Pubs Want SSPs to Offer More Reporting and Advocacy

As the imminent death of third-party cookies and Google’s push for FLoC creates new headaches, publishers want to know that every SSP they work with has their back and that they are navigating the changes together. What’s more, they want to make sure their SSPs provide truly personalized service, reporting,…

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🌯 Google Revenue up, Despite Pandemic; NY Times Getting 20% of Rev From First-party Data; Ad Tech Consolidation Acceleration

February 10, 2021 Google Ad Revenue Up, Despite Pandemic NY Times Unlocks First-party Data Revenue Ad Tech Consolidation Nation Around the Water Cooler Google Ad Revenue Up, Despite Pandemic Image sourced from While global ad spending no doubt took a substantial hit in 2020, Google’s parent company Alphabet posted record…

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What Do Smart Collaborative Data Solutions Between Pubs and Third-Party Data Providers Actually Look Like?

It can’t be overstated how much of a hit in revenue publishers took in 2020. In its “Outlook for Data-Driven Marketing and Advertising in 2021” report, Winterberry Group estimates the decline in global ad spend at ~$39b compared to 2019. We caught up with the report's author, Bruce Biegel to learn…

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🌯 Sophisticated Scammers on the Rise

  Powered by: February 03, 2021 Sophisticated Scammers on the Rise It's Time to Take Control of Your Data Google and Facebook at War With Apple Around the Water Cooler Sophisticated Scammers on the Rise Image sourced from The Media Trust 2020 not only brought us COVID-19, but it also…

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Third-party Tracking Got Advertisers Deep Into Debt; Now It’s Time to Repay

Ad platforms spent the 2010’s rapidly innovating new ways to target, personalize, and measure advertising, largely based on third-party (3P) tracking. Money poured in from advertisers and agencies looking to shed the waste and uncertainty of traditional media and optimize campaigns right down to the user level. And today, digital…

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What Is FLEDGE?

On January 22, 2021, Google announced plans for its “First Locally Executed Decision over Groups Experiment” or FLEDGE for short. The announcement on Github describes how they will operationalize TURTLEDOVE for a first test. 

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Beware the FLoC

  Powered by: January 26, 2021 Beware the FLoC A New Era Is Upon Us Around the Water Cooler Beware the FLOC This is one of those weeks when everyone is talking about the same thing, which happens to be Google's Privacy Sandbox. In the latest turn of events related…

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Lotame’s Chief Privacy Officer Amy Yeung on the Meaning of Data Privacy Day

Data Privacy Day is Jan. 28. We caught up with Lotame's General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer Amy Yeung to talk about what Data Privacy Day means to her and how publishers and advertisers can work together to guarantee scale in a cookieless advertising environment while also ensuring consumers' privacy.

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Reach and Message Frequency in CTV and OTT Part 2—and What Ad Tech Can Do About It

Now, with the rapid migration of audiences to CTV platforms just as CTV paid and ad-supported channels have exploded on the scene in 2020, both viewers and advertisers are further challenged. Here are some of the latest developments with reach and message frequency in CTV and OTT, as well as…

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CPRA Is Here…Here’s What You Need To Know

"CCPA does give consumers some rights and has some business obligations, but it's really a law focused on third-party data sharing. And if you look at GDPR, it's much more encompassing than that. CPRA bridges that gap," shared Jessica B. Lee, Partner, Co-Chair, Privacy, Security & Data Innovations at Loeb…

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