The Evolution Of Yahoo Backstage One Year After Its Debut
Since launch, 82% of advertisers that buy inventory through the Yahoo DSP have tried Backstage at least once. And buyers are seeing lower CPMs from cutting out SSPs.
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Upfront Buyers Push For Lower CPMs; Is Meta’s Pivot To Video Finally Paying Off?
In today’s newsletter: How changes in streaming ad inventory could impact upfront CPMs; video cracks 50% of engagement on Meta’s platform for the first time; and Apple is in talks to launch Apple TV+ in China.
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Getting Practical – But Not Personal – With Differential Privacy
Being able to share information about a group of people without compromising any individual person’s privacy kinda sounds like a form of wizardry. But it’s not. It’s just math.
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Best Buy Bounces Back With Ads; Agencies Are Wary Of TikTok’s AI Ad Products
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Best Buy’s Best Bet Sales at Best Buy were down more than 6% from last year in Q2, as consumers cut back on discretionary purchases, especially electronics and home appliances. Best Buy’s shares jumped more than 10% on the news. Wait, what? Although sales […]
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Can We SKAN Ahead Real Quick?; Google Has It Out For Agencies
In today’s newsletter: Why Apple’s SKAdNetwork 4.0 is a bust; advertisers are irked by Google’s optimization-driven demand for different creative formats; The Trade Desk releases a baffling list of top 100 publishers.
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OPINION: Data-Driven ThinkingRAG Against The Machine: Injecting First-Party Data Into AI Models For Better Results
RAG is a recently developed process to ingest, chunk, embed, store, retrieve and feed first-party data into AI models. Here’s how to use these tools to inject first-party data into your next AI-enabled campaign.
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The Devastation Of DTC; Why IP Owners No Longer Want To Be Streamers
In today’s newsletter: Ampla suspends loans to DTC brands, putting their ad budgets at risk; why Sony is investing in IP rather than a streaming platform; and Netflix will move on from Microsoft in favor of in-house ad tech by 2025.
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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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Can Google Wriggle Out Of A Jury Trial?; Ads Are Saving Walmart’s Margins
In today’s newsletter: Google tries to buy its way out of a jury trial in the DOJ’s antitrust case against its ads business; Walmart sees some of its best margins on ad sales; and TikTok tests 60-minute videos.
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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.