This year, our Decoder series covered the gamut —- iOS 17 privacy updates, state privacy laws, and supply path optimization. If you missed them or want a chance to revisit them, here are the top AdMonsters' Decoder stories from 2023.
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At the recent United Nations panel, "Intersections Between Advertising and Human Rights," the speakers urged the advertising industry to consider how their data collection practices, privacy ethics, use of AI, and global influence can impact human rights positively or negatively.
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In early December, the ANA published its Programmatic Media Supply Chain Transparency Study. It is a massive undertaking, as the researchers parsed the log-level data of 21 prominent advertisers to track the entire journey of their investments in the open web. Those campaigns represented $88 billion. Two years in the making,…
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For an industry bent on standards, the digital advertising ecosystem is rife with drama, as a stunning collection of books published in 2023 amply demonstrates. These books are on our reading list because they’re far from dry chronicles of an industry. The authors pull back the curtains so that we…
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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 2023, publishers faced myriad challenges, and the path ahead to 2024 remains uncertain. Despite the difficulties publishers faced, Mike Caprio, Senior Vice President and GM, Americas, Connatix, envisions a redefined role for publishers in 2024, one teeming with promising opportunities. AdMonsters chatted with him to learn more.
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at PubForum New Orleans, Johanna Bergqvist, General Manager, The Americas, EX.CO, moderated a discussion with leaders from DailyMail.com and News Corp to find out how publishers can make their video inventory more brand-safe and appealing to media buyers so they can increase fill rates and revenue.
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In August, background actors told reporters that Hollywood studios started creating AI scans of them, without making it clear how those scans would be used. Their union wanted ironclad veto power over “digital doubles,” and minimum pay rates when AI is used to create an actor’s digital likeness.
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CTV consumption skyrocketed in 2020, and the growth is not slowing anytime soon. CTV publishers and advertisers have mined these growing audiences like a gold mine with much success. Although not all that glitters is gold, the CTV mine stores a few pieces of fool's gold.
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In Q2 2023, Amazon's advertising services business generated an impressive $10.68 billion, reflecting a 22% increase from the previous year. Although the closure of the ad server raises questions about potential reasons, speculations include regulatory privacy policies or a strategic shift toward AI and machine learning. Amazon's updated ad-server privacy…
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