Meta’s NewFronts presentation on Thursday was Reely focused on AI. But seriously, folks, Meta has three intertwined obsessions right now: short-form video, the creator economy and artificial intelligence.
What happens when a Big Tech CEO gets on an earnings call these days? They talk about AI. AI will be Meta’s “biggest investment area” in 2024, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told investors during the company’s Q3 earnings call.
We spoke with Justin Osofsky, Meta’s head of online sales, operations and partnerships to get a pulse on the state of Meta’s business, including automation, AI and Threads, of course.
2022 was a no good, very bad year for Meta’s stock. It was the year that Meta reported its first-ever revenue decline – yet shares soared by more than 30% in after-hours trading on Wednesday following Meta’s Q4 2022 earnings report.
Meta had a rocky third quarter and the market reacted accordingly. Its metaverse division, Reality Labs, lost nearly $3.7 billion. But the metaverse (whatever that ends up meaning) is still five to 10 years out, and Nicola Mendelsohn, VP of Meta’s global business group, told AdExchanger that Meta is still investing heavily in its core, including ad performance.
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The New Net Netflix has ads. Hooray? Netflix launched its ad-supported tier last week, and Netflix Basic with Ads, as it’s called, will be, well, basic. Targeting is done by category and genre, with Nielsen, IAS and DoubleVerify as measurement partners. The ad load […]
