Domain spoofing is still a big problem on the open web, especially for highly-ranked sites that have done an excellent job at earning the trust of their audiences. And even though ads.txt was created to thwart bad actors from performing arbitrage, domain spoofing, clickjacking and ultimately messing with legit publishers'…
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Byron Allen, former comedian and Founder/CEO of Entertainment Studios, is well-known for his $10 billion 2021 discrimination lawsuit against McDonald's Corp. for refusing to conduct advertising business with Black-owned media companies. Now, he's promising to sue more advertisers in order to create a more equitable playing field for Black media…
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During Hispanic Heritage Month, we recognize those who inspire others to succeed. In advertising technology, very few Hispanic/Latinx people are running the show. Here at AdMonsters, we are fortunate enough to know a few who are striving in their professional roles daily and have been for years. Here are 10…
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It was evident. Google was going to delay plans to eliminate third-party tracking cookies in Chrome. Their Privacy Sandbox head is saying it will take until the latter half of 2024 for an alternative to replace cookies, but we've been hearing rumblings from buyers that it could very well drag…
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IAB Tech Lab believes there won't be a single "silver bullet" technology or approach that makes sense for everyone. Instead, advertisers and publishers will need to rally around a portfolio of approaches to addressability that individually meet different functional needs and business use cases.
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For the entire month of June, we saw many brands rainbow wash their logos and packaging, but are those companies working to implement change in communities or stop bias against the LGBTQ community?
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Moving forward, it may seem a no-brainer to pubs, that in this privacy-forward era, users should either subscribe or provide morsels of information in exchange for content that is meaningful and relevant to them (which would include advertising), but maybe there really is another way. And maybe that other way…
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Raise your hand if you remember when a Netflix subscription was $8.99 a month? 🙋🏾‍♀️ Minus all the fancy tiers, their initial subscription model, and the exclusively intriguing content attracted subscribers and made them the category leader and most popular SVOD platform that they are today. These days, they are…
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This week, we were presented with a major IAB Tech Lab ads.txt update as they announced two new values for publishers to add to their ads.txt files, and both have the power to impact the adtech game in a big way. "Ownerdomain" and "managerdomain" have two separate functions within ads.txt,…
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AppLovin has always proven a resourceful tool for mobile app publishers looking to grow their apps and revenue. But now, they're partnering with The Trade Desk and beefing up their wares so that TTD can buy directly from AppLovin Exchange, and mobile pubs will have access to UID 2.0.
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