Powered by: May 19, 2020 The Sting Is on Supply Partners Google’s Antitrust Reckoning Looms There’s Still Gold in Them Hills UniversalAdId For VAST Laggards Supply Partners Caught in Content-Scraping Sting Source: Image by Tumisu from Pixabay For a while, CNBC reporter Megan C Graham has been finding scraped…
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Powered by: April 28, 2020 Trade Desk Demands Suppliers Choose a Path Apple Baking up Another Walled Garden Viewability: Hand Sanitizer for Websites Facebook’s Sketchy Privacy-Focused Future Google Needs to Check Your ID WaPo’s Zeus Picks Up 50 Pubs The Trade Desk Demands Suppliers Choose a Path Oh, how…
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This week's edition of The Wrapper is arriving in your inbox on Wednesday while we're on location at PubForum in Santa Monica. Next week, we'll return to our regularly scheduled Tuesday mailings. March 11, 2020 Coronavirus Climbs Blocked Keyword List Maryland's Digital Ad Tax 404bot Steals Millions in Ad $…
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Back in 2018, there was a lot of hype about blockchain saving advertising and Senior Editor Lynne d Johnson was riding the wave—high. Now that the hype is over, there are actually quite a few projects proving every day that blockchain and related technologies like cryptography and permissioned ledgers can…
Read MoreAdMonsters September 12, 2019 New Cross-Media Measurement Standards Get TV and Video on the Same Page: Viewability Just when you thought you couldn't deal with one more standard... The MRC has built on the viewability standards to bring bold cross-media measurement guidelines to the industry. Yup, this new standard…
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It's that time of year again. The time of year when we at AdMonsters take a moment to reflect on everything that's happened in the past year in the world of digital media and advertising. What's that saying again, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it?"…
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The IAB’s CCPA Compliance Framework provides a much-needed industry-standard to pass along crucial information about a consumer’s sold PI and the consumer’s journey with respect to what the CCPA requires. Its weaknesses and strengths come from the same source—it is not meant to provide a definitive answer on CCPA language…
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“Let’s not talk about users anymore,” commented WarnerMedia’s Amit Chaturvedi during his Tuesday morning Publisher Forum keynote on thriving during momentous shifts. “Let’s convert them to fans.” That may have seem like the kind of thing you’d say to pump up an audience development team, but revenue teams these days…
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In digital advertising, the sovereignty of a blockchain isn’t required to track impressions, counter ad fraud or help consumers regain control of their privacy. Thus the work required to set up a blockchain and maintain consensus isn’t worthwhile. Simple permissioned ledgers will do the job just fine. These ledgers, and…
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If blockchain is the infrastructure that underpins Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, cryptography is the infrastructure that underpins blockchain. When you boil it down, the core problems cryptography solves are identity validation and data verification. Blockchain’s big value prop is the ability to facilitate transactions without a middle man. But, both…
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