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Facebook Messenger Comes To Cannes To Make Its Pitch

Facebook’s been doing the Cannes thing for several years, but this year was the second that execs from Messenger donned their deck shoes and salmon-colored shirts for their festival debut. It's an opportune time to double up on its presence. The messaging service, which has 1.3 billion users, is entered into the Cannes Lions competition... Continue reading »

by Ryan Joe // June 19th, 2018 //

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AB InBev Gets Its Buzz On With A Blockchain-Enabled Mobile Campaign

Anheuser-Busch InBev isn’t crying in its beer over the sorry state of transparency in the supply chain – it’s taking action with a mobile campaign built on the blockchain. It may sound like a stunt, but this is a serious experiment, said Andy Chang, AB InBev’s global head of media and content. “There are a... Continue reading »

by Allison Schiff // June 19th, 2018 //

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How Salesforce’s Integration Approach Helps Set It Apart From Other Clouds

Teamwork makes the dream work. At least, that could be the new Salesforce mantra for a suite of cross-cloud integrations and partnerships launched this week as Salesforce tries to separate itself from other leading marketing cloud companies. With so much competition and jargon in the cloud marketing technology space, it can be hard to differentiate,... Continue reading »

by James Hercher // June 14th, 2018 //

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AT&T Can Acquire Time Warner, District Court Rules

The Washington DC, District Court on Tuesday gave the go-ahead for AT&T’s $85 billion merger with Time Warner, a decision with far-reaching implications for AT&T and the media and advertising industries. Despite the hefty price tag, industry observers initially expected AT&T’s offer to breeze through under a corporate-friendly administration. The last time the Justice Department... Continue reading »

by James Hercher // June 12th, 2018 //

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Yieldmo Helps Advertisers Tap Into Engagement Data

Yieldmo has its eye on your thumb. For the last five years, the mobile ad startup has been working on a platform that collects and analyzes mobile ad engagement data to gather insights and create segments of the people most likely to convert. On Monday, the platform and a small group of select partners finally... Continue reading »

by Allison Schiff // June 11th, 2018 //

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When It Comes To Mobile Programmatic, Buyers Are Behind

Mobile programmatic is poised to dominate digital display ad spend this year, but there are still a heck of a lot of kinks to work out. The No. 1 headache for publishers: buyers that try to apply desktop tactics and standards to mobile and then wonder why it’s not working out. Even some of the... Continue reading »

by Allison Schiff // June 11th, 2018 //

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Ericsson’s Mobile Ad Platform Taps Telcos To Validate Location Data

Emodo, Ericsson’s mobile ad platform for telcos, is aiming to boost the quality of location data in the ad ecosystem with a tool launched Thursday that uses carrier data to verify mobile audiences on a pre-bid basis. Marketers are shelling out for bad targeting and it’s akin to flushing their budgets down the toilet, said... Continue reading »

by Allison Schiff // June 7th, 2018 //

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Heads Up, Fake Apps: Ads.txt Is Coming For You

Ads.txt is headed to the app ecosystem. What form will it take? That’s still shaking out. The IAB Tech Lab released guidance on Wednesday with several proposals for how to implement Ads.txt within an app environment. Ads.txt is the Tech Lab’s initiative to reduce inventory spoofing and help advertisers distinguish legit supply sources from the... Continue reading »

by Allison Schiff // June 6th, 2018 //

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In-App Header Bidding Is Hot. Next Up: Facebook

Facebook is hopping into in-app header bidding. Starting Wednesday, publishers can include Audience Network inventory in their in-app unified auctions. All formats will be available, including display, native and video. Facebook joins a long list of other platforms that have gotten jiggy with in-app header bidding in recent months, including Google’s AdMob, Oath, MoPub and... Continue reading »

by Allison Schiff // June 6th, 2018 //

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Analysis: Apple Can Succeed In Ads Without Sharing Data

Apple is reportedly headed once more into the fray with the launch of a contextual ad network that could include inventory from Pinterest, Snap and a collective of other apps in the App Store. The move, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, may seem strange in light of macro events like Facebook’s data scandal... Continue reading »

by Allison Schiff // June 4th, 2018 //

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