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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Stepping Back So … 2021 is off to a great start. After pro-Trump mobs stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday, advertisers are pulling their paid social advertising and reevaluating their overall ad spend, Digiday reports. Some advertisers paused their paid social just as DC’s […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. New Year, Same Controversies Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: Political ads on Facebook contain misinformation. Well, it’s zero hour before the Jan. 5 Georgia runoff election for control of the Senate, and Republican ads on Facebook related to the race reportedly […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Disney Minus The Walt Disney Co. faces a moment of truth next week with the first anniversary of its launch of Disney Plus, The Information reports. This is when Verizon customers who signed up for the service through a one-year free promotion have to […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Lies And The Lying Liars Facebook and Twitter had their work cut out last night reining in President Trump’s wild claims – namely the false assertion that the election is being stolen from him. Trump posted this lie on both Twitter and Facebook. Twitter […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. WPP Bouncing Back? Advertising giant WPP is showing signs of recovery in Q3 after clients cut spending in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to The Wall Street Journal. WPP reported $3.84 billion in sales in the third quarter, beating expectations, according to […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Risky Business Publishers got pummelled by the pandemic, and advertisers nervous about brand safety (and their overzealous blocklists) were at least partly to blame. With that in mind, the IAB Tech Lab accelerated the rollout of its Content Taxonomy 2.2 this week to help […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Facebook’s Game Plan Facebook’s new video game streaming service, launched this week, is part of a big push to sell more ads. Facebook selling more ads? Who woulda thunk it. The service, which allows games to be played from the cloud and streamed directly to a […]

Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. The Upfront Tax Advertisers might be holding out on their TV commits, but that delay will likely cost them, according to Tim Peterson of Digiday. Because of the pandemic, TV advertisers are clamoring to buy based on a calendar year rather than the traditional upfront calendar, […]

“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 Michael McLaren, global CEO, B2B Group, at Merkle. As more customer engagements move away from in-person contact to digital channels and virtual environments, the trends that were already driving the need for […]

It’s a tale that feels as old as time, but only goes back to March: The pandemic has had a big impact on consumer habits and attitudes. And that impact will continue through the holiday season. According to Adobe Advertising Cloud, which surveyed 1006 consumers across the United States, United Kingdom and Australia about their […]