In late October 2019, I authored an AdMonsters article with a list of existing, new, and soon-to-launch streaming services showing how they fit into the OTT ecosystem. Then, Covid-19 arrived and the migration that might have taken years took place in months. Now 53% of video viewing on all devices…
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Programmatic is often a blackbox; publishers have no idea which ads will appear on their sites ahead of time, often because the exchanges themselves don’t know which ads flow through their pipes. Without transparency and complete control, publishers will continue to contend with scams and other unwanted ads that don’t…
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This Black History Month has launched in an unexpected way. Instead of the necessary but usual reminders of some of this nation’s greatest leaders, we were met with action by new media disruptors. Introducing Capital B, a new nonprofit newsroom founded by two mainstream editors, Akoto Ofori-Atta and Lauren Williams,…
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Powered by: February 10, 2022 Privacy, Consent, and European Rule-Breaking Ad Tech and Gaming Sitting in a Tree Snap and Pinterest Shine Privacy, Consent, and European Rule-breaking In 2018, GDPR came into law in Europe with the aim of protecting citizens’ digital privacy. The result? A seemingly endless stream…
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If you're running programmatic advertising, and almost everyone is, you have an ads.txt file in place on your website and it is likely something you update at least from time to time. But do you really understand the mechanics behind the file and what you as a publisher should be…
Read MoreAdMonsters February 6, 2022 6 Ways Digital Media & Ad Tech Will Continue to Evolve With digital media and ad tech changing at the speed of light, it's hard to know what's happening next, or in some cases, even what's happening now. We spoke with seven leaders from academia,…
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With digital media and ad tech constantly changing at the speed of light, it's hard to know what's happening next, or in some cases even what's happening now. We spoke with seven leaders from academia, advertising operations, data practices, and media and creative agencies, to learn how they believe the…
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Late last month, in a move that shocked no one, Google announced Topics, a Privacy Sandbox initiative it thinks can power interest-based targeting in Chrome when third-party cookies are phased out. Google calls Topics an evolution of their previous proposal for interest-based targeting which was called FLoC.
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"It's hard to reach niche audiences at scale," says Lashawnda Goffin, CEO at Colossus SSP. "And that could be because of their lack of resources or know-how when it comes to the programmatic space." Colossus SSP is a minority-owned ad tech company focused on building an inclusive marketplace and empowering…
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AdExchanger and AdMonsters have come together to evolve the annual Top Women in Media Awards into the Top Women in Media and Ad Tech Awards to recognize, celebrate, inspire and bring together the women who are making an impact in the greater digital media and advertising technology community.
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