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US GDP Dips 9.5% In Q2; Discovery Joins On Addressability
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. GDP … U The US gross domestic product fell 9.5% in the second quarter – the biggest dip on record, the Commerce Department reported on Thursday. That’s a $1.8 trillion loss due to, what else, the ongoing pandemic. The collapse was “unprecedented in its […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoThe Potential In Programmatic OTT: Business Outcomes Vs. GRPs
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Jon Mansell, vice president of programmatic solutions and partnerships at WarnerMedia. Connected TV (CTV) is at an inflection point, split between two competing measurement methodologies. Depending on the buyer’s vantage point, CTV is either a […]
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Samsung In Talks To Install Google Services On Its Phones; P&G Negotiates Upfront Deals Directly With TV Nets
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Nixby Samsung is negotiating a deal with Alphabet that would give Google products more prominence on its smartphones, Bloomberg reports. The Google Android operating system is already the default OS for Samsung Galaxy phones, but this deal would put Google’s digital assistant and the […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderThe Cookie Is Crumbling And COVID-19 Is Still Here, But Digital Advertising Will Be OK
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Rob Rasko, founder and CEO at The 614 Group. It’s hard not to look at 2020 as annus horribilis, if I may quote the Queen. We all entered the new year very much aware that our […]
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The Trade Desk Readies New Unified ID For Cookieless Future; Facebook Aims Copycat Playbook At TikTok
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Re-Unified The Trade Desk is updating its Unified ID solution, a shared third-party cookie pool for advertisers and ad tech companies, to function in post-cookie advertising, Adweek reports. The project will be open source, so anyone can use the currency, though The Trade Desk’s […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingThe Great Pause Of 2020
“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 Eric Wheeler, CEO at 33Across. We’ve all had to take a huge pause in common everyday functions of life during this coronavirus pandemic: how we live and work. How our […]
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Esports In the Limelight; Junk Food Faces UK Digital Ad Ban
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Help E, Help You Most brands haven’t touched esports advertising, including many advertisers that are early investors in other emerging channels such as DOOH, streaming audio or connected TV. Unlike with those other mediums, advertisers still consider video games and esports ads too risky. […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoWithout Data Sharing And Collaboration, CTV Is Just Another Black Box
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Jessica Hogue, general manager of measurement and analytics at Innovid. Even though connected TV (CTV) is growing rapidly, one challenge holding advertisers back from shifting even more dollars to the channel is the ability […]
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The Persistence Of Ad Fraud; ByteDance Mulls TikTok Sale
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Bot-And-Mouse Game The low-hanging fruit of ad fraud is mostly gone. But more sophisticated bad actors are still active. Protected Media identified an in-app bot fraud network, dubbed “Hydra,” that siphoned off an estimated $100 million, Business Insider reports. “It’s the most disciplined operation […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingThe Facebook Boycott For The Rest Of Us
“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 Kevin Ryan, CEO at Motivity Marketing. Surviving without Facebook should be easy for any advertiser to do. From a success measurement perspective, it should be just another interchangeable channel on […]
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Podcasting Is Still Hot; Google Drops E-Commerce Processing Fees
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Pod Race Podcasting is a relatively small market, closing in on a $1 billion run rate. But the category is on fire right now. The New York Times scooped up Serial Productions for a reported $50 million this week in a “creative and […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoAvoiding Assumptions Is Key When We Don’t Know What We’ll Be Watching In 6 Months
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Ben Antier, co-founder and chief product officer at Publica. 2020 is shaking our society to its core. While health and social justice remain priorities for all of us, we are also facing significant challenges […]
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France To Allow More TV Ad Targeting; Amazon’s Home Court Advantage
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Viva La Pérsonalization The French government will loosen archaic laws this month that have undercut French broadcasters for years. The biggest change will be to repeal a 1993 law that says all French households must receive the same broadcast stream. So French TV stations […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingWhat The Inventor Of The Shipping Container Can Teach Us About Platform Data
“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 Ruben Schreurs, CEO at Digital Decisions. In the early 1950s, Malcolm Purcell McLean stood in a massive line of trucks waiting to be offloaded by dock workers. The tedious process […]
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Lack Of Content Dooms Fall TV; EBay Sells Classified Ads Biz For $9.2B
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Falling Out Of Favor Cord cutting was already rising before the pandemic, and a lack of new programming and live sports this fall will only accelerate that trend. This week, Netflix said it doesn’t believe production will resume in the United States before 2021, […]
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Yahoo Mail Users Can Shop At Walmart From Their Inbox; Disney Joins Facebook Boycott
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Big-Inbox Retail Verizon Media added a new feature for Yahoo Mail accounts, in partnership with Walmart: inbox shopping. Walmart will have a dedicated banner atop Yahoo inboxes, where users can search for groceries, add them to a cart and purchase without leaving their inbox. […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingThe Low-Risk Decision To Pause Facebook
“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 Chris Peterson, managing partner at Rain the Growth Agency. Pausing advertising on Facebook can look risky. Facebook has become the marketing lifeblood of a long tail of small businesses while serving […]
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DOJ, FTC Staffers Flock To Big Tech; Defining Hate
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Anti-Antitrust What happens when companies being investigated by the FTC or the DOJ poach staffers for their own defense? Unfortunately, it’s not a hypothetical, writes antitrust economist Hal Singer at The American Prospect. Amazon and Facebook both recently hired staffers from the Senate Judiciary […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderThe Pandemic Creates An Opening For Publishers To Reimagine Their Sites And Declutter
“The Sell Sider” is a column written by the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Erik Requidan, founder and CEO at Media Tradecraft. You may have noticed that as we all face months working at home, some of us took to a more rigorous brand of spring cleaning this year. […]
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EU Strikes Down Privacy Shield; LiveRamp Acquires Retail Analytics Startup
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Privacy Trade War The EU struck down the US-EU Privacy Shield, the transatlantic data-sharing framework. More than 5,300 companies, most of them small or medium enterprises, rely on the Privacy Shield, and will now need additional contractual agreements directly with users to continue using […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingReducing Advertising Waste Requires Better Verification In These 3 Areas
“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 Danilo Tauro, global director of media, tech and data at Procter & Gamble. Is advertising waste being driven by lack of technology, incentives, capabilities or all of the above? To […]
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Snapchat Offers Brands More Organic Reach; Hulu Tests Self-Serve For SMBs
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Called To Account Snapchat users may finally start to see brands posting organic content. There are 30 brands testing account pages, including Ben & Jerry’s, Target, Tim Hortons and Gucci. The new brand landing pages feature videos, custom AR lenses and a native storefront […]
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OPINION: The Sell SiderThe Next Phase In SPO Is Based On Value Creation
“The Sell Sider” is a column written for the sell side of the digital media community. Today’s column is written by Michael Shaughnessy, senior vice president of operations and partnerships at Kargo. The economic downturn caused by COVID-19 has accelerated supply-path optimization (SPO) conversations and will force suppliers that don’t exceed buyer demands and expectations […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingThe Winners Of A Broken Duopoly Are Many, Not Few
“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 Jay Friedman, president and partner at Goodway Group. As an industry, we’ve spent the last several years talking about the duopoly, specifically how Google and Facebook receive and control around 60% of […]
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Google's Clever Cloud Sales Tactics; BuzzFeed's Profitability Dreams Won't Come True In 2020
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Cloud Bundle Google is forging major cloud infrastructure deals. In some cases, it’s attracting new business using classic tactics, like rolling out new features for Google Cloud Platform, The Wall Street Journal reports. But one interesting fact about the GCP toolkit: “Pricing varies […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingIDFA Apocalypse: What We Know (And Don't)
“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 Paparo, CEO at Beeswax. It’s been a couple of weeks since the Apple WWDC conference, where we learned how the IDFA will become opt-in for consumers. Arguably this change […]
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Peacock Debuts After Pandemic Pivot; Target And MTV Put BLM On Blocklist
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Peacock Shows Its Feathers NBCUniversal’s Peacock, which goes live tomorrow, was supposed to debut around the 2020 Tokyo Olympics – until the coronavirus pandemic ensured there would be no 2020 Olympics. Business Insider details how NBCU rearchitected its Peacock marketing campaign with the Olympics […]
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingHow I Would Change Facebook’s Algorithm
“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 Kunal Gupta, CEO at Polar. I believe Facebook’s course ahead will have to start with Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg showing some humility and accepting that they were wrong in […]
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OPINION: On TV & VideoWhy Facebook Boycott Dollars Should Head To CTV
“On TV And Video” is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Philip Inghelbrecht, co-founder and CEO at Tatari. Facebook has largely weathered most of its criticism unscathed. Since the Cambridge Analytica scandal in 2018, Facebook’s user base has ballooned to 2.6 billion monthly actives and the stock price is […]
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Facebook Considers Political Ad Ban; Amazon Tells Employees To Delete TikTok (And Then Says Never Mind)
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Playing Politics Facebook is considering nixing political advertising this year in the leadup to the 2020 US presidential election, Bloomberg reports. That decision would mark a major change for Facebook, since CEO Mark Zuckerberg insists on the importance of enabling political discourse and outreach […]