Publishers

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Take Rate Takeaways The fees collected by intermediaries in the ad supply chain vary widely, according to new research from consulting firm Adalytics. On one extreme, they could leave publishers collecting as little as 2% of a buyer’s bid price, Morning Brew reports.  […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Kilar Out Outgoing WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar had interesting tidbits for Bloomberg about HBO Max advertising, now that WarnerMedia merged with Discovery (and is run by Discovery chief David Zalsav).  Set aside the rubble of AT&T’s once-ambitious plan to build a top global […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Privacy Tech And Privacy Theater The ad industry, particularly publishers, need programmatic ways to convey signals of trust. There’s the IAB Europe’s Transparency and Consent Framework. But that was ruled illegal by the Belgian data privacy regulator and is being overhauled.  The regulators say […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Royal Rumble Of Ratings The TV analytics company EDO, co-founded by Edward Norton, raised $80 million at a $200 million valuation.  The actor’s involvement stemmed from Norton’s experience with streaming production, since there are no obvious benchmarks like box office or DVD […]

Despite fragmentation and automation in TV inventory, marketers and brands have options to ensure advertising quality in their media buys. Ad quality is a “team sport” that requires industry-wide standards, writes Louqman Parampath, Roku’s VP of Product Management. But on top of that, “the best way for brands to ensure quality is to prioritize direct relationships with trusted platforms and publishers.”

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Roku On A Roll  Roku announced a beta program for dynamic linear ad insertion (DLA). Dynamic ad insertion (DAI) was one piece of Roku’s acquisition of Nielsen’s advanced video advertising business last year. Roku’s pitch for DLA is to increase linear addressability by targeting […]

Does the rise of the subscription media model signal the end of ad-supported journalism? Not likely. But big-name news outlets like Bloomberg are finding subscriptions offer a more stable revenue source than advertising, said Bloomberg Chief Digital Officer Julia Beizer.

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Flix it Why does Netflix cancel shows people seem to love? Why does Netflix stick with full-season drops while every other streaming service reverts to a weekly episode cadence? The answers are tied up in Netflix’s commitment to […]

Small mid-sized publishers often have trouble “getting connected into the programmatic ecosystem, says Mark Walker, the CEO and co-founder of ad tech and martech holding group Direct Digital Holdings. That’s why he founded the company in 2018, to help. Now, Direct Digital Holdings is a public company and its stock is popping.

A few immutable truths about living in New York City: Almost everyone takes the subway, the weather is volatile, and most people are too busy (or lazy?) to plan what to make for dinner. FreshDirect, a grocery delivery service based in NYC, was inspired by these realities of city life to launch a digital-out-of-home (DOOH) campaign promoting different recipes to commuters depending on the current weather.