Ad Tech is a neverending world of acronyms, alphabet soup and technical mumbo jumbo. With our handy decoder ring, AdMonsters Decoder series decodes the latest terminology to enter the ad tech lexicon. This year, everyone was most concerned about privacy regulations, methods for uncovering incremental revenue, as well as what…
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In February we launched a new newsletter called The Wrapper. We spent so much time talking bout how hot newsletters are that we decided to jump on the trend! With The Wrapper, we summarize exciting news items that catch our eyes and link them to wider developments in digital media…
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The year 2020 has been a wild ride for digital media and ad tech. It was a year of great uncertainty, overshadowed by privacy regulations like CCPA and CPRA and privacy updates being made in Google Chrome and Apple iOS. And all the while, everyone was prepping (or confused about…
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At this week's PubForum+, speakers drilled down into granular questions around Apple’s Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) restrictions and Google’s sunsetting of third-party cookies, however, larger questions loomed about the potential for federal privacy regulation, the broader impact of the recently-passed Consumer Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), and more.
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December 09, 2020 Amazon Is Gunning For Google's Spot Google Launches Ad Block Attack Hashed Emails Will Not Take IDFA's Place Amazon’s 2019 Ad Spend Spree Is Still Paying Off Image sourced from eMarketer The old adage: “You have to spend money to make money,” couldn’t have worked out any…
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We chatted with AdLedger's Executive Director, Christiana Cacciapuoti, to learn more about the problems that CryptoRTB solves in the supply chain, how it benefits both sellers and buyers, how it differs from ads.cert, and the results of tests using the protocol that prove that blockchain-based solutions can accommodate the speed…
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Balance is an important part of being a trusted news brand. But how do you keep your balance when you find yourself reporting from the center of the Hong Kong protests and months of unrest? South China Morning Post decided to develop a tool that read the headlines of every article…
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December 01, 2020 More Antitrust Suits Flying In Another Day, Another ID Facebook's Latest Measurement Mea Culpa More Antitrust Suits in the Wings If you’ve recovered from your disenchantment following the release of the Department of Justice’s antitrust suit against Google, GOOD NEWS! The Wall Street Journal reports that federal…
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Visitor Relationship Management presents an opportunity for quality publishers to stop thinking in vertical, siloed ways about competing adtech, data, privacy and audience fiefdoms and priorities. Instead, VRM is a horizontal approach to thinking about the visitor relationship, revenue and experience.
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COVID-19 revenue losses have been extensive, prompting massive furloughs and layoffs, but on the road to recovery, publishers will be looking for ways to keep costs low without further reducing staff. Understanding when to use automation by leveraging available technology to handle repetitive and routine tasks is an effective way…
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