Mastering the Holiday Marketing Frenzy: Strategies for Success

It’s almost the most wonderful time of the year, and marketing strategies are heating up as paid media campaigns begin to feel the pinch of rising bid costs. This time is the opportune moment for brands to assess the performance of their existing campaigns and identify areas for improvement and…

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Ad Blocking Will Be a $54b Publisher Problem in 2024

Publishers around the world will lose $54 billion in ad revenue due to ad blocking in 2024, representing around 8% of total global ad spend. If not for ad-filtering tools that enable users to elect being shown only non-intrusive ads, those losses would be notably higher – about $116 billion.…

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Addressing the Future: Publisher Perspectives on Data, Privacy, and the Road Ahead

During a panel titled "The Future of Addressability: The Portfolio View," Anthony Katsur, CEO of IAB Tech Lab, sat down with Shobha Doshi, SVP of Programmatic Strategy & Operations at Raptive, Ryan McConville EVP of Ad Platforms & Operations at NBCUniversal, and Mike Nuzzo, SVP of Hearst Data Solutions at…

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Sam Altman Back on Top at OpenAI + YouTube’s Fight Against Ad Blockers

To experts, OpenAI made five key governance mistakes, from its initial “weird” board structure to a small and inexperienced board making a bad decision. Time will tell if OpenAI survives as a company or if it’s absorbed into Microsoft entirely, but for now, other start-up tech companies are looking at…

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In-App Mobile Game Advertising Is the Perfect Gift for Getting Consumers’ Attention This Holiday Season

Digital media professionals understand that time and attention form some of the most valuable currency consumers can offer to a brand. Yet, amidst this awareness, numerous U.S. brand marketers overlook a realm abundant with attention: mobile gaming. We spoke with Josh Qualy of Digital Turbine to understand these data points…

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What Is the IAB’s Podcasting Buyer-Seller Checklist?

The idea to create the checklist first came up in an IAB Audio Committee meeting during which Brittany Clevenger, Senior Director of Audio Partnerships at top podcast advertiser BetterHelp, made a simple but powerful point about the need for information sharing within the podcast industry that became the checklist’s guiding principle.

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2024 Election Season Dilemma: How to Balance Political Ads and Publisher Integrity

This January 15, people across Iowa will gather to caucus, officially kicking off the 2024 election cycle. Political campaigns and PACs are expected to pour $10 billion into political ads in an attempt to sway voter behavior. Much of that will be spent online. We already see troubling issues on…

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Publishers Seek Strategic Partnerships With SSPs: Is a SaaS Model the Answer?

Publishers, SSPs, and DSPs need to work together to ensure all parties get what they need from one another. However, publishers often lament the lack of transparency and the slow evolution of SSPs. At Publisher Forum New Orleans, a DSP, an SSP, and a publisher all came together on one stage…

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AdMonsters Playbook: Navigating Political Ads for the 2024 Season

A staggering $10 billion will pour into the political advertising arena with the goal of swaying American voters during the 2024 Election cycle. While $10 billion is a boon for digital media stakeholders, that money comes with severe risks. Publishers must undertake the critical task of determining whether specific advertisers…

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UK Online Safety Act Goes Live; Another Round of Media Layoffs are Coming

The UK Online Safety Act imposes a "duty of care" on any platform or service that's used or accessed by UK citizens. Duty of care means that media and social media companies will be held responsible for any harmful content on their sites.

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