Limiting the number of monetization SDKs integrated has been a common practice; many in-app demand sources have also built simpler APIs that can handle the job. Especially with monetization technology, a single SSP or exchange can open up to a wide realm of demand sources, precluding the need for numerous…
Read More
In his first 90 days, Derek Gatts, CNN's new Advertising Product, Innovation, Technology & Operations Leader has already embraced some of the key differences in his new organization. “A lot of the change was the transition from overseeing several different functions that could all work together under one mandate to…
Read More
It's true. Those of us working in digital publishing live in turbulent times. However, I came away from Admonsters PubForum Vancouver, August 18-21, feeling encouraged by enough bright spots in our industry to see the road ahead. I was particularly struck by the excitement around new mobile and video opportunities.…
Read More
5:30 pm — 8:30 pm GroundTruth HQ One World Trade Center (South Entrance), 60th floor 285 Fulton St, NYC Enjoy a night of beverages, hors d’oeuvres, and networking with your local publisher peers, as well as an insightful discussion about how publishers can maximize business via creative solutions. No fee—just…
Read More
In the war of streaming video, the gap between winners and losers depends on how well a publisher delivers on SVOD's promise—a data-driven business in which content is more personalized and the ad targeting capabilities are better than digital, or even TV. Viewer behavior can tell you what people want…
Read More
Publishers know that diversified revenue streams are the key to thriving in the current market—there's more to monetization than ads. Still, the prospect of paid subscriptions leaves many a publisher wary—many can't see themselves building and managing New York Times-style paywalls, let alone driving enough subscription revenue to justify the…
Read More
Between a dusting-off of classical ad measurement techniques and some serious geeking out over first-party data, advertisers will find that, far from being the airless, suffocating hellscape they have been taught to fear, this new “cookieless” world will prove a hospitable and possibly verdant environment for measurement and attribution.
Read More
“You can’t deny the impact of disruptive technologies in the advertising landscape,” says Jeremy Lockhorn, former Mobile Lead at Razorfish. “The Internet, the smart phone, social media, AR/VR/MR, artificial intelligence, and soon 5G. Each of these new technologies (among others) has fundamentally changed consumer behavior and offered an entirely new…
Read More
Consumer trust in social media is greatly waning thanks to the fake news outbreak. It only makes sense that audiences are now turning back to trusted publishers, but they’re doing it in an interesting way. Rather than visiting the home page of their favorite publishers, they’re subscribing to their email…
Read MoreAdMonsters June 27, 2019 Are Programmatic Demand Vendors Becoming An Endangered Species? Are programmatic demand vendors becoming an endangered species like the Sirocco Kakapo parrot? Well, if they're not careful they just might be. Many SSPs aren't giving publishers the data they need to optimize their programmatic yield and meet…
Read More