a few new entrants on the scene. Beeswax, […]

“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by John Clyman, vice president of engineering, marketplace quality and security, at Magnite. It’s time to provide sellers with transparency into the buy side of the industry, just as buyers have rightfully demanded transparency from […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Somebody’s Gotta Do It Facebook has a new CMO. Following the departure of Antonio Lucio last month, Facebook is promoting from within. Alex Schultz, one of Facebook’s longest-tenured product and data executives – he’s been with FB since 2007 – is taking over the role, Bloomberg […]

Oracle is sprucing up its customer data platform, CX Unity, with a little machine learning. The platform will now support real-time behavioral data collection and personalization capabilities through Infinity, Oracle’s digital streaming technology. Infinity captures web event, app and point-of-sale data to help brands build realistic representations of the customer journey. That previously required repeated […]

Another day, another avian-themed web standard proposal in the Chrome Privacy Sandbox. Meet Dovekey, which was committed to GitHub on Wednesday. But there’s something a little different about this proposed spec. It’s the first time that Google has incorporated an ad industry proposal into one of its own, and it’s encouraging to see a kernel […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. After Nov. 3 Google will block political ads after polls close on Election Day to avoid confusion during an expected delay in results, the company told advertisers Friday. Any election-related ads running through Google’s ad-serving platforms will be banned, as will ads that target election-related search […]

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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. #Hurting If TikTok were to be banned for two months, as many as half of its users in the United States might never come back. If the ban continued for six months, around 90% of its US users would be gone forever. That’s according to Vanessa […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. In Search Of The Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against Google could come as soon as this week or next – but sources tell The New York Times that ad tech will likely not be the focus. The DOJ is planning to brief officials from state attorney […]

It’s a tale that feels as old as time, but only goes back to March: The pandemic has had a big impact on consumer habits and attitudes. And that impact will continue through the holiday season. According to Adobe Advertising Cloud, which surveyed 1006 consumers across the United States, United Kingdom and Australia about their […]

Salesforce will finally make its customer data platform, Customer 360 Audiences, generally available in October. You’d be forgiven for thinking it was already in market. Salesforce first said it would unveil a CDP in March of last year. The product entered beta in the autumn of 2019 around the time of Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference in […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. A Match Made In Heaven What the heck is Walmart gonna do with TikTok? Faithful followers of this ridiculous saga will recall that the retail giant landed a 7.5% stake in TikTok Global. Megan Graham of CNBC believes the deal “could be a boon for the […]

“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 John Sabella, CTO at PubMatic. As Google Chrome slowly dribbles out concepts for a cookieless future with little structure, many media buyers in the industry are getting restless to have […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Trump Okays TikTok-Oracle Deal Looks like TikTok will stay operational in the United States. On Saturday, President Donald Trump said he supported a deal in principle between TikTok and Oracle, Reuters reported. Under the deal, TikTok will be based in the United States – “possibly in […]

Eliminating arbitrage will become even more important after Apple implements its IDFA changes. Realistically, anywhere from 30% to 80% of a publisher’s traffic is being arbitraged, said Nathan Levin, CEO and founder of Mobile UA Ltd., a one-man consultancy he founded in 2018 to help developers navigate the mobile ecosystem’s complexities and tripwires. His clients […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Peacock Measures Its Feathers Ah, there’s nothing that says autumn like the fresh scent of outcome-based measurement on TV! NBCU now has a proprietary program called Total Investment Impact that tracks how ads drive sales, reports Digiday. The program also looks at how other, non-ad-related […]