Last week the Connecticut House of Representatives and Connecticut Senate joined forces to pass the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA). The legislation, also known as Senate Bill 6 (SB6), awaits Governor Ned Lamont's signature to make everything 100% official. The bill is expected to take effect on July 1, 2023.
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Without third-party cookies driving targeted advertising — publishers that don’t have a strategy to drive user authentication and first-party data, should expect lower CPMs and less revenue. Something will have to connect the dots in the absence of cookies, and LiveRamp Authenticated Traffic Solution (ATS) may just be it. We…
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Now that Google Ad Manager is bridging the gap with prebid, will it affect a setup that already exists? While the fact that ad servers will no longer need to be filled with line items to heighten header bidding demand is a plus for publishers, there's some concern that it…
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Simply put, ZPD is information that consumers intentionally volunteer about themselves in exchange for a more personalized experience with the media companies and brands they trust. It's the purest source of truth about their relevant characteristics, behaviors, and preferences because it’s sourced directly from them.
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This week, we were presented with a major IAB Tech Lab ads.txt update as they announced two new values for publishers to add to their ads.txt files, and both have the power to impact the adtech game in a big way. "Ownerdomain" and "managerdomain" have two separate functions within ads.txt,…
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APRIL 06, 2022 Privacy Sandbox — The Next Episode Walmart Gunning For Amazon Meta In Hot Water Again Testing, Testing - The Next Episode of Privacy Sandbox After a pretty quiet first quarter, Google opened up trials for the next phase of the highly anticipated and scrutinized Privacy Sandbox. With…
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The digital advertising community has been witnessing what many are calling a resurgence of contextual advertising. But contextual advertising is only as effective as the taxonomy of content on which it is based. Enter custom content taxonomies. Most publishers currently use standardized content taxonomies by such organizations as the IAB,…
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Consumers are shifting to connected TV (CTV) in droves and CTV ad spend is skyrocketing in tandem. According to eMarketer, spending is set to reach $34.49 billion by 2025. But that doesn’t mean it’s been all smooth sailing for pubs. We spoke with Peter Ackerman, Director of Product Marketing at…
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Powered by: March 30, 2022 Are Ad Tech Players Causing Pubs Headaches? TLDR: Get Started on Your Identity Resolution Strategy Nielsen Lives to See Another Upfront Affiliate Marketing Has Some Answers for Publishers Are Ad Tech Players Causing Major Woes? Middlemen aren't always helpful and can actually cause more…
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Juniper Research warns digital ad fraud and malvertising will cost the industry nearly $68 billion in 2022. But does that mean that all publishers are destined to lose substantial sums to nefarious players? Or are there steps they can take to stem those losses and protect their readers and their reputations?…
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