Amazon’s unBoxed 2023 conference has been eventful. The retailer announced a plethora of new ad tools and expansion of existing ones that are likely to impact the industry in a big way.
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At the beginning of the year, RTB House launched AdIook, the first DSP incorporating Chrome Protected API. We spoke with Mateusz Jedrocha, VP, of Branding Solutions, Adlook, to understand how they developed this new world DSP.
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As CRO at Yahoo, Herbst-Brady is the General Manager of the advertising business, which mainly consists of the DSP. She also develops monetization strategies that help elevate the company's future. In a sea saturated with undifferentiated SSPs, Yahoo decided to shut down its supply-side business earlier this year to focus…
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The MFA site reformation in ad tech is well underway. Still, some Black-owned publishers are being labeled as MFA sites by the industry in their attempts to reach advertisers’ quotas and serve quality ads to consumers. Is a tiered approach the answer to this problem?
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Equitable media investment was a hot topic last year, but now it seems that was last season's news. Many brands made upfront commitments to invest in diverse media, and that money is slowly drying up. For example, Reach TV saw a 100% increase in commitments from advertisers last year. This…
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We spoke with Jack Smith, Chief Product Officer at DoubleVerify, to assess how the industry assesses the damage of MFA websites. According to the ANA, these sites were often the worst of the worst, rife with disinformation, conspiracy theories, and spammy links.
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In Q2 2023, Amazon's advertising services business generated an impressive $10.68 billion, reflecting a 22% increase from the previous year. Although the closure of the ad server raises questions about potential reasons, speculations include regulatory privacy policies or a strategic shift toward AI and machine learning. Amazon's updated ad-server privacy…
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A panel at AdExchanger’s Programmatic I/O in New York City on September 26 titled “The SPO Squeeze” dove into this subject headfirst. The chat was moderated by Sarah Sluis, Executive Editor, AdExchanger, and featured Jess Breslav, Chief Customer Officer, Index Exchange; Will Doherty, VP Inventory Development, Publishers, The Trade Desk;…
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During the last week of September industry experts provided their perspectives on streaming and linear challenges like measurement, the state of linear tv compared to streaming, sustainability, cost effective programming, understanding Gen Z, first party data, and more. In case you missed it, dive into the short summaries of our favorite…
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There are genuine MFA shoppers out there and that brands that advertise with MFAs may find enthusiastic audiences. However, there are limits to their enjoyment of ads. While some shoppers like advertising — and seek it out with online circulars and clicking on sites the industry calls MFAs — there’s…
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