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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Powered by: December 08, 2021 Ad Spend Going Up? An Embarrassment of Identity Choices Will Birds of Different Feathers FLoC Together? Ad Spend Increases More Than Predicted. Good News for Publishers? Image sourced from Mediapost Consumers hear supply chain issues and walk past empty store shelves and think that…
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As the ad tech ecosystem evolves and the need for an omnichannel approach becomes ever more pressing, both advertisers and publishers are becoming more thoughtful about which platforms they work with and how. Publishers, in particular, have been decreasing their number of SSP partners over the past few quarters. Findings…
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Powered by: November 30, 2021 Could CMA Commitments Delay Cookie Cutoff Further? The Long Goodbye to Third-Party Cookies Should Pubs Up Their Influencer Collabs? Next Up: Sustainable Advertising Ad Tracking Ending to Come Sooner Or Later The ICO’s (Information Commissioner’s Office) outgoing commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, posted a scathing opinion…
Read MoreAdMonsters November 26, 2021 Balancing In-App Ad Quality With Revenue The last 24 months have been stellar for app developers. More users installed more apps, demonstrating that this robust app economy still has plenty of room for growth. But key challenges still remain. App publishers that rely on advertising…
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November 23, 2021 Privacy Has A Three-Body Problem Hey Meta, Leave Those Teens Alone WarnerMedia Launching Nielsen Competitor in 2022 Online Privacy’s “Three-Body Problem”? MaxwellMolecule, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons We love to hope and believe that things are sacred and protected online — like one’s privacy —…
Read MoreAdMonsters November 19, 2021 Why Digitized Ad Sales are Mission Critical for Future Revenue Growth Today's publishers have to mitigate quite a bit of friction in order to breeze through revenue goals. There's friction between different platforms for campaign tracking, forecasting, and reporting — not to mention the tools…
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November 16, 2021 Apple's Google Play Store Ad Spend Switcheroo In Search of Nielsen Alternatives Ad Targeting Like the Weather Apple Buys App Ads on Google to Grab Publisher Revenue Photo by Artem Podrez from Pexels Apple wants a big piece of that subscription revenue share, so much so that…
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November 12, 2021 IAB Europe Breached GDPR AI Powers Globe and Mail Paywall IAB Europe in Breach of GDPR Google and countless other advertisers rely on IAB Europe’s consent management system, which has now been deemed in violation of GDPR. “IAB Europe designed the misleading ‘consent’ pop-ups that feature on…
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