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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The ‘Post-Social’ Web The writing is on the wall: Big Tech is breaking up with news, and the traffic publishers used to rely on from search and social media isn’t coming back any time soon. Last week, Google cut about 40 positions from […]

The moment you entrust some or all of your digital advertising strategy to an agency is the moment you make yourself vulnerable to the pains of “red tape.” Simple tasks take too long, and you’re beholden to a third party’s business priorities in order to execute on your business objectives, says Rob Beeler, founder of Beeler.Tech.

GroupM recently promoted veterans Kieley Taylor and Amanda Grant to global head of partnerships and global head of social, respectively, as part a strategic move aimed at strengthening the company’s relationships with Google as well as Amazon, Spotify, Twitter and others. Taylor, previously global head of social, will focus heavily on Google as she designs […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Antitrust Shade Add to cart: antitrust lawsuit. EU regulators filed antitrust charges on Tuesday against Amazon, accusing the ecommerce giant of using its access to data to gain an unfair advantage over the merchants on its platform, the AP reports. The news comes just […]

TikTok isn’t developed enough yet to be a fully-fledged contender for ad dollars, but it’s growing like #area51, and advertisers have finally noticed the short-form video app. Roughly 60% of the app’s 26.5 million monthly active users in the US are between 16 and 24, according to a TikTok pitch deck circulated to US ad […]

The Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) released a study on Thursday that found an 84% drop in fraud compared to the industry average when all members in the supply chain are vigilant, badged and on the level. TAG analyzed 75 billion display and video impressions across desktop, mobile web and in-app channels to look for sophisticated […]

The relationship between Lenovo and its agency partners is not what it used to be – in a good way. “That’s not to say that there isn’t a role for the traditional agency, like we have with our creative agency, Ogilvy, to drive the brand framework – we need that,” Lenovo SVP and CMO David Roman told […]

 “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 Sacha Xavier, partner, media and innovation director for for Neo@Ogilvy, and Paul Chenier, vice president of national sales at AskMen.com. Are you frustrated by the number of emails and calls […]

Ad network Pulse 360, a subsidiary of Seevast, is on the brink of shutting down and may have closed its doors already, AdExchanger has learned. Pulse 360 issued a company-wide layoff in April and began looking for a buyer or new investor, according to a former employee who asked to remain anonymous. Pulse 360 founder […]

“Ad Agents” is a column written by the agency-side of the digital media community. Alastair Cole, Head of Creative Services of Essence Digital, a global digital marketing agency based in London and New York. Do you like to be challenged? You should: problem-solving is human nature and our brains have evolved to reward us when […]