The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit against Amazon, accusing the company of signing users up for Prime without their knowledge. Now, when any website only provides a halfway decent ad experience, they can fall on the crutch of, "At least I didn't sign my users up for a…
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The French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) levied a hefty GDPR fine against global commerce media company, Criteo. The €40M ($44 Million) fine, dates back to complaints filed by None of Your Business (NOYB) and Privacy International in 2018. Jessica B. Lee, Partner, Chair, Privacy, Security & Data Innovations at Loeb…
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The tech titan Google has found itself in another antitrust debacle. The EU dropped a bombshell, charging them with violating EU antitrust laws. Google's dominance in online advertising has led them down a slippery slope, undercutting their competitors left and right.
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According to a webinar hosted by Comscore, 2023 State of Programmatic, programmatic spend has experienced exponential growth, doubling over the past four years. Data shows that over 91% of $148 billion in digital display dollars are transacted programmatically. Where does this leave the state of programmatic? To get to the bottom…
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In a session at Ops NYC, “Shoppable TV: Shaping E-commerce's Future with Unique Consumer Experiences,” moderated by Marika Roque, Chief Innovation Officer & Chief Operating Officer for KERV and featuring Miles Fisher, Senior Director Ad Platforms & Growth Sales for Roku, and Amie Owen, US Head of Commerce for Universal…
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Carbon offsets have received a bad rap from some as a form of greenwashing. However, Brian Murphy, Founder of The Alpine Project, told AdMonsters that carbon removal initiatives are a critical step in the path to net zero. Businesses can ultimately reduce their emissions, so they need to invest in…
Read MoreAdMonsters June 9, 2023 IAB Tech Lab’s Video Ad Guidelines: The Journey to Industry-Wide Implementation The IAB Tech Lab's 2022 video ad guidelines created a challenging video ad landscape for publishers, especially smaller ones. About 90% of what was considered instream inventory was labeled outstream. In addition, it restricted…
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Language models and chatbots are a great way for publishers to add value to their subscribers, but they shouldn’t be fooled by the ease of getting something up and running quickly. To understand how publishers can deploy AI bots safely, we spoke with Kyle Alan Hale, a Solutions Architect at…
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The IAB Tech Lab's 2022 video ad guidelines created a challenging video ad landscape for publishers, especially smaller ones. About 90% of what used to be considered instream inventory was now labeled outstream. In addition, it restricted plenty of quality inventory from being labeled as instream, thus wounding both publishers'…
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