PubForum Scottsdale: Startup Showdown

Typically during the November Publisher Forum, we ask attendees to come up with an ad tech startup that would solve a particular issue that's driving them nuts. You can bet this is an interesting portal into ad ops' biggest—while some fake companies address novel up-and-coming challenges, others elicit an appalled…

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What Are the Use Cases for Log-Level Data?

The programmatic black box has opened. Ad platforms are beginning to make their log-level data available in the hopes of satiating industry hunger for transparency. Once considered the “data exhaust” of the industry, log-level data (LLD) has been positioned more recently as a remedy for many of programmatic’s woes. LLD…

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PubForum Scottsdale: The Wonderful World Of Workshops

On the last day of AdMonsters Publisher Forum Scottsdale when publishers went into their workshop groups to explore the issues affecting them in their day-to-day—it was sort of a cross between a support group and a brainstorm on steroids. Topics included "Optimizing Your DMP," "Selling the Data," "Privacy Regulations," "Programmatic…

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What Are the Challenges in Ott Measurement?

They say money follows eyeballs. It was certainly true for mobile advertising. Despite OTT’s surging popularity, ad spend on OTT was only projected to reach $2.6 billion in 2019. Compared to linear TV’s $69.2 billion, what advertisers are willing to spend on OTT might seem disproportionate. But to those in-the-know…

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Interrupting Regularly Scheduled Programming: Privacy Regulations and the Emerging T/V Ecosystem

T/V is in a period of rapid expansion for digitally delivered offerings from major new video streaming services. 28 such branded services will be out by this time next year. There are seven touchpoints where data is shared in the digital distribution chain and each of these must be responsible…

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Minority Report Podcast x AdMonsters: LiveIntent’s Kerel Cooper on the Importance of Diversity

We caught up with Kerel Cooper, Senior Vice President of Product Marketing at people-based martech company, LiveIntent and one half of the Minority Report Podcast, which highlights people of color, women & LGBTQ community within media, ad tech, advertising and marketing, to discuss the importance of diversity in leadership across…

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PubForum Wrap-Up: An Internet of Individuals

“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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PubForum Scottsdale: Collaboration. Consumer Focus. Content. Context.

The forecast for publishers sometimes looks grim—what with cookies disappearing, privacy regulations mounting and fear of header bidding and yield optimization going away—but Publisher Forum Scottsdale was where they got their gear to weather the storm. From keynotes to small group sessions to workshops, ad ops, rev ops and data…

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Thinking Strategically About Ad Revenue Seasonality

It's easy to get caught up in the day-to-day of ad ops, but having the right revenue data will help you to take a step back and plan for the right moments. When rev goes up in Q4 there's always the inclination to think things will continue to rise, but…

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Portal to Privacy: 33Across on Complying With Current and Future Regulations

Publishers are frantically preparing for the launch of the California Consumer Privacy Act on Jan. 1, 2020—and trying not to lose sleep over the looming EU ePrivacy Directive updates. But they're alone in that effort—programmatic intermediaries like 33Across have heard the data privacy call and are ensuring they not only complying with…

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