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OPINION: The Sell SiderTips From The Trenches: Sustainable App Publishing In A Post-IDFA World
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Mike Brooks, SVP of revenue at WeatherBug. WeatherBug has participated in dozens of closed-door partner and ecosystem meetings regarding Apple’s impending iOS 14 release, and one thing has become painfully clear: App publishers bear […]
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Facebook (Finally) Takes Some Action On Political Ads; Brands Demand Flexibility On Their TV Spend
Baby Steps Facebook will block political ads in the week leading up to the US Presidential election in an effort to suppress misinformation. The platform will also flag posts that come from candidates either claiming victory before the official results are finalized or trying to dispute the outcome. Facebook has already restricted the ability to […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingThe New Frontier For Personalized, Data-Driven Marketing Success
“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 Laura Desmond, founder and CEO at Eagle Vista Partners. The current COVID-19 crisis has been an unprecedented game-changer for marketers. The last decade was driven by business and digital transformation, from […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoWhat’s The Best Multiscreen Attribution Study? It Depends On Your Campaign Goals.
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Sona Pehlivanian, VP of addressable campaign management and operations at New York Interconnect. As TV and video viewership fractures across platforms, channels and devices, marketers are shifting their TV buying plans to account for new […]
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Digital Advertising To Grow Despite COVID-19; Billions Of Media Dollars Are Up For Grabs This Year
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Traditional Media In The Doldrums Ad spending in the United States will decline 8% this year, according to a survey of ad buyers released Wednesday by the Interactive Advertising Bureau. Digital ad spend will grow 6% despite the dip, while traditional media is set […]
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What Big Brands Pay For Marketing Talent; Agency Execs Want Wiggle Room On Their Upfront Deals
Marketing Moola The world is in an economic tailspin and traditional media doesn’t know which way is up – but big brands are still paying big bucks for marketing talent. Business Insider dug into disclosure data from the US Office of Foreign Labor Certification to find out how much large brands across CPG, apparel, fast […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingBuilding A Better Content Machine: The Assembly Line
“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 Bibhakar Pandey, vice president of customer experience and marketing services at Capgemini. A content assembly line is exactly what it sounds like: a series of progressive steps to create and […]
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Why Walmart Wants TikTok; Why Ad Buyers Don't Want Facebook Watch
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Prime Real Estate So what the heck does Walmart want with TikTok? The retailer, which has shifted toward ecommerce under CEO Doug McMillon, sees an opportunity to use the app as a virtual storefront while supercharging its burgeoning media business, The Wall Street Journal […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingAlgorithmically Incorrect: The Lies Big Tech Tells Advertisers
“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 Adam Heimlich, CEO at Chalice Custom Algorithms If you hire a street team to give out coupons and pay them on coupons redeemed, you’d better make sure they’re not handing them […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoCTV For The Rest Of Us: Key Questions For Mid-Tier Brands And Agencies
“On TV and Video” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Hamid Qayyum, SVP of Digital Sales at Stirista. Shelter-in-place policies have catapulted OTT and CTV consumption. Viewers stuck at home are binge-watching shows as quickly as Netflix, Hulu and Apple TV can drop […]
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Programmatic Ad Spend Rebounds; Pubs Brace For Pain As IDFA Wanes
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Programmatic Please Programmatic ad spend is up from the trough of the pandemic. Through the end of July, total programmatic spend grew 11% since April, and the number of advertisers running programmatic ads increased 36% since January, according to MediaRadar. That’s a rebound from […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingHow The Death Of Digital IDs Will Reshape The Marketing Mix
“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 Ari Buchalter, CEO at Intersection. The impending demise of the cookie, IDFA, and likely all 1-to-1 identifiers available to third parties will rewrite the rules across the entire media mix. Our […]
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Comic: The Contactless Comeback Kid
A weekly comic strip from AdExchanger.com that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem…
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Kevin Mayer Out As TikTok Global Chief; Sorrell's S4 Makes Its Fourteenth Acquisition
Stop The Clock Your daily update on the TikTik saga: Kevin Mayer is out as global CEO after a mere four months on the job as the company grapples with political turmoil and government scrutiny. The ex-Disney exec cited a number of issues that contributed to his swift departure, including that a main draw of […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderAds.cert: The Crucial Next Step Toward Full Transparency
“The Sell Sider” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Bijan Ziaei, director of demand partnerships at VRTCAL. Publishers, advertisers and ad tech vendors all support reducing ad fraud and increasing marketplace transparency. Yet, one of our most powerful […]
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Sequoia Capital And General Atlantic Are Behind Oracle's TikTok Bid; Facebook Goes Even Bigger On Ecommerce
Psst, Buy TikTok Why the heck would Oracle want to buy TikTok? Maybe because Sequoia Capital and General Atlantic are whispering in its ear, The Wall Street Journal reports. As major investors in TikTok parent ByteDance, both are highly motivated to maneuver their way into a deal percolating to acquire TikTok’s US operations. Microsoft, a […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingWant To Use Carrier Data? 4 Things You Must Know To Maximize Performance
“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 Brian Chap, founder of Tech Recipes. Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple may have some of the best data on the market, but they lack the ability to provide the most […]
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How Zuckerberg Stoked Fears Over TikTok China Threat; Microsoft Backs Epic’s Lawsuit Vs Apple
Trump Whisperer Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been stoking fears among President Trump and other government officials over the threat posed by Chinese tech companies – specifically, TikTok – on American citizens and businesses. Since October of last year, Zuckerberg has made the case that Chinese tech companies threaten American technology dominance, and the government […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoGetting Into OTT And Other New Channels? Here’s How To Expand Your Client’s Comfort Zone
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Clair Bergam, associate director at The Media Kitchen. Imagine your client’s direct response business runs like a well-oiled machine. They depend on you to target certain customers with certain products, which you do with […]
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Pubs Push Apple For Better App Store Terms; Facebook CMO Antonio Lucio Steps Down
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Apple Tea Party Publishers are joining Epic’s epic fight against Apple’s app store fees. Digital Content Next (DCN), a publisher trade group, wrote a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook last week asking what it would take for its members to get better […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingCalling BS In Ad Tech
“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 Shiv Gupta, founder at U of Digital. Ad tech is full of BS. Why is that? Because when companies create confusion about their products, to make themselves sound more advanced than […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderLocal Media Dropped The Ball Against Facebook And Google: Here’s How They Can Pick It Back Up
“The Sell Sider” is written by members of the media community and contains fresh ideas on the digital revolution in media. Today’s column is written by Jacob Donnelly, founder of A Media Operator. While there’s some truth to local media companies’ claim that Facebook and Google – which dominate the ad business – caused their […]
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The Weather Channel App Settles Its Lawsuit; Omnicom Puts Big Tech's Feet To The Fire
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Weathering The Storm IBM settled a lawsuit brought last year by the city attorney for Los Angeles accusing The Weather Channel app of tricking users into turning over data without explaining it would be given to third parties for purposes other than weather alerts, […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoHow The Ad Industry Can Step Up To Fight CTV Fraud
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Iván Markman, Chief Business Officer at Verizon Media. Ad spending on connected TV (CTV) has accelerated dramatically as people spend more time at home. CTV traffic is lucrative for publishers, but can also attract fraud. […]
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Programmatic On The Rise In APAC; Google Spurns Travel Advertisers
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. APAC: The “P” Is For Programmatic Programmatic now accounts for 41% of global digital media investment by large brands, up from 16% in 2016, according to the World Federation of Advertisers and IPONWEB. But the pace of adoption varies depending on the region. Programmatic […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingBalancing The 3 S’s (Scale, Signal And Safety) In A New World
“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 Paul Cimino, president at Cimino Collaborative Consulting. Safety and privacy have become driving forces in advertising. New laws, ad blocking and OS/browser changes have turned the industry upside down. I […]
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AVOD Picks Up Steam; Oracle Kicks the Tires On TikTok
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. AVOD FTW? Subscription video-on-demand services dominate the headlines, but time spent with ad-supported video is responsible for a significant slice of viewing. Year-over-year growth in minutes watched in Q2 among players aside from Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video and Disney Plus was more […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingThe Great CDP Shakeout (Is Not Forthcoming)
“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 Matthew Greitzer, co-founder and CEO at Actable. There are a lot of customer data platforms in the market. And I mean a lot – my team tracks this closely and […]
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TransUnion Nabs Signal; Havas Media Joins PreBid
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 […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingHuge Issue On The November 2020 Ballot – No, Not That One. CCPA 2.0!
“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 Gary Kibel, a partner in the digital media, technology and privacy practice group at Davis & Gilbert. There’s an election this November, and there will be a huge issue on the […]