PODCAST: The Big Story
Cannes Lions, Generative AI Edition
At the Cannes Lions, generative AI applications for advertising were out in force. Plus: takes from the Croisette on retail media and cookie conspiracies.
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Artificial Intelligence
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingPolitical Advertisers Promoted Polarization. Now We Need To Help Fix It
Audience targeting and online information campaigns have had some gnarly byproducts. Advertisers need to own our contributions to political polarization before it can get better.
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OPINION: The Sell SiderDon’t Be Distracted By Cookie Drama. Google’s Search Changes Are The Real Existential Threat
Even if the industry finds a way to replace the cookie, it won’t matter if publishers no longer have traffic to monetize.
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Comic: Smart Bet
Enjoy this weekly comic strip from AdExchanger.com that highlights the digital advertising ecosystem …
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GSE, The Three-Letter Acronym To Rule Them All; The Insta Horrors Continue
In today’s newsletter: Google’s generative search experience launches in the US; kid-focused brands worry Instagram is serving their ads to predators; Fox hypes clean rooms and shoppable TV at the upfronts.
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BuzzFeed Still Sees AI As The Savior Of Its Slumping Ad Business
BuzzFeed took another lap around its AI-related talking points as its advertising business took another lap around the drain.
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It’s Time For Buyers To Ditch Vanity Metrics And Start Collaborating With The Sell Side
Buyers could solve many of the issues they have with the open web by focusing less on viewability and clicks and more on driving performance outcomes, says Goodway Group director of strategic partnerships Andrea Kwiatek.
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingA Pragmatic Approach To Banishing MFA From The Supply Chain
MFA sites simply don’t belong on ad exchanges. And the industry already has the tools it needs to eliminate MFA from the supply chain.
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Life, Or Something Like It; Buyers Bet On Upfront Week
In today’s newsletter: Companies looking to sell data target the US market; which media companies to bet on at TV upfronts; and generative AI data licensing is the new publisher revenue stream.
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News Corp Earnings Illustrate The News Industry’s Ad Woes
The company’s total revenue was down 1% YOY due to a decline in ad revenue across its News Media and Dow Jones publishing groups.
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Dotdash Meredith Looks To AI Partnerships To Protect Its Search Traffic
Dotdash Meredith previewed plans for how its OpenAI partnership could provide incremental traffic and scale its contextual targeting capabilities across a wider network of sites and media types.
Must Read
Why Vodafone Is Giving Out Grades For Its Creative
One way to get a handle on your brand creative is to, well, grade your homework, according to Anne Stilling, Vodafone’s global director of brands and media.
Inside The Fall Of Oracle’s Advertising Business
By now, the industry is well aware that Oracle, once the most prominent advertising data seller in market, will shut down its advertising division. What’s behind the ignominious end of Oracle Advertising?
Criteo: The Privacy Sandbox Is NOT Ready Yet, But Could Be If Google Makes Certain Changes Soon
If Google were to shut off third-party cookies today and implement the current version of the Privacy Sandbox, publishers would see their ad revenue on Chrome tank by around 60% on average.
Platforms Are Autogenerating Creative – And It’s Going To Be Terrible
This week, we’re diving into the most important thing in advertising – the actual creative – and how major ad platforms are well on their way to an era of creative innovation. Actually, strike that. I meant creative desolation.
Disney Expands Its Audience Graph And Clean Room Tech Beyond The US
Disney expands its audience graph and clean room tech to Latin America, marking the first time it will be available outside the US. The announcement precedes this week’s launch of Disney+ with ads in Latin America.
Advertible Makes Its Case To SSPs For Running Native Channel Extensions
Companies like TripleLift that created the programmatic native category are now in their awkward tween years. Cue Advertible, a “native-as-a-service” programmatic vendor, as put by co-founder and CEO Tom Anderson.