Current conditions are presenting publishers with a unique conundrum. There are huge traffic spikes offering an opportunity to super-size digital media monetization. But to harness it, they must first tackle the COVID-19 disruption to advertising budgets and their internal resources. We spoke with Ivan Ivanov, COO, PubGalaxy, about what publishers…
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In the wake of the ISBA Programmatic Supply Chain Transparency Study, there was immediate focus on who was most adversely affected, as well as the mysterious unknown delta. While these are interesting data points, MightyHive's Head of Media Activation, Rachel Adams, was taken aback by another issue—how difficult it was…
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July 07, 2020 Facebook Ad Boycott Drags Pubs Down Google and European Publishers Butt Heads Why Is Clothing Topping Paid Ad Impressions? Advertising Doesn't Earn Consumer Trust Pubs Dragged Down by Facebook Ad Boycott We know what you’re thinking, publisher—all those big brands boycotting Facebook in July means moolah is…
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The antiquated idea that SSPs are publisher defenders and DSPs are buyer advocates has created a gulf—one might say a black hole of pricing machinations and Russian-Doll-style auctions that threatens to suck away the benefits of the open ecosystem entirely. Key to bridging that gap—or plugging the black hole—is traffic…
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In May, Criteo submitted SPARROW (Secure Private Advertising Remotely Run On Webserver) to the W3C in response to Google's privacy sandbox proposal. In response to industry-wide feedback, SPARROW was recently updated to include reporting capabilities to further secure users’ privacy without compromising advertisers’ performance. We spoke with Charles-Henri Henault, VP…
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June 30, 2020 Google to Pay for the News? Some Harsh Truths in EC’s Rosy GDPR Assessment Marketer Ad Spend Down, Tech Spend Up Google to Pay for the News? After years of refusing to pay publishers for news content, Google has reversed its stance. Last week the company announced…
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1 pm EDT Kim Komando is more than a radio talk show host broadcast nationally—she’s built a highly engaged virtual community that she keeps informed with newsletters, push notifications, social channels, and more. This gives her a unique viewpoint: she’s hearing directly from a tech and media-savvy audience about how…
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On Wednesdays at Publisher Forums, we let the attendees "take over" the conference. Attendee volunteers lead informal sessions with their peers on a variety of topics, and then report major takeaways to the whole group. Through the magic of technology (cough, Zoom, cough), we ran an experiment where we took this…
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Powered by: June 02, 2020 Leave 230 Alone Streamers Splurge on Ad Spots Seek Partners, Not Vendors The Evolving (But Short-Lived) CMO Is It Finally the Year of the Podcast? Leave 230 Alone We do try to stay out of politics here at AdMonsters, but sometimes politics comes knocking…
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Powered by: May 26, 2020 The Self-Publishing Star Rises Again Data-Gobbling Creative to Get Chrome-Stomped The Media Hits Just Keep on Coming GDPR’s Developmental Delays You’re the Brand Now, Journalist Apparently you’re not too distracted by Ari Paparo’s #AdTechMadness tournament, so indulge us as we take a gander at…
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