There are genuine MFA shoppers out there and that brands that advertise with MFAs may find enthusiastic audiences. However, there are limits to their enjoyment of ads. While some shoppers like advertising — and seek it out with online circulars and clicking on sites the industry calls MFAs — there’s…
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As publishers, we recognize the immense value of our content, and the concept of a conversational chatbot guiding users to explore and enhance their experiences with that amazing content is truly fascinating. But can publishers launch generative AI chatbots and sidestep the issues we read about daily, such as hallucinations, responses…
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Language models and chatbots are a great way for publishers to add value to their subscribers, but they shouldn’t be fooled by the ease of getting something up and running quickly. To understand how publishers can deploy AI bots safely, we spoke with Kyle Alan Hale, a Solutions Architect at…
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As the ecosystem prepares for cookie deprecation, the analytical eye can spot this trend through the string of post-cookie solutions — data clean rooms, alternative IDs, and Seller Defined Audiences. Is this the way to go?
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Angelina Eng watched the digital media industry evolve into what it is today, and now she works with the IAB as VP of Measurement, Addressability, and Data Center.
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If you live in DC, you may have noticed a new breed of lobbyists in town: the TikTok influencer. Politico reported that these folks planned to “flood” the city this week with its presence in an effort to stave off the U.S. government’s attempt to ban the app, unless ByteDance…
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It’s not that anyone questions the need to verify placements or for third-party verification vendors to do so on behalf of clients, especially in the open programmatic markets. We all understand that advertisers don’t want to purchase inventory blindly and risk placing ads in horrific environments. Nor do they want…
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In an interview with MarketingBrew, Dan Taylor, Google’s VP of Global Ads claimed that the DOJ’s antitrust lawsuit is “kind of out of touch” and that the market felt “more competitive than ever.” Part of the DOJ’s complaint is that Google pockets $.30 out of every ad dollar that flows…
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PMP spending will accelerate in 2023 as marketers seek safer placements, better reporting metrics, and access to publisher first-party data.
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June 13, 2022 Netflix To Join Forces With Roku? Recession Where? Ad Spend Predicted To Soar Streaming Services Ad Rates Around the Water Cooler Netflix To Skip Ad Steps With Potential Roku Acquisition Recently, we gave you all a warning about ads potentially coming to Netflix, one of the only…
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