The Best of AdMonsters 2021

As 2021 comes to a close, it's time to reflect on the top trends that set the tone for digital media and ad tech throughout the year. From Chrome's on-again, off-again cookie cutoff to Apple's privacy updates to mass confusion surrounding developing solid first-party data and identity strategies to the…

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Best of AdMonsters Wrapper 2021: Top 12 Stories in Digital Media and Ad Tech

In 2020, AdMonsters launched The Wrapper, featuring a curated selection of ad tech news and analysis. Our aim, with The Wrapper, is to summarize exciting news items that catch our eyes and link them to wider developments in digital media and advertising. And we also point you in the direction…

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What To Expect: Ad Tech Trends In 2022

Well, 2021 was another rollercoaster, wasn’t it? Filled with exciting wins but also internal shrieks (or outbursts, no judgment) of frustration, and the ad tech industry was no exception. As we countdown the last days of the year and the Omnicron variant attempts to make us nosedive into 2022, we’re…

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Problems for IAB Europe’s TCF Get Bigger; Regrets, Identity Vendors May Have Had a Few

  Powered by: December 22, 2021 IAB Europe's TCF Problems Get Bigger Regrets, Identity Vendors May Have Had a Few Problems for IAB Europe's TCF Get Bigger, Go Deeper Whenever European residents visit an ad-supported website, they are bombarded with pop-ups asking for confirmation of privacy choices. They have been…

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AdMonsters 2021 Powerful Playbook Pack

2021 brought a lot of change in digital media in advertising. But not everything was about the ill-fated third-party cookie. This year, our playbooks focused on data, identity, and privacy. But ad quality is still a troublesome thing, especially in mobile apps. And let's not forget the friction between different…

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AdMonsters 2021 Webinar Replay Roundup

Missed an AdMonsters Webinar in 2021 that you really wanted to tune into live? Don't worry, we got you covered. AdMonsters webinars are available on-demand, so you can view them any time, on your own schedule. 2021 webinars covered the most pressing issues facing the digital media and advertising industry,…

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200 Newspapers Vs the Duopoly

  Powered by: December 14, 2021 200 Newspapers Vs Big Tech Start Testing Now: 2023 Isn't That Far Away Stronger Together? More than 200 Newspapers Suing Big Tech Axios uncovered that more than 200 local newspapers are suing Google and Facebook to recoup lost digital revenue swallowed up by Big…

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AdMonsters Revenue Strategy Sessions On Demand

AdMonsters teamed up with OpenX to address the ever-changing advertising ecosystem, along with the many obstacles publishers currently face with keeping fill rates and CPMs high. How can the open web both survive and thrive in the coming years? We looked at three distinct areas — Prebid, First-party Data and…

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What Does Apple’s iOS 15 Update Mean for Publishers?

On September 20th, 2021, Apple released iOS 15, an operating system update introducing three new privacy features to Apple devices: Hide my Email, Private Relay, and Mail Privacy Protection (MPP). This update, and these features, in particular, alter how and what data publishers (and third parties) can collect. While Apple's…

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Bringing Sexy Back to Working in Digital Media and Ad Tech

In a recent article on the predictions of journalism in 2022, we were reminded of the crushing reality that our college degree did not spearhead the career we studied so hard for. In fact, that unpredictability of career trajectory is the only thing we can confidently bet on. Fast forward…

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