"BuzzFeed News was a social media ecosystem company, and the ecosystem went away," said a former BuzzFeed exec. "HuffPost was a pre-social media company that BuzzFeed eclipsed in the social media age. And then as social media goes away, the tide comes out, but HuffPost is still kind of there…
Read MoreAdMonsters March 23, 2023 The Many Benefits of First-party, Consent-based Advertising: Q&A with Arshdeep Sood, OneTrust's Strategic Solutions Engineer Ahead of our upcoming webinar led by Strategic Solutions Engineer for OneTrust, Arshdeep Sood, we chatted with Sood about ever-changing privacy regulations, consent-based advertising, and what publishers need to know…
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In January, the DOJ sued Google for allegedly monopolizing the digital advertising market, marking the second time they sued the tech giant. Google’s response shows that they aren’t going to lie down and take it.
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California Assembly member, Buffy Hicks, is proposing a state-level version of the journalism usage fee bill. The proposed law will allow local news outlets to work together to bargain with tech giants, such as Facebook and Google, to collect a fee for using their content and selling advertising alongside it.
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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…
Read MoreAdMonsters March 17, 2023 Consent Is the New Currency: A Conversation with OneTrust’s Ashlea Cartee Consent is the currency that will lead publishers to once again build trusted relationships with their audiences to offer them personalized experiences, and at the same time increase the value of those audiences to…
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According to Jessica Cortapasso, SVP of People, Digital Remedy, women are “seeking meaningful and sustainable progress toward gender equality and are not afraid to seek new avenues.” Whether they transition to a more inclusive company or branch out to start their own, professional women are fighting for the next generation…
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Programmatic display CPMs may be cents, but they bring few clicks and often zero conversions. Unfortunately, industry expectations don't seem to match this scenario. According to the Epom client survey, 71% of programmatic agencies prioritize performance over reach. Are demand-side platforms to blame for underperforming traffic? Don't rush the verdict…
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The lawsuit essentially asks Google to pick a side ( buy or sell, but not both). Its request for relief asks that at a minimum, Google should divest itself of the “Google Ad Manager suite, including both Google’s publisher ad server, DFP, and Google’s ad exchange, AdX, along with any…
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The battle for brand safety is on because bad actors are more creative than ever with their ad fraud tactics. It's time for clean sweeps of your sites because ad fraud and malvertising schemes are amiss. They are setting traps to sell your consumers' data, ultimately affecting your credibility as…
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